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On: Friday 22/7/2011 7:16
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favored Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to get agree to extend the presence of a specific number of American troops until after the withdrawal date scheduled end of the year, as part of the task of "training" sponsored by the memorandum signed between the Ministries of Defense, Iraqi and American.
Zebari told reporters in Baghdad that "the security agreement between Baghdad and Washington over by the end of this year, it is difficult to renew their image."
but stressed that "there is great understanding of the need for trained American military," noting that "Iraqi forces not ready to fully, so in need of coaches. "
"The training units will not be significant," without giving further details.
The number of American soldiers in Iraq is now 47 thousand, and the majority of these troops the help of their counterparts in the Iraqi forces with training, equipment, and these forces continue carried out operations to combat terrorism and self-defense.
Zebari stressed that "there will be no new agreement" about the survival of American troops.
. He suggested that "the ministry says Iraqi defense they need to be trained and be organized (a) Memorandum between the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Pentagon."
The Convention provides for the security signed by Baghdad and Washington in November 2008, a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by end of 2011.
intensifies, U.S. officials months ago of their efforts to persuade Baghdad to keep the American force until after the withdrawal date, but the possibility of extending the U.S. military presence is facing opposition is very popular.
revealed "long" earlier this month for semi-agreement between Baghdad and Washington on the survival of U.S. forces until the end of 2016, as determined note headquarters and the rules that will be used by the Americans in Iraq after the end of this year.
and showed the note and there is intense debate among Iraqi and U.S. governments in this regard as it says "honor the embassy," U.S. "with reference to the recent debate between our two governments on the need to hold a convention is held subject to local laws for the temporary use of parts of certain land by the embassy of the United States for the purpose of supporting our joint diplomatic, which includes military assistance and training of police and judicial training and economic development projects. "
According to the memorandum, which has kept the long version of them, Washington is proposing the following: "The use of land, according to Iraqi law, the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to allow the Embassy of the United States using the real estate described later with accessories based on the use of paid annual of a thousand dinars for each property, in support of the United States Mission in the country. "
and on the footprint, the Americans after the end of the agreement will be determined by the note in the governorates following "Basra at the site of the consulate temporary site Basra Air, but in Kirkuk and Mosul, so at the embassy site in these two provinces, in When will their presence in Baghdad in a training facility, police near the Baghdad Police College and the Ministry of the Interior, and the location of Baghdad to fly into Baghdad airport, and a facility to support the embassy near the embassy inside the international zone, and in Erbil concentrated presence in the facility support to the consulate near the airport in Erbil, and within the Airport Erbil ".
The term of land use Vtpinh note "ends, on December 31, 2016, and can extend the period of use after the approval of the parties to it."
and as long as the Iraqi government refused to make any statements about the position of the security agreement and the withdrawal despite the passage of time and the proximity of the exit of U.S. forces , while observers say that the Sadrists and the Iraqi coalition trying to the rhythm of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's dilemma making the decision alone to bear the consequences on the grounds that the country will witness the tense security in both cases.
In the event of withdrawal is likely that there will be a security vacuum unable to Iraqi forces for filling In case of survival will come out armed factions, says it is fighting the occupier, which enters the country in crisis, a new security.
However, the two blocs "of Iraq and the Sadrists," emphasize that the decision of the discount, however, al-Maliki as commander of the armed forces and the supervisor of the security file and be taken in consultation with specialists and military, who complained in turn of the influence of politicians on them, including Maliki, and try to keep them away from that dangerous.
In Part V of the memorandum, "the Foreign Ministry pledges that it is empowered to adequately implement the provisions in this note and fulfill the obligations contained therein, and that this note do not conflict with the rights of the State Department or any other government (dealing with the rights of individuals and their ownership of the property, if any), and undertake to enable the Embassy of the acquisition of such property, if any, and undertake to enable the Embassy of the acquisition of such real estate without any interruption or interference by any other person claims a right to such property or on each other and ensure that the State Department not responsible for the embassy and not to bear any damage as a result of claims or suits by any person related to such real estate or some of them. "
It added that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs undertakes to enable the embassy of the receipt or possession of property free of any claims or actions. Otherwise, can the embassy to take all necessary legal procedures in a timely manner to enable them to exercise their rights contained in this note.
The Department of State assumes the responsibility of compensating the embassy for any costs owed on it (including all wage law and costs) as soon as possible after notifying the embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance that.
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