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Iraq’s most senior Shia cleric on Wednesday joined a chorus of Iraqi politicians and clerics criticising recent statements by President Donald Trump in which he said United States troops should stay in Iraq to keep an eye on neighbouring Iran. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said Iraq aspires to have “good and balanced relations” with all of its neighbours “based on mutual interests …

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