January 30, 2010The U.S. ambassador: No plans to attack Iran over Iraqi territory
Revealed the existence of proposals to resolve the issue of deportees from the elections
بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Denied the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, his country's determination to use Iraqi territory starting point for a military strike on Iran, as revealed reach the Iraqi government and United Nations proposals to resolve the issue of deportees from the elections, who comprised the decisions of the accountability and justice.
The U.S. ambassador in an exclusive statement to "Al Sabah": "The function of his country's troops in Iraq is limited to assist and support the Iraqis," stressing the commitment of U.S. forces over the security agreement signed between the two countries grew by 100 percent and that "the last from the cities the biggest proof of that." and Hill denied Washington's intention to strike Iran over Iraqi territory, noting that "the Iranians are talking about it as they suffer from problems within their country."
The Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi had threatened that Western naval fleets in the waters of the Arabian Gulf and Iraq would be "better targets" the Iranian army in case of his country to attack them, while the Iranian ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the "morning" in the earlier, the that Iraq will not become an arena conflicts or confrontations between Tehran and Washington. and on his recent talks with officials in Baghdad, the U.S. ambassador:
"He has been active since taking office last April, but during the past few days there have been developments regarding the file of the elections," he said of the duty rest assured that electoral preparations are on in full swing, pointing at the same time he stressed during his talks with officials of the need to hold elections in a transparent and fair manner.
He said Hill: The advisory role in Iraq and the question are excluded from participating in elections that included the proceedings of the accountability and Justice (formerly the de-Baathification) The Iraqis must be resolved between the Iraqi officials, pointing out that the proposals on the issue can not be described as "American", but are proposals emerged between the Iraqi government and the United Nations to resolve this problem, but he stressed the importance of giving a chance to resume these decisions.
It is said that President Jalal Talabani and Parliament Speaker Iyad al-Samarrai had been confirmed in a meeting between them was the need to hold the first competition next election on a platform of appropriate and civilized of democracy and freedom in order to achieve justice. and reaffirmed U.S. President Barack Obama recently, the withdrawal of combat troops of his country from Iraq the end of August next, with the quest to develop the capabilities of Iraqi forces, Hill said that "this withdrawal dates previously agreed upon within the security agreement and they (the dates of withdrawal) are associated with an intensive program to train and rehabilitate and develop the capabilities of Iraqi forces," and expressed confidence in Washington capabilities security services on the maintenance of the ground, after achieving significant progress, despite attempts to carry out acts and terrorist bombings.
With regard to the readiness of U.S. forces to equip the Iraqi forces with modern devices to detect explosives after the scandal of poor detectors of explosives that have been imported from Britain, said Ambassador Hill: The U.S. forces were working with their Iraqi counterparts to prevent violations, and supported by sophisticated equipment and devices, but he declined to talk about explosives detectors poor, saying: "This is looking only between security officials," but he praised the security measures taken by the Government recently.
The British government decided to earlier ban on the export of explosives detection devices which are manufactured by "any TCS" to Iraq, after it proved ineffective, noting that the devices failed to prevent car bombings that have killed hundreds of civilians in Baghdad, prompting the Iraqi government to open a prompt on this information.
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