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12/22/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - U.S. official is considered the allegations against al-Hashemi unfounded
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Washington: «Middle East»
may be the Iraq war ended in a military for the United States, but probably not over for the Iraqis or the U.S. government, While trying to avoid the outbreak of sectarian conflict after the departure of U.S. troops.
Officials are Americans very nervous because of the Iraqi government's decision to order the arrest of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a day after the complete withdrawal of U.S. military, raising fears of sectarian tensions anew between the Shias and Sunnis in Iraq.
This occurred in the timing is not suitable for U.S. President Barack Obama, while declaring several occasions during the end of military involvement in Iraq after nearly nine years after the invasion ordered by his predecessor George W. Bush.
In the latest of these events took part in Obama ceremony the day before yesterday a U.S. base near Washington, which was aware of U.S. forces from Iraq formally to the home. According to the agency «Reuters», said Republican opposition to Obama's Democrats in Congress and within the presidential campaign's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops by the end of this year, the date originally set by Bush, the greater the risk of destabilizing Iraq.
Politics aside, the renewed sectarian tensions at the highest level of Iraqi politics is a new challenge for politicians in the U.S. strategic oil-rich state. Said Jon Alterman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies «One of the concerns of people since the period is that without the presence of senior U.S., the prospect of settling accounts in Iraq would increase sectarian» .. Alterman said he did not know the volume of evidence that may support the arrest warrant for al-Hashemi who was accused of links to suspected in assassinations and bombings.
But a U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said that the allegations against al-Hashemi have no basis at all. He said Alterman, «it is not clear whether this represents a settlement of the accounts of sectarian or criminal investigation faithful». The White House urged the Iraqi government to deal with the issue in line with international norms, the appeal to reflect in what appears to fear is declared to be the motives behind the issue of al-Hashemi political, or may be administered in a manner lacking neutrality.
Contact and Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama Nujaifi to discuss the matter, saying that the United States is watching events closely. His office said in a brief statement «stressed the U.S. commitment to long-term strategic partnership with Iraq and our support for the government and the importance of a comprehensive post to act in accordance with the rule of law and the Constitution of Iraq». Said White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters earlier in the «We are concerned in this regard is clear», pointing out that U.S. officials in contact with Iraqi leaders.
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12/22/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - U.S. official is considered the allegations against al-Hashemi unfounded
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Washington: «Middle East»
may be the Iraq war ended in a military for the United States, but probably not over for the Iraqis or the U.S. government, While trying to avoid the outbreak of sectarian conflict after the departure of U.S. troops.
Officials are Americans very nervous because of the Iraqi government's decision to order the arrest of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a day after the complete withdrawal of U.S. military, raising fears of sectarian tensions anew between the Shias and Sunnis in Iraq.
This occurred in the timing is not suitable for U.S. President Barack Obama, while declaring several occasions during the end of military involvement in Iraq after nearly nine years after the invasion ordered by his predecessor George W. Bush.
In the latest of these events took part in Obama ceremony the day before yesterday a U.S. base near Washington, which was aware of U.S. forces from Iraq formally to the home. According to the agency «Reuters», said Republican opposition to Obama's Democrats in Congress and within the presidential campaign's decision to withdraw all U.S. troops by the end of this year, the date originally set by Bush, the greater the risk of destabilizing Iraq.
Politics aside, the renewed sectarian tensions at the highest level of Iraqi politics is a new challenge for politicians in the U.S. strategic oil-rich state. Said Jon Alterman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies «One of the concerns of people since the period is that without the presence of senior U.S., the prospect of settling accounts in Iraq would increase sectarian» .. Alterman said he did not know the volume of evidence that may support the arrest warrant for al-Hashemi who was accused of links to suspected in assassinations and bombings.
But a U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said that the allegations against al-Hashemi have no basis at all. He said Alterman, «it is not clear whether this represents a settlement of the accounts of sectarian or criminal investigation faithful». The White House urged the Iraqi government to deal with the issue in line with international norms, the appeal to reflect in what appears to fear is declared to be the motives behind the issue of al-Hashemi political, or may be administered in a manner lacking neutrality.
Contact and Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama Nujaifi to discuss the matter, saying that the United States is watching events closely. His office said in a brief statement «stressed the U.S. commitment to long-term strategic partnership with Iraq and our support for the government and the importance of a comprehensive post to act in accordance with the rule of law and the Constitution of Iraq». Said White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters earlier in the «We are concerned in this regard is clear», pointing out that U.S. officials in contact with Iraqi leaders.
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