Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III told Baghdad officials that the U.S. was preparing to move 'out of Iraq' in a letter that the Pentagon says should not have been sent.
The U.S. military sparked confusion Monday after a letter appeared to suggest the Pentagon was preparing to pull troops from Iraq, but Defense Department leaders later said the message was a draft and should not have been sent to Baghdad.
The conflicting messages prompted confusion among observers and journalists amid rising tensions in the region. Seely, the commanding general of Task Force-Iraq, wrote in the letter that the preparations to reposition forces were"in due reference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested" by the Iraqi parliament and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, both of whom moved to support the withdrawal of U.S. forces Sunday.
Seely, in his letter, notified the Iraqi armed forces of"certain measures" the U.S.-led coalition would need to take in order to"ensure that the movement out of Iraq is conducted in a safe and efficient manner." Such movement, he said, would be done at night and involve"appropriate measures to minimize and mitigate the disturbance to the public."
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