America WON'T 掴む Iraq's oil, Mattis says: 弁護 長官 abandons Trump 計画（する） to recoup the cost of supporting the war-torn country

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弁護 長官 Jim Mattis has abandoned a 計画（する） 討議するd by Donald Trump to 掴む Iraq's oil fields ーするために 支払う／賃金 for the US 軍の's 役割 in 敗北・負かすing ISIS.?

大統領 Trump 示唆するd Iraqi oil 歳入 could be used to 支払う／賃金 for the long-running 衝突 which 原因（となる）d かなりの 関心 の中で political leaders in Baghdad.?

However, speaking today, Mattis 支配するd out any such 得る，とらえる as Iraqi 軍隊／機動隊s continued their 前進する on western Mosul - with the support of US and 連合 空気／公表する 力／強力にする.

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US 弁護 長官 Jim Mattis, pictured today in Baghdad, made an unannounced visit to Iraq to 会合，会う with 地元の political leaders to discuss the 現在進行中の 戦う／戦い against ISIS in Mosul

Mattis, left, was 迎える／歓迎するd on the ground by 中尉／大尉／警部補 General Stephen Townsend before 会合 Iraqi leaders to 保証する them that the US has no 意向 of 掴むing their oil fields

Mattis told reporters: 'I think all of us here in this room, all of us in America have 一般に paid for our gas and oil all along, and I'm sure that we will continue to do that in the 未来'

Mattis, pictured, made the unannounced visit to Baghdad earlier today to 会合，会う Iraqi leaders

Mattis - a renowned former general known as 'Mad Dog' - arrived on an unannounced visit in Iraq as the 戦う／戦い to 追い出す ISIS 交戦的なs from western Mosul moved into its second day, and as the 米国防総省 considers ways to 加速する the （選挙などの）運動をする against the terror group.

Those 成果／努力s could be 複雑にするd by Trump's oil 脅し and his 傾向 of Iraq in the 行政's travel 禁止（する） - twin blows that have roiled the nation and spurred 地元の 政治家，政治屋s to 圧力 総理大臣 Haider al-Abadi to 減ずる co-操作／手術 with Washington.

Mattis said today: 'I think all of us here in this room, all of us in America have 一般に paid for our gas and oil all along, and I'm sure that we will continue to do that in the 未来. We're not in Iraq to 掴む anybody's oil.'

His comments may 供給する some 安心 to the Iraqis. But the 緊張s come at a 批判的な point in the war against ISIS, with two 重要な 戦う／戦いs in the 作品: the fight to take 支配（する）／統制する of west Mosul, and the start of a （選挙などの）運動をする in Syria to 追い出す ISIS from Raqqa, the 資本／首都 of its self-宣言するd caliphate.

Al-Abadi has taken a 手段d approach, but the 問題／発行するs can 複雑にする already difficult 内部の politics.

Under the 大統領，／社長's 最終期限, Mattis has just a week to send Trump a st rategy to 加速する the fight and 敗北・負かす Islamic 明言する／公表する . And any 計画（する） is likely to depend on US and 連合 軍隊／機動隊s working with and through the 地元の 軍隊s in both countries.

Mattis continued: 'We're going to make 確かな that we've got good situational 認識／意識性 of what we 直面する as we work together and fight と一緒に each other.'?

Iraqi 軍隊／機動隊s began their 強襲，強姦 on western Mosul yesterday to 追い出す ISIS from their 要塞／本拠地

ひどく 武装した ?Iraqi 軍隊／機動隊s are 現在／一般に taking 辺ぴな villages surrounding the city

Trump について言及するd the 問題／発行する of oil during his （選挙などの）運動をする 同様に as during a visit to the 中央情報局

His 重要な goal during the visit is to speak about the 軍の 操作／手術s with political leaders and 指揮官s on the ground, 含むing his 最高の，を越す 指揮官 in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend.

Asked about the 緊張s, Mattis said he has been 保証するd that the travel 禁止（する） - 現在／一般に 立ち往生させるd by a 合法的な challenge - would not 影響する／感情 Iraqis who have fought と一緒に US 軍隊s.

The oil 問題／発行する, however, may be more difficult. Trump brought it up during the （選挙などの）運動をする, and he について言及するd it again late last month during a visit to the 中央情報局.

Trump （人命などを）奪う，主張するd: 'To the 勝利者 belong the spoils.' He said he first argued this 事例／患者 for '経済的な 推論する／理由s', but 追加するd it made sense as a 反対する-テロ行為 approach to 敗北・負かすing ISIS 'because that's where they made their money in the first place'.

He said: 'So we should have kept the oil. But, 承認する, maybe you'll have another chance.'

Trump, however, has also been （疑いを）晴らす that 敗北・負かすing ISIS is a 最高の，を越す 優先. In his 就任（式）／開始 演説（する）／住所, he 誓約（する）d to eradicate 過激な Islamic テロ行為 '完全に from the 直面する of the Earth'.?

And he talked during the （選挙などの）運動をする about 大いに 増加するing the number of U.S. 軍隊／機動隊s ーするために 'knock out' ISIS.

He 調印するd an order on January 28 that gives Mattis and 上級の 軍の leaders 30 days to come up with a new 計画（する） to beef up the fight.

Mattis would not discuss 明確な／細部s, 説 he wants to gather （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） first. But he has been talking with 軍の leaders about the possible 選択s, and has 大部分は supported the US 戦略 of fighting ISIS with and through 地元の 軍隊s.

The 軍の 選択s 範囲 from putting more 軍隊／機動隊s in Iraq and Syria to 上げるing 軍の 援助（する） to Kurdish 闘士，戦闘機s 支援するd by the US-led 連合.

More 特に, 公式の／役人s have talked about 拡大するing 成果／努力s to train, advise and enable 地元の Iraqi and Syrian 軍隊s, 増加するing 知能 and 監視, and 許すing US 軍隊／機動隊s to move 今後 more frequently with Iraqi 兵士s nearer the 前線 lines.

In Syria, a possible 選択 would be sending more US 軍隊s, 含むing 戦闘 軍隊／機動隊s, there as the Raqqa fight heats up.

Another move would be to 供給する 激しい 武器s and 乗り物s to the U.S.-支援するd Syrian Kurds, known as the YPG, and 上げる training. They have been the most 効果的な 軍隊 against ISIS in northern and eastern Syria, but the 提案 is 極度の慎重さを要する.

There are more than 5,100 US 軍隊s in Iraq, and up to about 500 in Syria.