June 14, 2011Maliki's coalition: Jeffrey personal statements and the majority blocs agree that no extension of U.S. troops
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Said a coalition of state law, led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Monday, that the United States put pressure on the political blocs to keep its troops in Iraq, and what was seen as U.S. ambassador to Iraq on the consent of the majority members of Parliament to the survival of U.S. forces and the personal point of view, he pointed to the agreement the majority of the blocks the exit of U.S. forces and the application of vocabulary of the security agreement.
The MP said the coalition of state law Mohammed Chihod in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey yesterday represents his personal view," noting that "most of the blocks, if not all agree on the withdrawal of U.S. troops and the application of vocabulary of the Convention security ".
The American ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, said in an interview with a number of media, including "Alsumaria News", that the majority of Iraqi lawmakers agreed to keep U.S. troops in Iraq other than a political leader and one boasted of killing American soldiers, and issued a veto on the decision of the Iraqi parliament, although it has presence by 10% in it.
The Chihod that "the Americans tried in one way or another pressure on the political blocs in order to extend the stay of troops in Iraq," adding "there is no intention by some political blocs, including the National Alliance to extend the foreign forces to the absence of any justification for their survival."
The MP from the coalition of state law that "the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011 would give full sovereignty and arming the Iraqi army and elevate it to the level of maintenance of the security file," adding "there is no justification for keeping U.S. troops on Iraqi soil."
He stressed Chihod that "foreign forces must leave Iraq by end of year 2011 under a security agreement signed between the two Iraqi and American," noting that "the belief that Iraqi forces are not ready nor able to handle in the security file, justifications and excuses is not unfounded."
And MP from the coalition of state law that "the security services has proven its ability since 2008 until now on the maintenance of the security file," explaining that "the survival of thousands of U.S. on Iraqi soil is not a guarantee to arm the Iraqi army."
Previously, Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged during an inspection of his country's troops stationed at Base Marez in Mosul, the eighth of this April, the Iraqi officials to speed up the claim of the United States to extend the survival of some of the soldiers after the year 2011, stressing that time is running out in Washington.
Iraq has signed and the United States, in 2008, the Convention on the strategic framework to support the ministries and agencies of the Iraqi transition from the strategic partnership with the Republic of Iraq to the areas of economic, diplomatic, cultural and security, based on the Strategic Framework Agreement and to reduce the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as provide an important sustainable provision law, including police development program and the completion of the work of coordination, supervision and the report of the Fund of Iraq relief and reconstruction.
Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all the lands and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than December 31 of next year, 2011, and had withdrawn U.S. combat forces under the Convention of the Cities and villages and towns of Iraq on 30 June 2009.
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