Iraq parliament votes in favour of travel ban on the US, say MPs
Baghdad — Iraqi legislators voted on Monday to call on the government to enact a reciprocal travel ban on Americans if Washington does not withdraw its decision to bar Iraqis, officials said. The call is a response to US President Donald Trump’s executive order barring citizens of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen from entering the US for at least 90 days, a move he billed as an effort to make the US "safe from radical Islamic terrorists". Parliament called on the Iraqi government to "respond in kind to the American decision in the event that the American side does not withdraw its decision", a parliamentary official who was at the vote said. "Parliament voted by majority on calling on the Iraqi government and the foreign ministry to respond in kind," MP Hakim al-Zamili said. Sadiq al-Laban, another legislator, confirmed "the vote was for a call on the government" to enact reciprocal measures. "We are against this stance from the new administration," Laban said. "We...
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