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On: Friday 29/7/2011 5:41
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Thursday, that the Parliament is to decide the survival of U.S. forces or not, expected to take the leaders of political blocs, a position on the withdrawal during their next meeting, while the new U.S. Vice President's support for Iraq and his government to face various challenges.
A statement issued by the Information Office of the Prime Minister said that Nuri al-Maliki, "said during a telephone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that the Iraqi Council of Representatives is the one who ultimately determines whether the country needs to keep U.S. troops or not."
The statement added that al-Maliki "to expect to be able leaders of political blocs to make a decision on the matter during their next meeting. "
The Presidency of the Republic announced, Tuesday, the last, that the date of the meeting of leaders of political blocs will be tomorrow, noting that the determination of the time came to concern the political blocs meetings of the House of Representatives at the request of a group of .
For his part, new Vice President Joe Biden, "U.S. support for Iraq and stood by the Iraqi government in its response to the challenges of different internal and external," stressing the need for "continued cooperation strategic between the two countries."
The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said yesterday the first that the decision to the U.S. withdrawal from the country needs a national consensus, "unlikely to be an extension option is probably at the expense of the actual need for trainers and military expertise to support the national security forces for the difficult passage in parliament.
As a senior leader of the coalition of state law, Hassan Sinead, 19 June , that the survival or the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq is not, however, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, but, however, the Council of Ministers of blocs of political, calling the last to take a unified position on this subject.
The deputy, a coalition of state law, and Walid al-Hilli, 25, last June, that Iraq needs for the survival of U.S. forces symbolically to protect the airspace, Kirkuk and other areas subject to approval by the House of Representatives.
The head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Osama Najafi, said in the 23 of June, that the stay of U.S. forces in Iraq depends on the agreement of the political blocs in accordance with governmental request.
Iraq has signed and the United States During 2008, the Framework Convention Strategy to support the ministries and agencies of the Iraqi transition from a partnership strategy with the Republic of Iraq to the areas of economic, diplomatic, cultural and security, based on reducing the number of PRTs in the provinces, as well as provide an important sustainable rule of law, including police development program and the completion of the coordination and supervision and the report of the Fund of Iraq relief and reconstruction.
Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territory and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than December 31 of 2011 now, after the troops withdrew, the United States Fighting under the Convention of the cities, villages and towns of Iraq in June 30, 2009.
most likely a member of the state of law and MP Sadiq gum that the Prime Minister, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has the statistical number of U.S. troops in Iraq.
He said Thursday: "It is essential that the Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the armed forces Nuri al-Maliki has a statistical full number of U.S. troops in Iraq in addition to the equipment, and weapons, "likely to have this number available to the Prime Minister and Commander of the Armed Forces."
He added: "The prime minister must be aware of the number of departures and dates of departure, even when leaving declare what is the number who left. " As for the departure of U.S. forces from chewing gum or not pointed out that "so far there is no agreement to remain a number of U.S. forces." He continued: "If there was an agreement must be to remain for training only and that the public must vote in the new agreement within the Parliament."
A member of a coalition of state law and the National Alliance MP Haitham Jubouri that the Americans had told Iraq that they want the final position for the survival of their troops or not on (eighth) of the year.
He Jubouri in an earlier statement: the U.S. side told Iraq that he wants the final position to extend its forces or not in the day (eighth), and this will make the meeting of the blocks next, focusing on the withdrawal and to discuss the positions of the blocks on the withdrawal U.S..
and MP for the National: The meeting of a coalition of state law, discuss drafts of the coalition on how to deal with the House of Representatives and the government and legislation and political blocs, and the activation of the regulatory law of the state.
In the view of leadership in the stream of martyrs mihrab and MP Hassoun Fatlawi that giving the decision blocks on troop withdrawal U.S., does not solve one meeting, and that the leaders of the blocks will not be able to resolve this matter. at their next meeting.
said Fatlawi Thursday: "under the agenda of the next meeting of the leaders of political blocs in the house of President Jalal Talabani, the subject of a U.S. withdrawal," noting that " This meeting will come to a conclusion a final on the withdrawal, but needs to be several meetings. "
The MP for the National, "there was some political blocs (increasing) on the withdrawal in order to obtain gains-partisan," noting "there is a desire of the Government of the U.S. soldiers to remain in the country, and have extended their presence at the request of the Iraqi government. "
He Fatlawi: "The positions of the political blocs divided against itself, I: want to keep the U.S. forces under any reason. and the second does not want to stay. and last: what the troops to stay did not declare its position," he said. " Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would like to have troops stay or not is a decision of the leaders of the blocks that make up the parliament, because the security agreement approved by the Parliament in its previous session. "
revealed a confidential memo obtained by the "scope" for semi-agreement between Baghdad and Washington on the survival of U.S. forces until the end of 2016, also note identifies the headquarters and the rules that will be used by the Americans in Iraq after the end of the year.
The memorandum shows the presence of 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 Agreement is held to be subject to local laws for the temporary use of certain pieces of land by the embassy of the United States for the purpose of our joint diplomatic support which includes military assistance for the training of police and judicial training, economic development projects. " According to the note, which reserves the term with a copy 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 an annual sum of a thousand dinars for each property, in support United States Mission to 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, while it will be their presence in Baghdad in a training facility, police near from 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 in Erbil. "
The term land use Vtpinh note " ends, on December 31, 2016, and may be extended period of use after the approval of the parties to it. "
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