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Sadrists: We will go to UN if U.S. stay
27/07/2011 14:09
Erbil, July 27 (AKnews) - If U.S. forces stay on Iraqi soil beyond the end-of-year deadline the Sadrists will press the Iraqi government to pursue the Americans in the UN Security Council.
Amir Kanani, who leads the Ahrar bloc in the Sadr Current, told AKnews that all parties should wish for and urge the U.S. forces to leave the country because “the U.S. troops’ violations in Iraq has exceeded all limits.”
Under the State of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in 2008 Iraq and U.S. agreed all the U.S. combat troops should have left Iraq by end of 2011.
Commenting on the committee which is set up to evaluate the aptitude of the Iraqi interior forces to cope without U.S. support, Kanani said the committee is not “impartial and it has not conducted its task honestly. It just seeks to extend the U.S. presence in the country.”
He went on to say that if diplomatic routes failed the Sadrists would not hesitate to use force to secure a withdrawal.
Moqtada Sadr, the radical Shia cleric who leads Sadr Current, has repeatedly warned in case of any extension, he will mobilize his currently inactive Mahdi Army Shia militia against U.S.
Shia militants fought fierce battles against the coalition forces from 2004 to 2007. They continue to march, although unarmed and the U.S. Defense Department has labeled the militant force a permanent threat against the security of Iraq.
The Promised Day Brigade, a splinter group from the Mahdi Army continues to carry out attacks and claimed responsibility for the mortar and rocket attacks on U.S. bases that made June the deadliest month for the American’s in Iraq for two years.
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27/07/2011 14:09
Erbil, July 27 (AKnews) - If U.S. forces stay on Iraqi soil beyond the end-of-year deadline the Sadrists will press the Iraqi government to pursue the Americans in the UN Security Council.
Amir Kanani, who leads the Ahrar bloc in the Sadr Current, told AKnews that all parties should wish for and urge the U.S. forces to leave the country because “the U.S. troops’ violations in Iraq has exceeded all limits.”
Under the State of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in 2008 Iraq and U.S. agreed all the U.S. combat troops should have left Iraq by end of 2011.
Commenting on the committee which is set up to evaluate the aptitude of the Iraqi interior forces to cope without U.S. support, Kanani said the committee is not “impartial and it has not conducted its task honestly. It just seeks to extend the U.S. presence in the country.”
He went on to say that if diplomatic routes failed the Sadrists would not hesitate to use force to secure a withdrawal.
Moqtada Sadr, the radical Shia cleric who leads Sadr Current, has repeatedly warned in case of any extension, he will mobilize his currently inactive Mahdi Army Shia militia against U.S.
Shia militants fought fierce battles against the coalition forces from 2004 to 2007. They continue to march, although unarmed and the U.S. Defense Department has labeled the militant force a permanent threat against the security of Iraq.
The Promised Day Brigade, a splinter group from the Mahdi Army continues to carry out attacks and claimed responsibility for the mortar and rocket attacks on U.S. bases that made June the deadliest month for the American’s in Iraq for two years.
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These guys crack me up!!! THe UN will send them home talking to themselves!
