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Iraqi prime minister says country still needs US help BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA “In the end, we will still need cooperation Associated Press, he said Iraqi forces are RELATED Associated Press and assistance at levels that might require di- capable of fighting ISIS without the need rect and military support, and support on the for foreign combat troops on the ground. US-led site handover BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister said ground,” Mustafa al-Kadhimi said, but the But, he said, the next stage of coopera- Monday ahead of a much anticipated trip to levels depend on the changing nature of the tion with the U.S. would require continued to Iraq proceeds after Washington that his country still needs U.S. as- threats posed by terrorist groups. training and weapons support. sistance to counter the threat posed by Islamic Al-Kadhimi is slated to meet with Presi- Sworn in as premier in May in the wake attacks by suspected State and that his administration is committed dent Donald Trump in Washington this week of historic mass anti-government protests, Iran-allied fighters to introducing security sector reforms as rogue to conclude a strategic dialogue launched in al-Kadhimi’s administration inherited a militia groups stage near-daily attacks against June to reconfigure U.S.-Iraq ties. myriad of crises. State coffers in the crude- Page 3 the seat of his government. In an exclusive interview Monday with The SEE HELP ON PAGE 3 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, August 18, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9062 Popular German sauce to change racist name Euro costs (Aug. 18) .............................$1.16 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.18 Dollar buys (Aug. 18) ........................€0.8225 Turkey (Lira) .........................................7.3976 British pound (Aug. 18) ....................... $1.28 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those have decided to give our Knorr ny rejected the demand, the Ger- Japanese yen (Aug. 18) .....................104.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Aug. 18) .........1,156.00 sauce a new name,” said Unilever, man news agency dpa reported. Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance BERLIN — One of Germany’s for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3771 the international consumer goods The renaming of the brand Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For best-known food companies said British pound .....................................$1.3103 group that owns Knorr. Unile- follows recent international de- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3211 it will rename a popular spicy purchasing British pounds in Germany), ver could not independently be bates over racism, especially China (Yuan) ........................................6.9362 check with your local military banking dressing because of the racist Denmark (Krone) ................................6.2702 reached for comment on Sunday. in the United States, where big facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ....................................15.9228 connotations of its name. rates provided for reference when buying The popular spicy sauce, a sta- national companies have also Euro ........................................ $1.1875/0.8421 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Food company Knorr will Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7504 ple in many German households, renamed traditional brands in to one dollar, except for the British pound, Hungary (Forint) .................................293.86 change the name of its “Zigeuner- which is represented in dollars-to-pound, will within a few weeks show up response to concerns about racial Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4066 sauce,” or “gypsy sauce” to “Pa- with the new name in supermar- stereotyping. Japan (Yen) ........................................... 106.16 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) prika Sauce Hungarian Style,” kets across the country, Bild am “Zigeuner” is a derogative Ger- Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3057 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...................................8.8478 the German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported. man expression for the Roma and Philippines (Peso).................................48.64 Prime rate ................................................3.25 Sonntag reported Sunday. Civil rights groups have for Sinti minority groups who have Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.70 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7260 Federal funds market rate ...................0.09 “Since ‘gypsy sauce’ can be in- years called for the renaming of lived in many European coun- Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3685 3-month bill ............................................. 0.10 terpreted in a negative way, we the brand, but in 2013, the compa- tries for centuries. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,184.57 30-year bond ...........................................1.42 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 79/69 Kabul 92/59 Seoul 87/75 Baghdad 105/75 Kandahar 105/75 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 88/74 86/73 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 70/57 76/61 91/76 Iwakuni 84/79 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 94/91 Brussels 71/64 Guam 107/87 71/60 Ramstein 88/76 84/81 Lajes, 72/53 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 106/80 106/86 76/73 71/61 76/67 Aviano/ Vicenza 75/65 Naples 86/73 Okinawa Morón 85/82 98/69 Sigonella Rota 96/73 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 103/88 85/66 80/73 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 15 Crossword ................. 15 Faces ........................ 14 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 18-24 Tuesday, August 18, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 WAR ON TERRORISM Afghans halt prisoner release, talks delayed BY RAHIM FAIEZ security personnel in its custody who were Seddiqi said Australia and France have AND KATHY GANNON to be released. also objected to releasing some of the last Associated Press “We have released 1,000 prisoners that Taliban prisoners because they were in- we had promised to release,” Shaheen volved in attacks on their forces. He said KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan said. The Taliban have said they are ready the government wants to address their government said Monday it would not re- to open talks with the government within concerns. lease the last 400 Taliban prisoners it is one week of the release of the last Taliban But President Ashraf Ghani set a prec- holding until the insurgents free more cap- prisoners. edent when he reached a peace deal with tured soldiers, defying a traditional council The deal with the Taliban is aimed at U.S.-declared terrorist Gulbuddin Hek- held last week and further delaying intra- ending the U.S. war in Afghanistan that matyar in 2016. Hekmatyar’s group was Afghan talks sought by the United States. began shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. blamed for an attack on a supermarket in The talks, which were laid out in a peace U.S. troops have already begun leaving, the capital that killed civilians as well as deal signed between the United States and and by November, fewer than 5,000 troops an attack in 2014 that killed two U.S. con- the Taliban in February, were expected to are expected to still be in the country. tractors. The French also argued against begin on Thursday but are now postponed That’s down from nearly 13,000 when the his delisting as a terrorist because of an indefinitely. agreement was signed Feb. 29. attack his group staged against French The ruling by the traditional council, or Under the agreement, the withdrawal of forces in Afghanistan in 2008 that killed 10 jirga, which called for the immediate re- U.S. troops does not hinge on the success French soldiers. lease of the Taliban prisoners, had raised of intra-Afghan talks but on commitments Both the Taliban and the government hopes of a breakthrough in the process. RAHMAT GUL/AP made by the Taliban to combat terrorist have accused each other of creating hur- The U.S.-Taliban peace deal called on groups and ensure Afghanistan is not used dles in the peace process. the Taliban to free 1,000 government and Afghan presidential spokesman Sediq as a staging ground for attacks on the U.S. Seddiqi said the government had proven military personnel and for the government Seddiqi gives an interview to The and its allies.