23/02/2012 21:57
Slogan of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - and described the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Thursday, bombings that hit a number of areas of Baghdad and other provinces as "acts of despicable" targeting all communities in Iraq, "national unity" in it, but she stressed that the Iraqi people will continue to be a strong resolve. "will not allow attempts to sectarian division."
He said the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said in a statement it issued today, "the Embassy strongly condemns the terrorist attacks that targeted innocent men, women and children in Iraq," and considered it "targeting all sects of Iraqi society without discrimination."
The embassy said that "such despicable acts but targeting all spectrums of the Iraqi people in a desperate attempt to undermine the structure of Iraqi society and its institutions," and expressed "confidence that the Iraqi people will remain steadfast strong momentum in the distance in Iraq attempts to sectarian division and does not enable the group of terrorism to achieve their ends ".
A series of bombings this morning, Baghdad and six other provinces are the Salah al-Din, Babylon, Nineveh and Diyala, Anbar and Kirkuk, killed nearly were 484 killed and wounded, and recognized the Interior Ministry the occurrence of 22 bombings targeted 19 regions across Iraq, also accused al-Qaeda and " others "to stand behind it, saying it aims to move the sectarian strife, political and prevent Iraq from being an economic giant.
It considered the Commission on Security and Defence parliamentary those bombings indicator of risk and evidence of the lack of readiness of the Iraqi armed forces, was charged with House Speaker Osama Najafi third parties did not identify being behind the bombings, saying it aims to thwart the National Congress of the year and the Arab summit to be held in Baghdad, the end of next March.
While stressing the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, the need to review the work of the system intelligence security against the backdrop of bombings today, calling to make changes to a deliberate and professional in terms of plans and security leaders, while calling politicians to resolve their differences and go to security and to oppose the plans, "the Baath takfiri" .
Also called the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi's government to resign in the event were not able to bear the responsibility in maintaining security, considering that the series of bombings today clearly reflect failures in controlling the security file and provide the political atmosphere appropriate, in carrying the leader of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman, the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the security forces responsible for the bombings, and was considered as evidence of the fragility of the political situation, stressing that what happened today is an attempt to send a message to the world that the security situation is stable for the Arab summit.
Coincides escalation continued security since the beginning of the new year 2012, with the survival of the security ministries vacant and the political crisis in the country, following the issuance of an arrest warrant against the vice president the leader of the Iraqi List, Tariq al-Hashimi, and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a request to parliament to withdraw confidence from the deputy leader of the the Iraqi List, Saleh al-Mutlaq also, along with many of the issues that are the subject of disagreement between the political blocs.
The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari announced, the first of February 2012, that the next Arab summit will be held in Baghdad in the 29 of March next, stressing that the government is serious about providing security for the leaders and co-chairs at the top, as Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben jewelery that Iraq is able to ensure the success of the Arab summit and that he will chair on the stage of a future in which Arab action.
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