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Interior rejects the targeting of Americans .. Mullen in Baghdad to persuade the Government to an extension
On: Tuesday 02/08/2011 10:26
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Despite the rejection of the majority of the political blocs extension keeping U.S. troops in Iraq after 2011, but that the U.S. remains optimistic to get an Iraqi request allows him to stay in the country longer. A government source confirmed a high level that the U.S. administration is trying to repeat the pressure on the government for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the extension of its forces after the end of this year.
The source, who preferred not to mention his name, (long) The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, visited Baghdad Monday and met with a number of government officials, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
He added that al-Maliki made clear to the commander of the U.S. that the leaders of political blocs will meet Tuesday and will announce its official position on the issue of extension.
He pointed out that this has nothing to do trainers who intend to Iraq brought the United States to train Iraqi armed forces to weapons that have been purchased recently.
It called on the Ministry of Interior not to target U.S. forces until their withdrawal from Iraq.
The ministry asked Monday, armed groups not to target U.S. forces and wait until its withdrawal from the country, arguing that the targeting of those troops left the impression that Iraq is a stable security, which justifies the extension of U.S. presence.
A senior agent of the Ministry of the Interior Adnan al-Asadi said in press statements yesterday that the armed groups that claim to hit the U.S. forces leave the impression that Iraq is a stable security, calling for these groups to wait until the withdrawal of those forces, in order to give the impression to others that Iraq is a stable security.
He said al-Asadi, hit the armed groups of U.S. forces and the latter responded justify the extension of stay longer in the country, pointing out that the ministry happens when you see the flaw in security both at the Iraqi security forces or the U.S. initiate a campaign of arrests.
In a related development announced Deputy for the Liberal block of the Sadrist movement, on Monday, for the collection of two and a half million signatures by the citizens in the capital Baghdad to demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in a raid on a personal level, as called for MPs to go to their provinces and collect signatures similar It also called on leaders of political blocs to agree on the lack of extension of the U.S. Army.
The MP for the Sadr movement Maha league in a press conference held yesterday in the parliament building, it started about a month ago, personal campaign by them to collect signatures of day to demand the government to bring the U.S. occupation forces from Iraq, "indicating that they" managed to collect two and a half million signatures from Baghdad residents who are demanding the departure of those forces.
The league added that the campaign carried out by a small team and the potential for simple personal, "asserting that the number of signatures would be greater if there was a greater potential.
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