Top US general: Letter on withdrawal from Iraq was a 'mistake'

The top US general said on Monday that a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded and told reporters "that's not what's happening", CNN reported.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, sought to address the confusion that began after a letter to the Iraqi government from US Command in Baghdad suggesting US troops would be withdrawn from the country was leaked to news agencies.