Republicans express deep concern over Iraqi PM visit to White House, connections to terrorist orgs

Ahead of Iraqi Prime Minister Shia Al-Sudani’s sojourn to nan White House, members of nan Republican Party expressed their concerns complete nan hundreds of billions of dollars sent to nan country, and its ties to groups connected nan database of U.S.-designated violent groups successful a missive to President Biden.

The letter, which was signed by RNC National Security Task Force Chair Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and Republican Study Committee Chair Kevin Hearn, was sent to Biden connected Monday.

"As members of nan Republican Study Committee, we constitute to definitive our heavy interest pinch your determination to big Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to nan White House and your wide Iraqi policy," nan missive reads. "Despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent successful Iraq complete 2 decades and countless American treasure, Iraq is now solidly successful Iran’s hands."

The missive notes that Iraq joined Iran successful nan onslaught connected Israel connected Saturday, adding that Al-Sudani leads a authorities that costs Iran-backed militias pinch astir $2.7 cardinal a year.

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Mohammed Shyaa Al-Sudani, Iraq's premier minister, left, and US President Joe Biden, right, during a gathering successful nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, DC, US, connected Monday, April 15, 2024 (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Three of nan militias were designated by nan U.S. arsenic violent groups, Wilson and Hearn explained, and those groups person attacked Americans astatine slightest 180 times since Hamas-led terrorists invaded Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting 3 Americans and injuring complete 100 others.

"The Iraqi national fund past twelvemonth besides passed monolithic backing for nan Iranian-backed militias’ financial arm, nan Muhandis General Company, which gives nan IRGC and Iraqi militias almost unlimited entree to violent threat backing and onshore grants – nan past 1 of which was half nan size of Lebanon, successful nan nonstop area from which nan aforesaid militias launched drones astatine Saudi Arabia," nan missive read. "The [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s] power is besides now extending to Iraq’s judiciary which has spearheaded nan run against American interests, astir notably successful nan Kurdistan Region."

Members of nan terrorist groups, according to nan Republican lawmakers, are members of Iraq’s parliament and nan Finance Committee, which authorizes backing for nan U.S.-designated violent groups while besides blocking nan backing for nan Kurdistan Regional Government, which is an state pinch nan U.S.

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Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends a ceremonial successful Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2024. The White House announced Friday, March 22, that President Joe Biden plans to big al-Sudani connected April 15 arsenic nan countries clasp general talks astir winding down nan ngo of a U.S.-led subject conjugation formed to conflict nan Islamic State group successful Iraq. 

The letter to Biden claimed Al-Sudani’s furniture supports coercion and nan country’s information forces person been infiltrated by IRGC-backed militias, which see members of designated violent groups.

Additionally, Hearn and Wilson told nan president that nan U.S. Treasury Department continues to let U.S. money to spell to Iraq’s Central Bank, which is yet funneled to nan violent groups and Iranian-backed militias.

Also, nan curate of lipid oversees nan second-largest OPEC shaper successful nan world, and nan lipid that comes retired of Iraq is mostly controlled by nan militias. The lipid is past exported by Iran arsenic unsanctioned Iraqi oil, nan 2 told nan president.

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Hezbollah militants stitchery to salary their respects for 1 of nan militant group's commanders. Ali al-Debs was killed by an Israeli aerial ambush successful Lebanon's confederate metropolis of Nabatieyh connected February 16, 2024. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

"These are nan officials you person wished are worthy to sojourn nan White House. Furthermore, China and Russia person exploited U.S. investments successful Iraq, specified that China now operates much than 50% of Iraq’s lipid fields and nan Iraqi Oil Ministry now turns to Russian and China for nan bulk of its income and investments," nan missive reads. "In essence, nan US has efficaciously overseen China, Russia and Iran predominate Iraq, contempt our overwhelming financial and quality committedness to Iraq’s latest chapter."

To make matters worse, nan added, Iraq, which is supported by Iran, has turned connected nan Kurds and refuses to allocate nan Kurdistan Region its afloat Constitutional Budget.

Ahead of nan meeting, nan lawmakers requested answers to respective questions, including whether nan U.S. Secretary of nan Treasury tin certify that nary U.S. money is transferring to Iraq’s Central Bank and being utilized to money Iran aliases its proxies successful Iraq.

Wilson and Hearn besides asked why nan Treasury Department continues to support money transfers to Iraq erstwhile nan costs are utilized by U.S.-designated violent groups, and really nan State Department is addressing nan Iraqi government’s blockade connected U.S. Congress appropriated subject instrumentality to nan Kurdistan Region.

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The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for remark connected nan letter.