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Maliki's delegation for talks with Washington on keeping U.S. troops in Iraq
08/03/2011 14:22:03
BAGHDAD (Iba) ... The leaders of Iraqi political blocs on the mandate of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on talks related to the security agreement with the United States in terms of keeping U.S. forces after the period specified in the text of the Convention. A statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting of leaders of major parties in Iraq that political leaders in Iraq have agreed to entrust the government led by al-Maliki, the start of talks with the U.S. side on issues of training in the framework of the Strategic Framework for Iraq's need for training. Al-Maliki said earlier, in more than one occasion that the Iraqi army and police can address the threats of the Interior, but the Iraqi officers recognize the existence of gaps in their abilities, especially in air defense and naval and intelligence-gathering on protecting the country from external interference. rejected the Sadrists agree to talks on the survival of U.S. forces, even in the framework of the training. The agreement came just hours after President of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael Mullen, During a visit to Baghdad, where he emphasized that any agreement for the presence of U.S. will require the approval of the Iraqi parliament to grant immunity to soldiers of the rest. He said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday that Iraqi leaders would reach close to a decision on the request of U.S. forces to stay beyond the deadline for the withdrawal of those forces, according to the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington. The Iraqi leaders have failed in the past the commitment date on which they set for themselves to reach a decision on the request of U.S. forces to stay or not, as the Iraqi parliamentarians are divided on how will the U.S. troops stay in Iraq, or even whether they will seek an extension of those forces. Under the security agreement signed between Washington and Baghdad, the end of 2008, the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, to conduct negotiations between the two sides before you modify any of the terms of the agreement. More than 4450 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of the U.S. invasion in 2003, according to media reports. The U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003, which led to the military occupation of Iraq by America, and to help countries such as Britain, Australia and some countries allied with the United States as defined by the Security Council to the case of Iraq in its No. 1483 of 2003. (End)
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