July 21, 2010Breach of international sanctions on Iran for Iraq is causing a problem with the Security Council
بغداد - مصطفى الركابي BAGHDAD - Mustafa Rikabi
Gave the Kurdish opposition on Tuesday, blamed on Washington, which "allowed" for a long time smuggling oil from Kurdistan to Iran, at the time warned the bloc "state of law" led by Prime Minister outgoing Nuri al-Maliki, that leads any violation by Iraq of UN sanctions imposed on Tehran, to tarnish his image in the Security Council and stumbled out of the country's Chapter VII.
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad expressed a few days ago for "serious concern" by the Committee is smuggling fuel to Iran through Iraqi Kurdistan, because it represents a "violation" of U.S. and international sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear program.
The embassy said in a report distributed by Agence France-Presse, that the monitoring of the situation on the border suggesting that the work of smugglers "thrive," especially after the start of major international companies to refrain from the sale of fuel derivatives to Iran, which imports more than 40 per cent of its due to the deterioration refineries.
Although a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, denied categorically breach of international sanctions, he was Abdul Hadi al-Hassani, a leading figure in a coalition rule of law, for fear of driving a breach of any Iraqi entity of the sanctions imposed on Iran, to create further problems for Baghdad, which is struggling to improve its relations with the Security Council and turn the page of harsh international sanctions that Iraqis suffered for 20 years, where he is still subject to under the international trusteeship.
In a statement to "the world" called al-Hassani, the Kurdistan Regional Government to investigate this file "and reveal who is behind this."
He said that what unites Iraq "is the Constitution and the law, and it is therefore contrary to these bases, whether at the center or region, must be held accountable," adding that smuggling operations "is a violation of the constitution must be held accountable the perpetrators of such crimes."
He noted leader of the Dawa Party, Iraq Organization that such actions "affect on Iraq in all respects, especially economic, political, Iraq is still trying to improve its shattered economy, as well as his desire to get out of Chapter VII So what constitutes a violation of international resolutions and the hybrid will affect negatively on the situation in Iraq internationally. "
And on the possibility that the Iraqi parties involved which has good relations with Tehran, in an attempt to mitigate any blockade against it Tehran, al-Hassani said that this was something can not be tolerated.
He said Hassani, "that what is happening with the smuggling of oil both in the north or the south is the abuse of each course of the new situation in Iraq, and give a bad image of the Iraqi government on the government to stand firmly against such violations, whether in the region or outside the province."
In the meantime, expressed the Kurdistan Alliance bloc led by the two Kurdish parties (PUK and KDP) rejected U.S. accusations about the involvement of Kurdish leaders in smuggling oil to Iran.
The leader of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc Muhsin al-Sadoun said the accusations were "without foundation in reality," he said in a statement singled out by the "world" that Iraq, long ago, "in a smuggling cases not within the province, but all border crossing points, particularly in the south, central and west of the country ".
Saadoun said that the government of the territory, "coordinate with the central government and works to counter smuggling operations through the imposition of tough measures not on the border with Iran, but all borders."
He said that Iraq is a member of the United Nations "and is keen to implement all UN resolutions, including on Iran."
For its part, the MDC said the main Kurdish opposition parties that it had submitted documents to Washington for a long time to prove breach of international resolutions on Iran, "but America did nothing."
The leading figure in the movement Mohamed Tawfik's "world" that a change "has a lot of documents that prove these processes, has been reported to the American side, but unfortunately it did not raise a finger, prompting the Americans Kurdish leadership to persist and continue to organized smuggling operations."
He said, adding that the operations "going in a systematic manner by national leaders of both parties and the Kurdistan Democratic," stressing that his party has "a lot of evidence of these processes and we will be raised in the regional parliament after the end of his vacation."
He called on the MDC leadership in the federal government to take tough measures that reduce the smuggling operations that take place in the region "and to hold those involved in the work because of such operations, if continued will lead to the destruction of the national economy of Iraq."
He said that all political forces of Arab and Kurdish to fight "all the corrupt and abusive because they remain in power will lead to the destruction of the entire political process."
The Kurdish sources have reported that the central government told the Kurdistan Regional Government dissatisfaction with the smuggling of oil into Iran through Kurdistan.
These sources added that the government of the Centre informed the provincial government displeasure of smuggling operations and demanded to stop oil smuggling to Iran through the border crossing points between Iran's Kurdistan province, considering it as a departure from the law and a clear breach of the law of Iraqi oil and gas.
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