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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 5 januar 2020 / Time Line January 5, 2020
Version 3.54. Januar 2020, 6. Januar 2020
01/05/2020
With the Great War (World War I) entering its third year, British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith introduced
the first conscription law in British history to the House of Commons, the Military Service Act, 1917.
About 16,000 conscientious objectors refused to fight. Most believed that even during wartime it was wrong
to kill another human being. About 7,000 agreed to perform non-combat service; more than 1,500 refused
all compulsory service. They were usually drafted into military units and, upon refusing to obey orders, were
court-martialed.
01/05/2020
“Yankee, Go Home!” - Iraqi parliament passes resolution calling for US troops to be expelled
January 05, 2020 "Information Clearing House" - Iraq's parliament held an extraordinary session on
Sunday, directing the government to end the presence of foreign troops and to lodge an official complaint
against the US over the killing of Qassem Suleimani, a top Iranian general. The Prime Minister revealed that
he was scheduled to meet with Soleimani the same morning the general was killed in an airstrike in Baghdad.
The PM said, said that the US assassination was a "flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty" and an insult to the
dignity of his country.
The resolution asks Iraq’s government to cancel the request for assistance from the U.S.-led coalition
operating in the country against the Islamic State.
“The government commits to revoke its request for assistance from the international coalition fighting Islamic
State due to the end of military operations in Iraq and the achievement of victory,” the resolution read.
“The Iraqi government must work to end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil and prohibit them
from using its land, airspace or water for any reason.”
Parliament also called on the government to ban the use of Iraqi airspace by any foreign power.
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