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30-08-2011 | (Voice of Iraq) -
Alsumaria News / Basra
*****Called the Political Council in the province of Basra, on Tuesday, the Kuwaiti government to halt the implementation of the project of building the port of Mubarak, while the refusal to carry out armed operations against it,***** he called on the Iraqi government to ask the UN Security Council to re-demarcate the border between the two countries. *****
*****The head of the political council in the governorate of Basra Mohsin Hamid in a press conference held yesterday, *****attended by "Alsumaria News", *****"Council of all political parties and movements that belong to him demanding the Kuwaiti government to halt implementation of port project Mubarak immediately because of its damage on Iraq." *****
Asked Hamid Kuwait to "cease all efforts to weaken Iraq by blocking efforts to get him out of Chapter VII, and attacks on Iraqi fishermen in the Khawr Abd Allah, and the drilling of oil wells in areas of disputed border, and finally the establishment of Port Mubarak to curtail the role of Iraqi ports," asserting that "Kuwaitis have gone too far to harm the Iraqi people until it became difficult to predict the future of relations between the two countries," he says.
He called the political council of the Iraqi government and the political blocs in the House of Representatives to "agree on a unified position from the excesses of Kuwait, and recourse to the Security Council and international courts and bodies competent to deal with international conflicts to demand the re-demarcation of the border between the two countries and commit Kuwait to stop the implementation of the port project Mubarak."
Hamid pointed out that "the political council will work to organize mass demonstrations in protest against what Kuwait did not stop the project," stressing that "the Council absolutely rejects the use of armed violence against its interests in Kuwait or Iraq."
Hamid called "political forces, tribal and armed groups to attack Kuwait, which has vowed not to carry out its threats."
The sources of security in Basra province, revealed "Alsumaria News" in the 26 Aug., unidentified gunmen fired three rockets from inside Iraqi territory on the project of building the port of Mubarak in Bubiyan Kuwait, stressing that the missile failed to hit land on the island and fell in the water Gulf, in what was considered a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Magistrate Ahmed Ashour, in the 27 of August now, that the bombing of Port Mubarak by armed groups from within Iraqi territory to try to damage Iraq and embarrass the government, stressing that these groups work to weaken the Iraqi government
And imposed Kuwait security measures and preventive tight around the site of Port Mubarak on the island of Bubiyan, and on the border with Iraq after being threatened by the forces of tribal, political and armed factions on the background of the project, most notably Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, which asserts that it has three rockets developed the potential of self- , capable of hitting targets in Kuwaiti territory.
For his part, Vice-President of the Political Council Bahaa al-Khafaji, said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", on the sidelines of the press conference that "the port of Kuwait would return after the run in Iraq and economic problems, shipping large," calling "the Iraqi government and the political blocs in the House to assume responsibility for national defense the sovereignty and interests of the country. "
He said al-Khafaji, an official gathering of national unity in Basra, "The Iraqi government in case the port of Faw specifications advertised and sought to develop the port current business, those measures will contribute to the revitalization of the local economy and reduce the effects of the port of Mubarak, Kuwaiti ports of Iraq."
And started to Kuwait on the sixth of April, the establishment of the port of Mubarak Al-Kabeer in Bubiyan Island near the Iraqi coast, after exactly a year to develop Iraq's transport ministry the foundation stone for the construction of the port of Faw, what caused the outbreak of the crisis between the two countries, at a time when there Kuwaitis that Mainahm will have the results of economic and strategic task, confirms officials and Iraqi experts that the port of Kuwait will reduce the importance of Iraqi ports, and restrict navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah channel leading to the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al-Zubair, and make the draft port of Faw worthless.
And founded the political council in the province of Basra, about 590 km south of Baghdad, in 2006 as the "Council of assigning the law", to address the conflicts of political, tribal and reduce the sectarian tensions that prevailed in that period, and then acquired the current name after the improvement of the security situation in mid 2008 and is working towards taking the organization of political action, especially in the stages of crisis and elections.
The Council consists of most of the political parties and movements in the province, including the Islamic Virtue Party, Office of the Martyr Sadr, the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Islamic Dawa Party, the National Accord Movement, the Communist Party, bringing together the national unity, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Hezbollah, Iraq, the National Congress Party , and the movement of insurgents the popular uprising.
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