12/22/2011 20:40
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Thursday, to expedite the processing of Iraqi forces with the necessary equipment and machinery necessary for its work, as he emphasized Chief of Staff of the U.S. military's readiness to cooperate with Iraq in the field of training, equipping and arming his forces.
Maliki said in a statement issued by his office, today, on the sidelines of the meeting with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, said that "Iraq and the United States they should continue to cooperate with them to serve the interests of both countries," calling to "accelerate the process of equipping the Iraqi forces with the necessary equipment and machinery necessary for its work. "
For his part, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, "his country's readiness to cooperate with Iraq in the field of training, equipping and arming of Iraqi forces."
The Iraqi government has considered, on 15 December, the current, that the troops reached the level of reliable despite the challenges, stressing that the issue of trainers will be determined according to the needs of those forces and arms deals.
Baghdad has seen, this morning, a series of car bombs and explosive belts and explosive in the areas of Karrada and the Alawi neighborhood group and the people and the Waziriya and Abu Dshir and the torch and Harthiya, killing 57 people and injured 176 as announced by the Ministry of Health.
The U.S. President Barack Obama, on 21 October 2011, that his country's troops in Iraqi territory would be in the United States during the holidays, stressing that Washington will support Iraq in all fields, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the need to begin a new phase of relations strategy after the withdrawal.
And leave U.S. troops Iraq by the end of the year, leaving behind them 900 thousand man Iraqi security seem ready to deal with internal threats, but they are unable to protect the land borders, air and water, according to military officials and Iraqi politicians and U.S., as well as additional concerns that Iraq may be affected by the forces of regional, such as Iran, which is the enemy of the United States.
Under the security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008, the training and equipping Iraqi forces before withdrawing all U.S. forces from all territory and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of 2011 the current, has withdrawn combat troops from towns and villages and towns in Iraq June 30, 2009, at the time confirmed the U.S. military in Iraq that no longer has only less than seven thousand troops.
It is expected to continue Iraq's relationship with the United States during the next phase in what is known (Strategic Framework Agreement), which provides for the exchange and partnership between the two countries in economic, diplomatic, cultural and security.
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