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21/05/2011

No new security agreement with _Washington

File Search U.S. withdrawal next month. Mullen calls for Baghdad and a rapid response

بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning

Denied, a parliamentary source and a high tendency to sign new security pact between Baghdad and Washington.

This comes at a time in which he called President of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen to reply soon on the extension of the survival of his country's troops in Iraq or not.

The source, who asked not to be named the "morning": that the meeting of the political blocs called by Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki will be held next month.

The source said: The meeting will be devoted only to examine the file withdrawal of _U.S. troops late this year or to extend its presence to a temporary period.

The source said the prime minister seeks to be a decision to withdraw or extension "national", and shall be issued by agreement of all political forces or most of them, noting that the extension of his stay will be admitted in case of modifying the security agreement or on the form of a resolution.
It is not a new agreement. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has recently revealed its intention to invite the political blocs to hold a meeting soon to decide on the survival or the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, despite the lack of emphasis on his concern after the withdrawal of these forces.

He criticized what he termed "the behavior of some of the political blocs to deal with the issue of survival or the withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to the security agreement, saying:" The assessment of the situation will be up to the security services, and then the House of Representatives is the one who decides.

"The political blocs have agreed to the invitation to meet Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, to convene a meeting within the next few days to discuss the issue of the withdrawal or extension of U.S. forces to remain in the country, according to the statements of representatives of these blocks for the "morning" recently.

Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington, the end of November 2008, that it should withdraw all the forces United States of all lands and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than 31 December 2011.

The United States withdrew Qtatha fighter, under the Convention, cities, villages and towns of Iraq in June 30, 2009. the center of this picture, "said a senior official at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad: "We have a lot that could be provided at the international level," and expressed his belief that the Prime Minister and many political leaders "understand and appreciate that, but I'm not sure that this is the position of the Iraqi people as well." and quoted newspaper (The Christian Science Monitor) American for President Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, which she described as open to the idea of ​​the extension, saying: "If there is the desire of the Iraqi government to discuss the viability of some U.S. troops and I am sure that my Government will welcome this dialogue."

But Mullen warned of delays in non-resolving the subject, saying: "The request for such a dialogue should be submitted within the next few weeks." and quoted as well as the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin said: "were not to have the ability to focus in earnest on the provision of defensive capability of Foreign Affairs therefore Iraqis still need to work on that."

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