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Iraq: We Understand Travel Ban — Iran: Ban Will Make More Terrorists

Joseph Curl

While leftist groups and America’s mainstream media sows discontent over President Trump’s entry ban on immigrants from seven Middle East nations, Iraq says it understands the motivation — and the goal — behind the move.

Saad al-Hadithi, a government spokesman, said Sunday that Iraqis understand the security needs the travel ban on primarily Muslim countries entails. But he also said he hopes the ban “will not affect the efforts of strengthening and developing the bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States.”

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