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Baghdad - AFP, Reuters - Iraqi leaders today held a meeting at the home of President Jalal Talabani to discuss the possibility of demand for U.S. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal date is scheduled to complete the end of this year under the security agreement signed between Washington and Baghdad.
And arrived in Iraq yesterday, President of the Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen to discuss the issue. He told reporters before landing his plane in the U.S. military base in Mosul, said attacks by Iraqi militias backed by Iran on U.S. forces dropped sharply thanks to U.S. military operations and Iraqi forces and political efforts to Baghdad.
He added: «We did this. Iraqi security forces did it. Political leaders have dealt with it. Therefore, we have witnessed during the past three weeks or a substantial reduction (in violence). I am waiting to see if you can endure for this ».
He gave no details of the specific steps taken in response to a wave of attacks has made the month of June the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq since 2008, killing 14 soldiers. U.S. officials attributed most of the injuries to the rocket attacks by Shiite militias armed by Iran.
U.S. officials have warned the Iraqi government that if he did not rule on the matter soon will be difficult to change the withdrawal plan will be more expensive, and they said that Iraq will suffer from security holes in certain areas, including air defense, intelligence, and logistics, if it withdraws all U.S. troops.
Mullen said «We understand they are also where you can be these gaps. But it is up to them to take the necessary steps to overcome these risks ».
The Association of American control confirmed that the security situation in Iraq has dropped compared with what it was before one year and continuing deterioration of security. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen said in the report «Iraq is still a place in the extremely dangerous to work», he said «I think it's less secure than it was 12 months ago».
Iraqi official sources announced yesterday that 259 Iraqis were killed and 453 others injured in violence during July last, in the second-highest number of victims in a single month this year.
The tally showed the ministries of Defense, Interior and Health, said that «whom 159 259 Iraqi civilians and 44 military and 56 police officers were killed in July». She also noted the proceeds to the injury of 453 Iraqis were wounded, including 199 civilians and 119 military and 135 police officers were injured during the same month. In contrast, the killing of «22 terrorists and arrested 115 others» in the past month, according to the same sources.
The death toll down is limited compared to the number of victims of June, which killed 271 people and injured 454, to reach the second-highest number of victims in a single month this year.
It also represents the outcome of a significant decrease compared to the number of victims of the July of last year, when 535 people were killed.
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Baghdad - AFP, Reuters - Iraqi leaders today held a meeting at the home of President Jalal Talabani to discuss the possibility of demand for U.S. troops to stay in the country after the withdrawal date is scheduled to complete the end of this year under the security agreement signed between Washington and Baghdad.
And arrived in Iraq yesterday, President of the Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen to discuss the issue. He told reporters before landing his plane in the U.S. military base in Mosul, said attacks by Iraqi militias backed by Iran on U.S. forces dropped sharply thanks to U.S. military operations and Iraqi forces and political efforts to Baghdad.
He added: «We did this. Iraqi security forces did it. Political leaders have dealt with it. Therefore, we have witnessed during the past three weeks or a substantial reduction (in violence). I am waiting to see if you can endure for this ».
He gave no details of the specific steps taken in response to a wave of attacks has made the month of June the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq since 2008, killing 14 soldiers. U.S. officials attributed most of the injuries to the rocket attacks by Shiite militias armed by Iran.
U.S. officials have warned the Iraqi government that if he did not rule on the matter soon will be difficult to change the withdrawal plan will be more expensive, and they said that Iraq will suffer from security holes in certain areas, including air defense, intelligence, and logistics, if it withdraws all U.S. troops.
Mullen said «We understand they are also where you can be these gaps. But it is up to them to take the necessary steps to overcome these risks ».
The Association of American control confirmed that the security situation in Iraq has dropped compared with what it was before one year and continuing deterioration of security. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen said in the report «Iraq is still a place in the extremely dangerous to work», he said «I think it's less secure than it was 12 months ago».
Iraqi official sources announced yesterday that 259 Iraqis were killed and 453 others injured in violence during July last, in the second-highest number of victims in a single month this year.
The tally showed the ministries of Defense, Interior and Health, said that «whom 159 259 Iraqi civilians and 44 military and 56 police officers were killed in July». She also noted the proceeds to the injury of 453 Iraqis were wounded, including 199 civilians and 119 military and 135 police officers were injured during the same month. In contrast, the killing of «22 terrorists and arrested 115 others» in the past month, according to the same sources.
The death toll down is limited compared to the number of victims of June, which killed 271 people and injured 454, to reach the second-highest number of victims in a single month this year.
It also represents the outcome of a significant decrease compared to the number of victims of the July of last year, when 535 people were killed.
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