Comments from Qais al-Khazali the commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia

  • if U.S. troops do not leave Iraq, they would be considered an occupying force

Khazali speaking after Iraq's parliament backed a recommendation by the prime minister to end the presence of foreign troops

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If you scan the earlier posts I've made today you'll get the idea that we are not seeing de-escalation of the US-Iran conflict.

AUD/JPY …. its early trade here in the timezone but its lower.

  • USD/JPY circa 107.94
  • AUD/USD circa 0.6939

AUD/JPY is viewed as risk 'barometer'