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Heres President Donald Trump has warned iraq hell impose heavy sanctions if it follows through with moves to expel american troops Iraqs Parliament voted in favor of removing Foreign Forces in retaliation for a u. S. Strike that killed iranian general custom so lemony well fallout from the assassination is rippling right across the middle east iran is vying to hit back and has also announced it will no longer abide by any of the commitments it made on the 2015 nuclear deal meanwhile in Lebanon Hezbollah leader says all u. S. Bases warships and soldiers are now fair targets indeed calls for revenge a growing louder especially among the hundreds of thousands of people mourning customs their money during his funeral procession in iran. Well we begin with a solid inch of aid in the iraqi capital baghdad. And to us in pro iran chance in the Iraqi Parliament elected representatives came together for an extraordinary session the iraqi pm laid out his preferred option not of the assassination