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Al-Dabbagh: the Government has not agreed to U.S. forces to stay after 2011
21/08/2011
In response to comments by Panetta
BAGHDAD - morning
*****Iraqi government denied on Friday to announce U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Iraq's agreement to keep U.S. troops in the country after 2011. He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement received "morning," a copy of "The Iraqi government denies the statement," The Minister of Defense " its consent to extend the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq beyond 2011. "Dabbagh said the" meeting of the political blocs acknowledged there is a need for the training of security forces and the Iraqi military, "but" did not start yet any formal negotiations with the American side to decide the type and duration and the number of troops training required to be decided the light of the need for troops training in Iraq or not.***** "The U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, had announced on Friday that Iraq agreed to the survival of American forces in the country after 2011, but Baghdad has insisted that this issue is still subject to negotiation. In an interview with the two Americas , said Panetta, the Iraqis decided to extend the presence of U.S. forces until after the deadline for their withdrawal. and told my newspaper "Stars and Stripes" and "Military Times" Friday, "I think they (the Iraqis) finally," Yes, "according to quoted by the agency (AFP) French. mention the leaders of political blocs Juloa on the third of this month the government to negotiate with the United States on training missions after 2011, but they did not approve a final survival of American forces. and under the security agreement signed in 2008, is supposed to withdraw all U.S. troops deployed in Iraq and has its numbers about 46 thousand soldiers, by the end of the year unless agreed otherwise. The media adviser to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi, told AFP that "there is no agreement yet on the question of the survival of force training," explaining that "negotiations were under way around has not been resolved final yet. "
He said Moussaoui at the same time that "the U.S. withdrawal will take place at the end of the year, according to the Convention" security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington in 2008. The White House said Monday that the United States will take into account any request by the Iraqi authorities to extend the stay of U.S. troops in Iraq beyond the year 2011 . For its part, promised to block the Liberal MP for Maha league, that the statements of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the approval by the Iraqi government to keep U.S. troops in Iraq, falling under the U.S. pressure on Iraq to the survival of these forces.
The league said in a statement quoted by the agency, "Nina" yesterday: "America is putting pressure on the government to the survival of the occupation forces, as opposed to a clear rejection of the Iraqi people, as well as the Sadrist movement for this to stay."
The league said: "The government has shown so far any approval to the survival of these forces, and that was announced by U.S. Defense Secretary survival of these forces, is a blatant interference in the Iraqi issue.
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