Aljazeera.com | Trump's defense chief says in Iraq: We're not here for your oil Reuters Mattis was the highest-ranking Trump administration official to visit Iraq since Trump irked Iraqis with a temporary ban ontravel to the United States and for saying America should have seized Iraq's oil after toppling Saddam Hussein in 2003. Trump ... Defence secretary Jim Mattis: Not in Iraq to seize oil US Defense Secretary: We're not in Iraq to seize oil Trump's defence secretary tries to reassure Iraq: we're not going to seize your oil |