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US Senate topples hopes Kurds and prevents arming the Peshmerga without reference to Baghdad
6/17/2015
Washington-Iraq Press -17 June: the voice of the US Senate, Tuesday evening against a draft resolution to send weapons to the Peshmerga directly without reference to Baghdad ..
Thus, the Senate cut the road in front of the White House to provide the Kurdistan Regional Government of weapons without reference to Baghdad.
And the voice of 45 senators during the meeting against the resolution, while the sound of 54 in his favor, but the US laws impose get 60 votes for legislation decision in the Senate.
The Senate and the view that the draft decision to send arms to the Peshmerga directly and bypass the Baghdad opposed the United States' strategy in the fight against Daash and the unity of Iraqi territories, and stressed the need that the Kurds are not granted in the Kurdistan region of any weapon except for the road to Baghdad.
And endorsed US House of Representatives, in the middle of Aaaralamadi, on the draft US defense budget for the 2016 decision, it contained send direct military aid to the Peshmerga forces and fighters of the Sunni tribes.
Under a US draft resolution at the request of the US President to send military aid to Iraq, an amount of 715 million US dollars, provided that allocates 25% of the aid directly for the benefit of the Peshmerga forces and Sunni clans, while the stop 75% allocated to Iraqi government forces, to make sure the Ministry US foreign and defense, that the US government has made Abadi conditions in the formation of a broad government with the participation of all components of the Iraqi people.
The resolution notes that "the Iraqi government is obliged to achieve the American conditions, sending 60% of the 75% remaining, directly to the Peshmerga forces and Sunni." Noting that "the development of these conditions, at the request of US President Barack Obama to help the Iraqi army, has been identified by the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the US Congress Mac Sornberry ".
The military affairs committee in the US Congress approved the draft resolution by a majority of 60 votes out of 62 votes. Ended
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6/17/2015
Washington-Iraq Press -17 June: the voice of the US Senate, Tuesday evening against a draft resolution to send weapons to the Peshmerga directly without reference to Baghdad ..
Thus, the Senate cut the road in front of the White House to provide the Kurdistan Regional Government of weapons without reference to Baghdad.
And the voice of 45 senators during the meeting against the resolution, while the sound of 54 in his favor, but the US laws impose get 60 votes for legislation decision in the Senate.
The Senate and the view that the draft decision to send arms to the Peshmerga directly and bypass the Baghdad opposed the United States' strategy in the fight against Daash and the unity of Iraqi territories, and stressed the need that the Kurds are not granted in the Kurdistan region of any weapon except for the road to Baghdad.
And endorsed US House of Representatives, in the middle of Aaaralamadi, on the draft US defense budget for the 2016 decision, it contained send direct military aid to the Peshmerga forces and fighters of the Sunni tribes.
Under a US draft resolution at the request of the US President to send military aid to Iraq, an amount of 715 million US dollars, provided that allocates 25% of the aid directly for the benefit of the Peshmerga forces and Sunni clans, while the stop 75% allocated to Iraqi government forces, to make sure the Ministry US foreign and defense, that the US government has made Abadi conditions in the formation of a broad government with the participation of all components of the Iraqi people.
The resolution notes that "the Iraqi government is obliged to achieve the American conditions, sending 60% of the 75% remaining, directly to the Peshmerga forces and Sunni." Noting that "the development of these conditions, at the request of US President Barack Obama to help the Iraqi army, has been identified by the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the US Congress Mac Sornberry ".
The military affairs committee in the US Congress approved the draft resolution by a majority of 60 votes out of 62 votes. Ended
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