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The leadership of border guards, Sunday, readiness to touch the ground after the U.S. withdrawal is expected late this year, referring to the self-sufficiency and no need for those forces, as explained that the issue of coverage of Iraqi airspace will be addressed in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence.
The commander of the forces, border guards, General Mohsen Kaabi said in a statement issued today, and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of it, that "the work of border forces with pieces U.S. ended since 2008 in all respects," noting that "the border forces have the self-sufficiency."
He said Kaabi that "U.S. forces supported border forces in some aspects, including aerial reconnaissance, training, and provide us with some intelligence about cross-border infiltration, "confirmed that" the border forces relied on themselves to perform all its duties since 2008 until now. "
The commander of the border guards that "the issue of coverage of the atmosphere Iraq will be addressed in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense through an air by helicopters to secure the air cover to the Iraqi border. "
The Ministry of Interior renewed, in the (November 21, 2011), reaffirmed their readiness to grab the security file after it confirmed in the (July 17, 2011), that reports confirm their ability to take over after the American withdrawal end of the year, and the commander of the armed forces, Nouri al-Maliki briefed on these reports as the Minister of the Interior acting and has ongoing meetings with their leaders, while indicating no need for the presence of U.S. forces, but may need to exercise only.
The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the beginning of December, the current, to question the capabilities of the armed forces has evolved an approach familiar in some quarters, expressing his confidence in the failure of these campaigns also failed her sisters ex.
The U.S. President Barack Obama, in (21 October 2011), that his country's forces in the territory of Iraq will be in the United States during the holidays, while stressing that Washington will support Iraq in all areas, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a teleconference with him, the need to begin a new phase of strategic relations after the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq on schedule end the year 2011.
Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of 2011 the current, has withdrawn combat troops from towns and villages and towns Iraqi June 30, 2009.
Iraq has signed and the United States, too, in 2008, the Framework Agreement strategy to support the ministries and agencies of the Iraqi transition from the strategic partnership with the Republic of Iraq to the areas of economic, diplomatic, cultural and security, based on reducing the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as the task of providing a sustainable rule of law, including the police development program and the completion of the coordination and supervision and the report of the Fund for Iraq relief and reconstruction.
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