February 27, 2010Members of Congress introduce a draft resolution that supports the election
Obama agrees in principle to keep U.S. combat unit in Iraq after 2011
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American sources revealed with the consent of the United States President Barack Obama, in principle, to keep the unit and six combat brigades in Iraq after consulting the final withdrawal of troops from Iraq early 2011
Provided members of the U.S. Congress a draft resolution supporting the political process in Iraq, particularly the legislative elections to be held next week.
The U.S. draft resolution submitted by the members of both parties (Democratic and Republican), assign Iraqi democracy means all, and provide full support to the success of the parliamentary elections.
Under the draft, according to U.S. media, the call neighboring countries to security cooperation with Iraq by preventing the infiltration of terrorists and weapons into Iraq, in addition to helping the country develop its economy and support the campaign to re-building and reconstruction.
In addition, news magazine Foreign Policy U.S. sources as saying: The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq Raymond Odierno, recently submitted a formal request to keep the combat unit in Kirkuk after the withdrawal.
Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, commander of American forces have made proposals to officials in Washington about the prospects for development of contingency plans to delay the full withdrawal of troops from Iraq, but met with rejection by members of the Commission on Security and Defense representative, who confirmed that any new changes must take place according to a prior agreement between the two countries, while government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the date of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq agreed under the security agreement is subject to change.
The sources said: that the step may be forced to overrule Obama pledges to withdraw all combat troops from Iraq by August next», indicating that Odierno received preliminary approval informal U.S. President when the issue was raised during a meeting between them in Washington recently.
However, the same sources said if the retention of these combat unit after the deadline for withdrawal, not to Vsissar described combat unit, but like the other six brigades, which will remain after the deadline, which will be described as an advisory unit.
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill had said «the United States commitment to the establishment of long-term relationship with Iraq after the withdrawal of its forces.
A statement by the U.S. embassy quoted Hill as saying in the embassy reception to mark the 234 anniversary of the independence of the United States yesterday: We want to make sure our friends the Iraqis very important fact is that we will be here as long as they want the Americans to stay at home.
