February 19, 2010A comprehensive statement of U.S. ambassador on the situation in Iraq
Gave the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, a comprehensive statement addressing the key issues in Iraq and said "This is an important time for Iraq and I think that time is important for the US relations - Iraq."
The Ambassador spoke of Hill in his speech published today by the U.S. embassy in Baghdad that U.S. troops will be out of combat operations as of next fall, adding that the U.S. embassy, will remain for the long term "and those who measure our interests in Iraq, measured in terms of our troop presence, I would like to say that the view was not correct, because we are interested in long-term relationship. and our embassy code sure of that relationship. "
The U.S. ambassador: "This year will be a monument for the United States and Iraq with the transformation of our presence (led by the military) to the presence of (led by civilians). And dynamic relationship will mature the Iraqi government, and with this transformation, the Panel applies the civil - the U.S. military the hard lessons learned from the past seven years. "
Speaking about the direction America is helping Iraq, he said: "Our embassy is working closely with U.S. forces to chart the way forward. We are committed to this road is to satisfy our desire to help Iraq, or to correct errors that occurred in the past, but also because there is no doubt that to do so in the interest of the United States, and to remain engaged in that. "
He noted that some repeating phrases beginning with the word "must", such as the United States should be doing this, and the Iraqis must do so, and that the Ministry of Defense does not have to do this, and the Foreign Ministry must do so, and so on.
He noted that he had outlined the "Alloabd" is only three to be "to help Iraq build political institutions and a strong democracy in an environment of peace and security. The second is that we must have to help Iraq modernize its economy and, thirdly, we must help Iraq to establish productive relationships with its neighbors.
And address security improvements in Iraq and said that this is not a sign of Iraq's most powerful, but also a sign of U.S. smart, and there learned the lessons of the past few years.
Frankly, some of those lessons have been very difficult indeed.
As we came to change to Iraq has brought Iraq to change for us.
When touched on the preparations for the parliamentary elections said that any of the major issues in recent weeks, which was very difficult is the issue of de-Baathification and explicitly pointed out that in the sixties when the United States is very concerned about the potential spread of communism to Iraq, the Baath was considered as a substitute for communism, where the United States, in fact, prefer Baathist in the process in 1968 which led to the return of the Baathists and the United States prefer that Iraq becomes a Communist.
The ambassador denied the opinion of some Iraqis as saying that the Hawk support the return of the Baath in Iraq and said "sacrificed more than 4 thousand people of the sons and daughters of our country in this struggle against the Baathist government. And we had Saddam and doing a disservice to defeat him. And got rid of the Baathists in all parts of the country, and simply may be difficult the U.S. negotiator to try to understand that some Iraqis really believe that we support the Baathist way or another. "
The Ambassador spoke frankly about announcing the first list of disqualified candidates in the House, saying "a process that must be clear on it, we did not feel it has passed any standard of transparency, the process of naming people, and deny the basis of their right to participate in the elections without, in my opinion, any kind of legal process, and we had the concerns of many around.
He noted that the Baathist live and important issue, "we need to try to deal with them, as a key issue reflected in the Constitution, but should be dealt with from the perspective of whether it was sufficiently transparent."
The ambassador said we have recorded these causes of concern to the Iraqi government.
He pointed to the need to deal with the issue under the Baathist rule of law and said we Jtzna this issue now. It was not easy.
Those excluded are very upset, because they feel they should not be excluded. ولكننا تجاوزنا تلك الفترة الآن. But beyond that period now.
Now, two weeks ago and half a week before the election, we are witnessing, in my opinion, the election campaign is very much alive.
The ambassador expected that Iraqis will vote in huge numbers, whether they are Sunnis or Shiites or Kurds also predicted that when the election results are declared there will be five major coalitions, "We will see what is the coalition who will win already.
Will decide the winner of the main which will try to form a government also predicted that the process of forming a new government would not be an easy task.
He said the real test of victory is not in the behavior of winners when results are released recently.
But will be in how the losers will accept the election results.
Referring to the opposition's role in democratic systems, said that in Iraq, like anywhere else, falls on the losers in the election more responsibility to be a part of the political process.
It is responsible for having in some cases as much as the responsibility of those who win the confidence of voters.
Referring to the divisions and differences in the salient between Iraq's Arabs and Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis and U.S. concern is not an issue Sunni - Shia.
But we also worry about issues Sunni - Sunni, and Kurdish - Kurdish in Sulaymaniyah.
And also worry about the issues Sunni - Sunni Salah al-Din, and worry about the Shi'a - Shia in places like Najaf, in addition to Kirkuk, where Kurdish issues - Arab - Turkmen.
Frankly, the ambassador said there are grievances Turkmen - and other Turkmen groups from each other as well as the Kirkuk issue and describe those differences as very serious for the Americans also noted concern that conflicts in the areas disputed between Arabs and Kurds.
The ambassador revealed that his government sent one of the leading experts in regional affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of America, and who speaks fluent Arabic, to Kirkuk, where he meets every day with the various parties in Kirkuk, in an attempt to deal with those problems.
The ambassador said the continued divisions between the secular Sunnis and Sunni conservative in terms of religious and pointed out that some observers believe that the Kurds united front, but the picture is more complicated when you look at what is happening, especially in Sulaimaniya, with the development of a list of change, which is a new political entity emerged from the Union Party of Kurdistan, any of the Union Party of Kurdistan, headed by President Talabani.
The change provides a list of party candidates in eight different provinces, outside the scope of the three governorates of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
And divisions Shiite - Shiite essential part of the campaign.
In discussing the situation with the Shiites said that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at this time seeking to repel serious challenges from the opposition Shiite parties, such as the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
Referring to the U.S. governor Bremer in 2003 said there is a big difference between today where Iraq has sovereignty, and we Kdiblomasien must deal with a sovereign Iraq, and the last days in the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003, when Iraq was ruled by decree which was issued by the U.S. Nations, such as the decree which put Mr. Chalabi at the head of the Office of the de-Baathification.
Posted by Mustafa al-Azzawi - Canada, February 19, 2010
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