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Panetta looking in Erbil fate of U.S. troops in Iraq
13/07/2011
MPs reject any pressure to extend
BAGHDAD - morning
and out of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, his talks in Iraq on the fate of American troops.
has met with President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, Panetta, who said media adviser to the President of Kurdistan, Faisal Al-Dabbagh: "The visit of U.S. Defence Secretary came to accelerate the formation of the Iraqi government and determine the survival of U.S. forces in Iraq. "
"It happened in the meeting dealt with topics on the presence of U.S. troops before the withdrawal and after him, and that the Secretary of Defense asked the president of the region to make greater efforts to supplement the composition of the government."
He noted that "the two sides discussed the situation in neighboring Arab countries and their impact in the province of Kurdistan. "
revealed U.S. sources, the "morning" on Saturday, a "quasi-agreement" was between Baghdad and Washington to keep U.S. forces for training and air support, after the scheduled date of withdrawal, at the time revealed the sources American "morning" for the withdrawal of a force of 20 thousand U.S. troops from the country during the sixty days to come.
The Panetta arrived in Baghdad on Monday on a visit during which he met President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
and discuss the U.S. Minister in separate meetings with Talabani and al-Maliki, the bilateral relations and U.S. efforts in the development of military capabilities in terms of training Iraqi forces and processing, highlighting the President the importance of strengthening relations between the two countries in the framework of the Convention the strategic agreement signed between Iraq and the United States to include all fields to serve the higher interests of the two peoples, according to a presidential statement received "morning, a copy of it.
In the meantime, a delegation of members of the House of Representatives for the Liberal block of the Sadrist movement the religious authority, Mr. Morteza Qazwini in Karbala.
A statement of the Political Commission of the Sadrist movement: "The delegation, which included Representatives Iman al-Musawi and Maha league and Zainab al-Tai and board member the city of Karbala on the mass of the Free Tariq Kikhany, met op-Qazwini was addressed to the issue of the American occupation and bring him out of Iraq. "
said Mr. Qazwini according to the statement: "This mandate illegal on every Muslim and I am the first to the defense of the homeland and the first sacrifices for Iraq."
In the meantime, he considered the Sadrist movement to target U.S. forces inside Iraqi territory is legitimate, and called the House of Representatives issued a statement denouncing the statements made by U.S. Secretary of Defense for permission to his troops to carry out single in Iraq, calling those statements arguments that conjures up a new crisis.
The MP for the Liberal block of of the Sadrist movement Maha league during a joint news conference with the Sadrist bloc, and the representative of the Iraqi List Haider Mulla according Manglth agency "Alsumaria News": "The U.S. Secretary of Defense mocks the Constitution and the sovereignty of the Iraqis when he said that his forces will perform solo in Iraq," arguing that "targeting U.S. forces inside Iraqi territory is legitimate as the occupation forces. "
The league that "those forces began after the statement by the Minister of Defense, the implementation of arbitrary arrests in Diyala and Basra," ask the House to "a statement of condemnation against this statement."
and described the periodic statements Panetta B "flimsy arguments that which tries to ignite a new crisis."
The Minister of Defense of the new Leon Panetta said, yesterday, that his country's forces carried out individually military operations against Shiite militias in Iraq, a year after the end of U.S. combat operations formally.
midst of that, said a spokesman for the Kurdistan Alliance, a pro-Tayeb: "The committee that decides formed at a meeting of leaders of blocs in the house of President Jalal Talabani on Saturday will devote its efforts to discuss the extension of the survival of U.S. forces in Iraq or not after the year 2011 and to reach the final results during the next two weeks ".
"The timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is imminent which compel the political blocs to determine the position of these forces, so the committee, which emerged from the meeting of the political blocs will take this mission." He went good in a press statement: "The agreement of the political blocs agreed on the extension to the survival of the occupation forces or not, will facilitate the task of the government and parliament to take a position of such forces. "
and stressed that "any extension of U.S. troops should be in accordance with the new security arrangement entered into with the American side voted on by the House of Representatives makes it easier task on the government and parliament and become the responsibility distributed over all to the people and the masses reject the survival of Americans. "
and added that he was "having resolved Aalganh withdrawal U.S. offensive mission to resolve disputes between Iraq and the rule of law", saying: "The Kurdistan Alliance continues to enjoy the confidence of all parties and we will try to remove the differences between them and will continue in that ". as MP for the center coalition Khalid Abdullah al-Alwani, the political blocs to take advantage of the visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense to Iraq and demanding the withdrawal of troops from Iraq in accordance with the security agreement that signed between the Iraqi and U.S. governments.
and said in a statement carried by news agency Nina: "The center coalition rejects any presence of U.S. occupation forces in the country end of the year 2011 and the political blocs to determine its position on the national rejection of the survival of these forces that devastated the country's corrupt and not subject to any pressure exercised by the "Panetta" on them.
He said al-Alwani, "We are fully confident our forces security and certainty ability to grasp the reins of security in the country, "explaining that" the occupation forces destroyed the situation in the country and contributed significantly to the deterioration of security situation. "
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