U.S. could reportedly bar Iraq from accessing key bank account if troops forced to leave

While a good chunk of Iraq's parliament wants American troops to begin a safe withdrawal from the country in the wake of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Washington is in turn threatening to block Baghdad's access to its central bank account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in an effort to keep the forces in place, Iraqi officials told The Wall Street Journal.Iraq, like many other countries, maintains government accounts at the New York Fed, which helps them manage nati