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stripes.com Volume 78, No. 186 ©SS 2020 MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas KENYA Iraqi Parliament: Expel foreign troops Key base BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA INSIDE ton sent troops more than four years ment, Prime Minister Adel Abdul- AND BASSEM MROUE ago to help fight ISIS. The bill is non- Mahdi said that after the killing of Associated Press President binding and subject to approval by the Soleimani, the government has two Iraqi government but has the backing choices: End the presence of foreign used by BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Parliament issues online of the departing prime minister. troops in Iraq or restrict their mission called for the expulsion of U.S. forces But the vote was another sign of the to training Iraqi forces. from the country in reaction to the warning to blowback from the U.S. airstrike Fri- “As a prime minister and supreme American drone attack that killed a day that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem commander of the armed forces, I call top Iranian general, raising the pros- Soleimani and a number of top Iraqi US forces Iran against for adopting the first choice,” Abdul- pect of a troop withdrawal that could officials at the Baghdad airport. Solei- Mahdi said. cripple the battle against the Islamic retaliation for mani was the architect of Iran’s proxy Abdul-Mahdi resigned last year in State and allow a resurgence of the airstrike on wars across the Mideast and was response to the anti-government pro- extremists. blamed for the deaths of hundreds of overrun tests that have engulfed Baghdad and Lawmakers approved a resolution Soleimani Americans in roadside bombings and the mostly Shiite southern provinces. asking the Iraqi government to end other attacks. BY ABDI GULED, TOM ODULA the agreement under which Washing- Page 6 Speaking to lawmakers in Parlia- SEE EXPEL ON PAGE 5 AND CARA ANNA Associated Press Paratroopers prepare NAIROBI, Kenya — Al-Shabab to board aircraft Saturday at extremists overran a key military Fort Bragg, N.C. base used by U.S. counterterror HUBERT DELANY III, U.S. ARMY/AP forces in Kenya before dawn Sun- day, destroying U.S. aircraft and vehicles, Kenyan authorities said. It was the al-Qaida-linked group’s first attack against U.S. forces in the East African country, and the military called the security situ- ation “fluid” several hours after the assault. Five attackers were killed and the assault has been contained, said Kenyan military spokesman Paul Njuguna. It was not yet clear whether any U.S. or Kenyan forces were killed. A U.S. Africa Command statement, issued after al-Shabab released photos of blazing air- craft, said “an accountability of personnel assessment is under- way” and the Manda Bay airfield was “still in the process of being fully secured.” Kenya’s military said four attackers were dead. Al-Shabab, based in neighbor- ing Somalia, claimed responsi- bility and asserted that combat with U.S. forces resulted in 17 U.S. “casualties,” nine Kenyan soldiers killed and seven aircraft destroyed. The U.S. statement called al- Shabab claims exaggerated. Kenya is a key base for fighting one of the world’s most resilient Calling reinforcements extremist organizations. A plume of black smoke rose above the air- field Sunday after residents said Hundreds deploy from Fort Bragg amid escalating Mideast tensions a car bomb had exploded. Lamu county commissioner Irungu Page 5 Macharia told The Associated SEE KENYA ON PAGE 4 FACES MILITARY 2019 was record US military retiree banned year for women in from bases in South Korea for the director’s chair excessive duty-free purchases Page 14 Page 4 Brady says retirement ‘unlikely’ after wild-card loss » Page 22 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, January 6, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9713 Vogue Italia drops photos for sustainable issue Euro costs (Jan. 6) ............................$1.1425 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 30.15 Dollar buys (Jan. 6) ...........................€0.8753 Turkey (Lira) .........................................5.9771 British pound (Jan. 6) .......................... $1.36 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those since photography was invented. Forty cars on standby. Sixty in- Japanese yen (Jan. 6) ........................ 107.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Jan. 6) ............1,130.00 In his editorial, Farneti said the ternational deliveries. Lights Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance ROME — Vogue Italia has pro- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3770 initiative was part of Vogue’s new switched on for at least 10 hours Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For duced its first issue of the new British pound .....................................$1.3080 environmentally focused mission nonstop, partly powered by gas- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.2989 year and decade with an eye on purchasing British pounds in Germany), statement . oline-fueled generators. Food China (Yuan) ........................................6.9662 check with your local military banking sustainability, substituting fash- Denmark (Krone) ................................6.6929 Farneti said Vogue Italia’s Sep- waste from the catering services. facility. Commercial rates are interbank ion illustrations for photographs Egypt (Pound) ....................................16.0403 tember issue, typically Vogue’s Plastic to wrap the garments. Euro ........................................ $1.1166/0.8956 rates provided for reference when buying in an effort to reduce the envi- biggest of the year, showed how Electricity to recharge phones, Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7780 currency. All figures are foreign currencies ronmental impact associated Hungary (Forint) .................................295.73 to one dollar, except for the British pound, large a fashion magazine’s car- cameras,” he wrote. Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4757 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, with staging fashion photoshoots bon footprint really is and what Vogue Italia’s January issue Japan (Yen) ...........................................108.21 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) around the globe. was conserved for this month’s features eight different illustrat- Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3031 INTEREST RATES Editor-in-chief Emanuele Far- Norway (Krone) ...................................8.8199 production. ed covers that involved no travel Philippines (Peso)................................. 51.09 Prime rate ................................................4.75 neti said the January issue was be- “One hundred and fifty people and articles about clothes that are Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.80 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7521 Federal funds market rate ...................1.55 lieved to be the first time a Vogue involved. About twenty flights “reborn” from scrap fabric and Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3493 3-month bill .............................................1.50 magazine has gone photo-less and a dozen or so train journeys. hand-me-downs. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,165.34 30-year bond ...........................................2.34 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 35/29 Kabul 32/23 Seoul 43/40 Baghdad 63/54 Kandahar 49/42 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 43/37 40/33 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 45/41 38/31 61/46 Iwakuni 60/47 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 68/65 Brussels 37/30 Guam 63/50 40/37 Ramstein 65/53 81/78 Lajes, 36/33 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 60/47 70/62 64/61 37/28 34/26 Aviano/ Vicenza 40/29 Naples 47/39 Okinawa Morón 73/70 55/40 Sigonella Rota 45/37 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 86/72 55/48 49/46 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified .................. 12 Comics ...................... 15 Crossword ................. 15 Faces ........................ 14 Opinion ..................... 16 Sports ...................17-24 Monday, January 6, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Russian ally Belarus considers NATO drills BY JOHN VANDIVER closer ties with Belarus in the Stars and Stripes meantime. In August, former Secretary of State John Bolton STUTTGART, Germany — made a visit to the former Soviet The top military official in Belar- state — the highest-level Ameri- us says his country, a closely tied can official to visit the country in Russian ally, is open to conduct- years. ing joint military exercises with Secretary of State Mike Pom- NATO. peo had planned to visit Belarus Belarus defense chief Oleg Be- and other central Asian countries lokonev recently told local media this month but canceled the trip his country should be regarded in after the attack on the U.S. Em- similar terms as Serbia — a coun- bassy in Baghdad. try with close ties to Russia but While Belarus is a member of one with a military training con- NATO’s partnership for peace nection to NATO. program, to date that has mainly “Belarus is ready for joint exer- involved smaller activities, such cises with NATO. There are talks on possible formats,” Belokonev as military officials taking part