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On: Tuesday 2/7/2012 9:46
Baghdad / menopausal Hossam Acommok
a senior military source disclosed in the Air Force, the U.S. Air Iraqi sky above is limited to providing protection to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. This comes at a time was considered a senior adviser in the U.S. government flights over Iraqi airspace in a natural,
Stressing the need for Iraq to have a lack of high technologies in securing the skies. U.S. President Barack Obama has admitted last week using U.S. drones in Iraq, but he played it by saying that the program is very limited.
He added, "I think there is this belief that we draw a bunch of strikes automatically ... it is important that everyone is aware that this being in a very limited scale. "
says a senior military source in the Air Force that "the rumors about flights American aircraft remote control is exaggerated, Aftyranha always be above the American embassy to protect her," while denying "that there is coordination between the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the U.S. forces in this regard. "
The source, who preferred anonymity in a telephone conversation with the term "The relationship between the two countries is through the gate of diplomacy, and we do not have the slightest link to the topic, there may be prior coordination between the Iraqi government and the U.S. Embassy to protect Last by piloted aircraft. "
and the existence of owning the U.S. Embassy planes in Iraq, the source is "There is a helicopter owned by the U.S. consulates in Baghdad, Tikrit, Kirkuk and other areas, but the character of a civil act in coordination with the government."
in turn, did not report the Government, Commission on Security and Defence justify for breaches of the U.S., also warned the Committee to move the neighboring countries for the aircraft with remote control over Iraqi airspace.
member of the Governor Zamili said in a statement singled out by the (long) yesterday that "drones the U.S. continues to penetrate Iraqi airspace," stressing "a lack of readiness of air defense, especially the so-called call and control, there is no cover ongoing for these violations, and that the drones is always a small size can not be monitored visually by the ordinary people it is supposed to be there specialize in this area as it was in the past. "
He Zamili " There are great efforts with the security ministries to support the Air Force by giving them balance the fit with the nature of the phase experienced by the country. "
did not respond to the Commission on Security and Defence answer from the government on the justification to penetrate the United States to Iraqi airspace, says committee member, "said Washington was always used as spyware by drones are gathered through information and photography for the purpose of making use of them in the CIA, and self-way has dealt with Iran, which in turn brought down a number of this type of aircraft, which is true of the rest of the region Kalkhlij, Turkey and Syria. "
and moves Zamili fears Baghdad breaches of other air carried out by neighboring countries, and shows "Although there is no information about it, but the atmosphere put up in that penetrate the neighboring sky of Iraq by piloted aircraft."
The New York Times - which was the first to detect the flights of these aircraft - that the program raised wrath of senior Iraqi officials.
The newspaper said earlier that the U.S. State Department began to run some drones in Iraq last year on a trial basis and intensified their use after the completion of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq last December.
quoted New York Times to a senior U.S. official as saying the talks currently underway to obtain permission for the current operations of unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq.
But the newspaper said that three senior Iraqi officials said in interviews that they had not been consulted. The newspaper and I knew these officials that they are a senior adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Iraqi National Security Adviser and Acting Minister of Interior. Adviser in the Cabinet agreed with the view of the military source, but added the need for Iraq to continue flights American.
He just Berwari told (range) yesterday to a "strategic agreement between Iraq and the United States long-term, requiring Americans to take the consent of the government in question flying drones over the territory of Iraq. "
The Berwari a number of common interests between the two countries require such a flights and said, "The American Embassy is always subjected to strikes by armed groups by rocket-propelled grenades and therefore it wants to secure the embassy by these aircraft," following up " as well as the Iraqi air force is still limited to carrying out its functions to the fullest therefore in the interest of Iraq, continued U.S. air but requires government approval for roaming these aircraft in certain places, so there is no interference by Washington in Iraqi affairs. "
and demanded Berwari Iraqi government approached the Embassy of the United States to reflect the fact that flight, although it's a matter of course.
The Victoria Nuland, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry had said that the Bureau of Diplomatic Security has a program for the use of small aircraft known vehicles unmanned aerial (cf. Jn. AT. in) to take pictures of the facilities and personnel Americans abroad .
Noland declined to be drawn on the question of whether the U.S. government got permission to send Iraqi drones, saying only that Washington has always consult closely with foreign governments on steps to protect U.S. diplomats.
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