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July 7, 2011

Maliki confirms the resolve of the American presence in Saturday’s meeting

Vice expected for a coalition of state law, said Thursday that the leaders of the blocks settle their position on the U.S. troops stay or not at the next meeting, noting that U.S. Vice President will be shown in his upcoming visit to Iraq is part of the survival of his country’s military forces.

He was President of the Republic and the House of Representatives announced yesterday the Iraqis to set a date next Saturday for the meeting of leaders of political blocs.

The MP said the coalition of state law bloc affiliated with the National Alliance, Abdul Salam al-Maliki in an interview (twilight) that “the upcoming meeting between the leaders of political blocs will discuss several major themes highlighted the opinion of the political blocs about the U.S. troops stay or not, because they unanimously to adopt a unified position on this matter has become a necessity. “

Asked U.S. officials Iraqi politicians in more than one occasion determine their position on the possibility of requesting the extension of the presence of U.S. troops in the country, but that Baghdad has not announced its official position to this moment, despite the suggestion of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the possibility of requesting political blocs, the extension of U.S. troops.

The MP from the coalition of state law that “the Vice-President of the United States will be presented in his upcoming visit to Iraq remain a part of U.S. forces,” stressing that “the leaders of political blocs assembled on the withdrawal of U.S. forces end this year to the security agreement between Iraq and the United States” .

The blocks were part of the National Alliance had earlier announced its refusal to extend the stay of U.S. troops scheduled to withdraw by the end of the current security agreement concluded between the U.S. and the Iraqi government in 2008.

Prime Minister and Commander of the Armed Forces Nuri al-Maliki had announced, earlier, that the armed forces and the Iraqi security services are able to take full responsibility after the withdrawal of American troops late this year.

However, the Army Chief of Staff Babacar Zebari, the Iraqi team has described the full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq by end of 2011 the move premature, and its forces do not have the ability to take over the security file, before 2020, especially in the areas of air and sea.

A source revealed to (twilight) for the existence of a general trend in most of the political blocs to keep the Navy and the U.S. air strike in Iraq is far end of the scheduled withdrawal date of 2011.

http://www.shafaaq.com/sh2/news/iraq-news/31906-2011-07-06-07-53-20.html
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Determine the date for the next Saturday meeting of leaders of political blocs .

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

A statement issued by the Office of the President of the Council of Representatives received ( Twilight ) a copy of The Osama Najafi discussed with President Jalal Talabani, the country's political developments and the ongoing efforts to hold a meeting of leaders of political blocs.

The statement added that the two sides agreed to set next Saturday as the date for the meeting of the political blocs in the residence of the President in the presence of the President of the Council of Representatives, and to activate the agreements Erbil and work together to bring the views of all political parties.

The Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki agreed yesterday to speed up the convening of a meeting attended by leaders of political blocs to discuss the situation in the country.

The meeting of leaders of political blocs held under the auspices Talabani last month, stressed the need to stop the escalation of the media between the blocks and intensify the dialogue between them, but the meeting was held in the absence of the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi and President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi, which made for the second meeting greater importance as it was expected to attend most of the decision-makers in Iraq.

http://www.shafaaq.com/sh2/news/iraq-news/31906-2011-07-06-07-53-20.html