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On: Sun 26/02/2012 9:46
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Washington has confirmed that the nature of the military personnel of the Office of Security Cooperation in Baghdad administrative rather than combat, emphasizing that continued her office, not the Pentagon is working under the supervision of the Ambassador, comes at a time revealed the source of intelligence in the province of Diyala,
That U.S. forces before their withdrawal from the province late last November refused to provide the Iraqi side with a password to deal with network security information includes more than 60 source of information providers, likely to be those sources is still working for the benefit of those forces.
The fair Broraa consultant The government had said earlier (range) on the need to benefit from the expertise of the American side at all levels Kalthagafah and technical basis of the strategic agreement signed between the two countries.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Iraq Michael McClellan in a statement to a number of media "," The nature of the work of the military personnel of the Office of Security Cooperation (OSC-I) is not a battle, "saying they were" administrators who oversee the process of buying equipment, delivery, maintenance, and training as requested by the Iraqi government. "
The Pentagon has called for mid-month that is paid a sum of three billion dollars of to cover the expenses of the activities of the post-withdrawal by the office in Iraq.
confirmed McClellan, "The Office of Security Cooperation belonging to the Embassy of the United States, and operates under the auspices of the U.S. ambassador and not under the supervision of the Pentagon," noting that "responsible for the management of Foreign Military Sales program."
The McClellan that "Iraq has contracted with Washington for the purchase of aircraft, F-16, and tanks and other military equipment to defend its borders and protect its sovereignty within the Foreign Military Sales program."
The Office for Security Cooperation (OSC-I) between the United States and Iraq, his duties earlier this year following the withdrawal of troops U.S. combat troops from the country, and has ten offices, four of them in Baghdad in Camp Taji and Basmajh and the airport, and the hundreds of staff of the Ministry of Defence they work but they are linked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Embassy.
The U.S. Embassy has, in the February 20, 2012, it plans to employ Iraqi citizens and seeks to rely on the local market to buy goods and services, while Washington has, in the February 8, 2012, a plan to reduce the number of staff at its embassy in Baghdad, confirmed the presence of 16 thousand currently between diplomats and retirees.
and on a related media quoted for source described Balastakbarata saying, "that" the Intelligence Division in the U.S. Army who was stationed at military bases, several within the province of Diyala, it owns an extensive network of suppliers of information security more than than 60 deployed in the general areas of the province, "noting that" the network was characterized as highly confidential . "
The source, who asked not to be named "The American side was dependent on the network to monitor the activities of armed groups and to identify targets hostilities are very accurate," noting that the U.S. side when he left late last year, "refused to give the password to the Iraqi security in order to deal with the network of its information security under the pretext of fear for the lives of sources and exposed the order of was cooperating with them. "
The source, a lieutenant-colonel in the intelligence agencies Diala that "the network providers of the information was very important for the intelligence of Iraq, they were very active and give information very important. "
The source expected to be "the U.S. side continues the management of that network," noting that "members of the network using mobile phones and computers to send their information and reports of security."
The U.S. military withdrew permanently from all military bases Diyala, in 25 of last November, which later became the national day for the province was formally approved by the local government.
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