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12.04.2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - Dar Al-Hayat - Najaf - Fadhil Rashad said the local government in Najaf (160 km) south of Baghdad control over the security situation, stressing that the presence of U.S. forces had a negative impact on the security of the city. said President of the Security Committee in the provincial council Loay Yasiri «life», that «the American forces withdrew from Najaf in 2008 with only a reconstruction team, who pulled the middle of this year». He added: «There was no role for the Americans in the security situation improves, but their presence was a negative». He pointed out that «the Iraqi forces are doing their job properly and security self-sustaining in the city, which is preparing for the participation of hundreds of thousands in the commemoration of Ashura». Police chief Major General Abdul-Karim Ameri «life», that «since the handover of security from U.S. forces in 2006, Najaf is the most secure in Iraq». He pointed out that «no effect for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in the security situation», adding that «Iraqi forces come a long way from progress through your own intelligence and aerial reconnaissance, no need for the Americans in Najaf years ago and not now ». The city has witnessed a gathering expanded discussed the «activate the role of the tribes after the American withdrawal from the country». and affirmed the tribes in the statement of willingness to contribute to maintaining security and support local and central governments in achieving stability. The representative of the tribes in parliament, Sheikh Hassan al-Shaalan, that «the role does not mean taking up arms, but state support to establish security ».
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