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New York Times: Washington asked for removal of the popular crowd as a condition for its intervention in Anbar
04/13/2015
Under pressure from US officials in Baghdad, Iraq factions to withdraw the popular crowd from the city of Ramadi, to share this international coalition aircraft which led Washington to strike jihadists extremist organization sites alone without cover Barre, according to Iraqi officials.
In Baghdad, US Ambassador Stuart Jones met with the leaders of Anbar province, officials, last Saturday, and expressed their dissatisfaction with the presence of the Shiite armed groups in their areas in the midst of Iraq's readiness to launch a massive attack range to restore the city of insurgents "Daash," according to diplomats involved in the meeting.
And a pledge of US Ambassador involvement of the international coalition against extremists in control of the city for a year and a half about the withdrawal of armed groups from Anbar, as he believes that the presence of these groups, which said it would "impede" the work of the international coalition, will cause acts of violence as well as it is, is rejected by the people and tribes in there, especially that this tribal position strongly supported by the United States.
US officials fear that the presence of "popular crowd" in Anbar, the Sunni community has paid increasingly towards the organization "Daash." This is due to the belief that society that these Shiite armed groups uncontrolled and unregulated, and perhaps the reprisals if they come to Ramadi, according to the tribes.
The head of the Anbar province morning Krhot, who was present at the meeting with the US ambassador, said that "the ambassador told us, that the Americans will not launch strikes on the organization sites, but after the withdrawal of the popular crowd of your region."
In the next two days, the international coalition aircraft launched raids heavier than usual on "Alibovraj" area, as local officials in this regard, says the raids coalition reached 20 raid in the area only to stop the advance of militants "Daash" towards the city center, according to locals.
It was not the officials, the Americans are no comments at the meeting, which took place between Ambassador Jones and the Anbar city officials and clans.
But recently, it was gray officials and clans, too, defending the appearance of the Shiite armed groups by supporting the Iraqi army after the withdrawal of a sudden from the cities of Mosul and Tikrit last June.
In the meantime, the United States is seeking to develop and rehabilitate the Iraqi army again sent through a large number of Americans advisors since the beginning of the crisis in Iraq.
He insists ruled clinic, the governor of Anbar adviser, on the non-participation of the popular crowd in the current fighting to restore the city, as well as the prime minister, who already promised the city elders and officials, that these armed groups will not be part of the war in Anbar.
The clinic said, "Last week, we got promises from the prime minister and the speaker of parliament and other officials that there are no units of the popular crowd in the southern regions of the province of Anbar."
With these fears and warnings and promises, but that there are multiple reports emerged of Anbar, confirms the participation of two factions of the popular crowd in military operations Alsjaria specific area, the two factions "Alrsaleon" and "Hezbollah Brigades" two officers who attacked in that region, and soon have stopped their fire the lack of ammunition after repeated request from the Iraqi government for more than once, according to the reports.
One of the participants in the meeting is Karim Helal, a member of the Council of Anbar province, says that "the ambassador did not say the letter that he does not want the presence of the popular crowd, but gave the impression that America is not in favor of participation in the restoration of Anbar, blaming the same province government, which is the ability of her expulsion regulation in isolation from the popular crowd participation. "
He crescent "I told the ambassador during my presentation we want the continuation of air strikes in Anbar, and press the United States on Iraq to arm the tribes to announce that not our need to popular crowd," stated the ambassador said, "the continuation of the international coalition aircraft bombed the organization Daash sites, subject to the withdrawal of those Shiite armed groups of Anbar. "
He expressed the hope crescent, like other Sunni officials, that America will be able to convince Haider Abadi, during his visit to Washington to speed up arming Sunni tribes.
The reason for refusal of the United States, the participation of the popular crowd in Anbar restoration process, to find those factions in the restoration of the city of Tikrit decisively. The fighting stopped for a week until the United States participated aircrafts to restore the city, according to the US administration believes in Washington. But those armed factions have a crucial role in the liberation of Tikrit ultimately remain.
He insists Iraqi officials, the importance of the restoration of Anbar first, before attacking the broad to the city of Mosul to be restored are the other of the organization "Daash", given the location of the western region near Baghdad, to some extent, and the importance of cutting the desert road benefiting organization funded its activities in Iraq.
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04/13/2015
Under pressure from US officials in Baghdad, Iraq factions to withdraw the popular crowd from the city of Ramadi, to share this international coalition aircraft which led Washington to strike jihadists extremist organization sites alone without cover Barre, according to Iraqi officials.
In Baghdad, US Ambassador Stuart Jones met with the leaders of Anbar province, officials, last Saturday, and expressed their dissatisfaction with the presence of the Shiite armed groups in their areas in the midst of Iraq's readiness to launch a massive attack range to restore the city of insurgents "Daash," according to diplomats involved in the meeting.
And a pledge of US Ambassador involvement of the international coalition against extremists in control of the city for a year and a half about the withdrawal of armed groups from Anbar, as he believes that the presence of these groups, which said it would "impede" the work of the international coalition, will cause acts of violence as well as it is, is rejected by the people and tribes in there, especially that this tribal position strongly supported by the United States.
US officials fear that the presence of "popular crowd" in Anbar, the Sunni community has paid increasingly towards the organization "Daash." This is due to the belief that society that these Shiite armed groups uncontrolled and unregulated, and perhaps the reprisals if they come to Ramadi, according to the tribes.
The head of the Anbar province morning Krhot, who was present at the meeting with the US ambassador, said that "the ambassador told us, that the Americans will not launch strikes on the organization sites, but after the withdrawal of the popular crowd of your region."
In the next two days, the international coalition aircraft launched raids heavier than usual on "Alibovraj" area, as local officials in this regard, says the raids coalition reached 20 raid in the area only to stop the advance of militants "Daash" towards the city center, according to locals.
It was not the officials, the Americans are no comments at the meeting, which took place between Ambassador Jones and the Anbar city officials and clans.
But recently, it was gray officials and clans, too, defending the appearance of the Shiite armed groups by supporting the Iraqi army after the withdrawal of a sudden from the cities of Mosul and Tikrit last June.
In the meantime, the United States is seeking to develop and rehabilitate the Iraqi army again sent through a large number of Americans advisors since the beginning of the crisis in Iraq.
He insists ruled clinic, the governor of Anbar adviser, on the non-participation of the popular crowd in the current fighting to restore the city, as well as the prime minister, who already promised the city elders and officials, that these armed groups will not be part of the war in Anbar.
The clinic said, "Last week, we got promises from the prime minister and the speaker of parliament and other officials that there are no units of the popular crowd in the southern regions of the province of Anbar."
With these fears and warnings and promises, but that there are multiple reports emerged of Anbar, confirms the participation of two factions of the popular crowd in military operations Alsjaria specific area, the two factions "Alrsaleon" and "Hezbollah Brigades" two officers who attacked in that region, and soon have stopped their fire the lack of ammunition after repeated request from the Iraqi government for more than once, according to the reports.
One of the participants in the meeting is Karim Helal, a member of the Council of Anbar province, says that "the ambassador did not say the letter that he does not want the presence of the popular crowd, but gave the impression that America is not in favor of participation in the restoration of Anbar, blaming the same province government, which is the ability of her expulsion regulation in isolation from the popular crowd participation. "
He crescent "I told the ambassador during my presentation we want the continuation of air strikes in Anbar, and press the United States on Iraq to arm the tribes to announce that not our need to popular crowd," stated the ambassador said, "the continuation of the international coalition aircraft bombed the organization Daash sites, subject to the withdrawal of those Shiite armed groups of Anbar. "
He expressed the hope crescent, like other Sunni officials, that America will be able to convince Haider Abadi, during his visit to Washington to speed up arming Sunni tribes.
The reason for refusal of the United States, the participation of the popular crowd in Anbar restoration process, to find those factions in the restoration of the city of Tikrit decisively. The fighting stopped for a week until the United States participated aircrafts to restore the city, according to the US administration believes in Washington. But those armed factions have a crucial role in the liberation of Tikrit ultimately remain.
He insists Iraqi officials, the importance of the restoration of Anbar first, before attacking the broad to the city of Mosul to be restored are the other of the organization "Daash", given the location of the western region near Baghdad, to some extent, and the importance of cutting the desert road benefiting organization funded its activities in Iraq.
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