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Baghdad is trying to balance the pressures by the U.S. and Iran
On: Wednesday 21/3/2012 6:31
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pointed Centre for Strategic and International Studies, in a study by the American-Iranian rivalry in Iraq, that "even if this country was able to solve his political problems, it will remain weak at all levels." The report prepared by a senior researcher Anthony Cordesman and Onchert agency "AKnews"
Part of it, to suggest that Iraq "is now trying to find a balance to the pressures of conflicting between the United States and Iran, after he tried to walk the line between the rivals, to prevent the occurrence of considerable disagreement with any of the two countries."
The Cordesman said the reason for this is the need for Iraq in support of Iran, especially that there is a common business on the borders of the two countries. At the same time, Iraq needs to support the diplomatic and military of the United States.
and went on to say that the decline in military capability in Iraq pays to rely on military assistance and training provided by the United States, where lacking in Iraq immune to the influence of Iran.
In addition, the study says that "the Iraqi economy crippled because of the lack of security, comes Iraq in terms of corruption ranked the 175 out of 182 countries in 2011. and that Iraq had suffered half a decade of stalled legislative efforts to pass the investment of local and global, as well as lacking in the formation of security forces to effectively protect its structure infrastructure and institutions of business.
The study crisis budget between 2008 and 2010, as well as the political crisis that began long before the 2010 elections, which produced a state of inertia effective in many aspects of governance, as well as the delay in achieving quality improvements crucial in every branch of forces Iraq's national security.
said Cordesman, that Iraq was not able to absorb aid projects funded through the American occupation, because of problems in national governance and political infighting, and sectarian conflict and ethnic at the regional and local levels.
As for the wealth of Iraq is according to the study "comes from the oil sector and services relevant by the oil sector was at the controls of the Iraqi economy, and provides 90 percent of government revenues and 80 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Since mid-2009, oil export revenues returned to their pre-Operation Iraqi Freedom and government revenues have recovered, along with world oil prices. In the year 2011 has increased its exports of oil as a result of new contracts with international oil companies.
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