Iraqi PM tells U.S. to start working on troop withdrawal

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
BAGHDAD  — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister asked the U.S. secretary of state to start working out a road map for an American troop withdrawal from Iraq, his office said Friday, signaling his insistence on ending the U.S. military presence despite recent moves to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the U.S.
Adel Abdul-Mahdi made the request in a telephone call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday night, his office said in a stat