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Mr Pompeo meets with Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Ali Al Hakim. Reuters
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi in Baghdad. AFP Photo
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Mr Pompeo is welcomed by Douglas Silliman US ambassador to Iraq on arrival in Baghdad. Reuters
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is received by Iraq's parliament speaker Mohamed Al Halbousi. Reuters
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Mr Pompeo with Iraq's President Barham Saleh. AFP Photo
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Mr Pompeo meets with Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Ali Al Hakim. Reuters
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi in Baghdad. AFP Photo
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Mr Pompeo is welcomed by Douglas Silliman US ambassador to Iraq on arrival in Baghdad. Reuters
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is received by Iraq's parliament speaker Mohamed Al Halbousi. Reuters
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Mr Pompeo with Iraq's President Barham Saleh. AFP Photo
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Mr Pompeo meets with Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Ali Al Hakim. Reuters
Mike Pompeo arrives in Baghdad to meet Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi
The Secretary of State is currently on a tour of the Middle East
The National
09 January, 2019
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