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US Withdrawal Leaves Iraq Vulnerable to Iran
IRAQ
More than two decades after the United States invaded Iraq, and 12 years after it returned to help fight the Islamic State (IS) militant group, Iraqi photographer Omar al-Husseini says his family suffered in both conflicts.
As a result, he has mixed feelings about American troops leaving Iraq.
“My wife lost her eyesight from the shrapnel of an American bullet,” al-Husseini told the New York Times from Mosul. “My uncle was killed by [Islamic State], after being paralyzed by an American bullet. But today, when we speak about the Americans’ departure, our happiness is mixed with fear.”
The US completed its withdrawal from Iraq on Sept. 30, ending a mission that began in 2014 after Islamic State seized about a third of the country. The withdrawal comes amid the US-Israeli war with neighboring Iran, which has close ties to powerful Iraqi militias. Analysts say the question is…
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