Parliament committee calls on Baghdad to 'reciprocate' travel ban on Americans
Source: Al Jazeera
Muslim ban: MPs call for reciprocal measures. Parliament committee calls on Baghdad to 'reciprocate' travel ban on Americans as Iraqis express sense of betrayal.
Iraq should "reciprocate" the United States' discriminatory travel ban on Iraqis and citizens from six other Muslim-majority countries, the parliament's foreign affairs committee told the Baghdad government.
The committee issued the call on Sunday following a meeting in the capital to discuss US President Donald Trump's ban.
"We ask the Iraqi government to reciprocate to the decision taken by the US administration," said the committee in a statement read to Reuters by one its members, Hassan Shwerid. "Iraq is in the frontline of the war of terrorism ... and it is unfair that the Iraqis are treated in this way."
Iraq's Popular Mobilisation force also called for a ban, and for Americans already in the country to be expelled.
Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/muslim-ban-officials-call-reciprocal-measures-170129094948075.html
keep in mind we have troops fighting there right now!
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