07/07/2011A unified political stance on U.S. forces announced by the end of the month
White House confirms that before the Iraq little time to the extension request
Baghdad - Washington - morning
At a time in which he said the White House to Iraq a little time to apply for the survival of U.S. forces in the country after the end of the year is about to run out, a parliamentary source said the "morning" that Baghdad would respond formally to Washington before the end of this month.
The source, who requested anonymity for the sensitivity of the situation: "We will respond on the U.S. end of the month .. the response would be national stand and united political blocs. It will not be the government's position or the parliament only." And the entire Congress of the different blocks on the need to get out of U.S. troops and a commitment to the security agreement that completed by the end of this year.
Deputies said in their statements, the "morning" on Saturday, to the importance that there be a political position, unified by the political blocs in this regard because the issue affects the interests of Iraq.
In Washington, said Jay Carney, White House spokesman told reporters: "We are waiting .. to see whether it will provide the Iraqi government request to us. it did not happen.
We are now in July." He added that U.S. forces move forward in their preparations to leave Iraq by the atheist and the thirtieth of December and according to the bilateral security agreement, unless requested by the government in the near future troops to stay. said Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in April: that Iraq is in front of him just weeks to submit the request to avoid "the paradox of physics" to move 47 thousand troops, their equipment.
Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington on the end of November of 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than December 31 of this year.
And had withdrawn U.S. combat forces under the Convention of the Cities and villages and towns of Iraq on 30 June 2009.
The president of security and defense committee in Parliament MP Hassan Sinead, last week, and a strong will to Iraq in the implementation of the terms of the U.S. withdrawal, according to schedules set out, saying, "I informed the U.S. ambassador and the commander of U.S. forces as there is no need for the presence of combat troops in Iraq after the end of the year ".
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