Maliki declared the survival of 700 civilians U.S. to train security forces
Editor: HAH Wednesday, 21 k 1 2011 10:28 GMT
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Wednesday, that 700 coach U.S. will work to train Iraqi security forces, saying that their presence would be inside the camps, as pointed out that the number of staff the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad did not reach two thousand employees. said Nuri al-Maliki a press conference held today in Baghdad and attended by "Alsumaria News", "The total number of coaches not more than 700 coach may reduce the number and they were hired and are in the camps," stressing the "Add 100 of the coaches rather than instructors NATO." Maliki said that "The number of staff of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq has up to two thousand employees," adding that "any American troops or foreign does not exist in Iraq today." The source of the Commission on Security and Defence parliamentary revealed in (14 December 2011), that 150 soldiers U.S. will stay in Iraq after the end of this year, to provide logistical support to Iraqi forces. revealed the leadership of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman, in (7 December, the current), for information to confirm the survival of 3,000 troops U.S. in Iraq after the year 2011, stressing at the same time the return of U.S. forces require agreement and coordination with the Iraqi government. could not the Iraqi government and U.S. administration so far despite a lengthy talks between the two sides to agree on a legal formula to ensure the survival of U.S. forces in Iraq after the end of the year for the training of Iraqi security forces because of disagreement on the issue of immunity, which insists the U.S. administration to give its soldiers immunity as a condition for the survival of any of its forces, which rejects the Iraqi government, which tried to turn the agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has troops in Iraq since 2004 to assist and train Iraqi forces, but these attempts failed because of the insistence NATO to get immunity for any of the forces operating in Iraq after the end of the year. The Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani, have expressed concern about the incomplete readiness of Iraqi military forces especially in the areas of air defense, maritime, and criticized the Taliban last November, the talks which ended in dispute to grant U.S. trainers immunity to ensure their survival in Iraq, pointing to the absence of the correct to the need for trainers in Iraq .. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Michael McClellan, said in a (10 December 2011), the number of staff of the Embassy of his country current close to 15 thousand, pointing out that it was knowingly and consent of the Iraqi government, as pointed out that this number is similar to the number of employees at U.S. embassies in several countries and signed by Baghdad and Washington, a security agreement at the end of November 2008 provides for the training and equipping Iraqi forces before withdrawing all United States 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 of Iraq June 30, 2009, at the time confirmed the U.S. military in Iraq that no longer has less than seven thousands of troops. is expected to continue Iraq's relationship with the United States during the next phase in what is known as "strategic framework agreement" which provides for the exchange and partnership between the two countries in economic, diplomatic, cultural and security.
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