U.S. experts: the United States could keep thousands of troops in Iraq after 2011 ...

2010-09-05

U.S. experts: the United States could keep thousands of troops in Iraq after 2011

بغداد ( إيبا )/متابعة/.. BAGHDAD (Iba)

Experts confirmed that the U.S. and former officers that the United States will remain in Iraq after 2011 thousands of soldiers in anticipation of sectarian tension and to strengthen the military capabilities of Baghdad.

United States officials say that the U.S. military presence in Iraq certainly will extend the security agreement between Baghdad and Washington provides for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces by the end of 2011.

They see the U.S. military presence in Iraq is necessary not only for technical tasks to assist the Iraqi armed forces, but to reassure Iraqis who fear the return of sectarian and ethnic violence.

The Stephen Biddle of the Council on Foreign Relations, the most important requirements of the job is that more troops are trained to use weapons, endangered internal groups to assure that it (the weapon) will not be used against them.

He added: what they are trying to do is make the size of the existing forces commensurate with the underlying fear felt by the groups to each other.

For his part, said John Ballard, a professor at National Defense University and a retired army officer: I think that number could be less than ten thousand and keep it viable.

And fifty thousand troops deployed in Iraq right now to play a training and advisory after the announcement of President Barack Obama Tuesday the end of the combat mission for his country's troops in Iraq officially.

The White House denied the ability to keep a large force.

Said Anthony Blakn Advisor U.S. Vice-President: The dozens and perhaps hundreds of soldiers may stay.

Analysts called on Washington to keep half the troops currently deployed in Iraq after 2011.

Wrote Richard Haass, a senior diplomat in the era of George W. Bush said Tuesday that Iraqi leaders will ask what seems to the survival of tens of thousands of soldiers for a longer period.

The Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Babacar Zebari said last month that Iraqi forces will not be able to completely take over the security file, before 2020, and will need U.S. support until then.

It is assumed that waiting for any talks on the future of the U.S. presence in Iraq, the new government in this country who could not Ssayasoh of understanding to form since the elections last March. (End) / g / ..