October 13, 2011Moqtada al-Sadr plans to make contact in some countries to find a substitute for trained U.S.
Palm - the leader of the Sadr Muqtada al-Sadr, said the process of making contacts with a number of countries to find a substitute for trained U.S. after renewed his rejection to the survival of any U.S. military force in Iraq after the end of this year, on condition that the agreement to keep U.S. trainers according to a new contract, while Iraqis demanded compensation for his successor, the "occupation" before concluding the contract.
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A statement by the Information Office of the Political Commission received a "news agency palm," a copy of it that Mr. Sadr will in the coming days in coordination with a number of countries to bring in trainers from these countries instead of trained Americans.
Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened the U.S. military to launch armed operations against him or his coaches and said that to keep any American soldier under the name of the training of forces or the like that would be targeted by the resistance.
Noteworthy that the leader of Sadr Muqtada al-Sadr said in a statement on the back of authorization the government to negotiate with the Americans for the survival of trainers after the end of this year that any military force will be agreed to keep it by the government will be treated on the basis of it an occupation force, including the U.S. embassy, criticizing the approach the government of "the use of the occupier to train the Iraqi army, calling for resistance against the occupation by any means, including armed resistance to restore Iraq's sovereignty he says. This renewed cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the earlier rejection of the survival of any U.S. military force in Iraq after the end of this year, on condition that the agreement to keep the Americans trained according to a new contract, as the Iraqis demanded compensation for his successor, the "occupation" before concluding the contract.
Sadr said in response to a question from one of his followers on the meeting of leaders of political blocs and agree to the survival of U.S. trainers to train Iraqi forces and received a "news agency palm", a copy of it, all that is unacceptable and will not allow the survival of any military force, pointing out that it was said that the survival of trainers in Iraq saves money and American weapons must be trained Americans, it can be said to be training a new contract.
Sadr demanded that the training is directly with the Americans, and that after a request compensation from the occupying army and inflicted the damage in infrastructure.
The leaders of political blocs agreed at the meeting, in (4 October 2011), the survival of U.S. trainers to train Iraqi forces with no immunity claimed by the United States, while the Sadrists announced his rejection of that agreement, stressing that the rejection of the stay of American troops in any capacity were either trained or without immunity.
Reached with leaders of political blocs agreed to achieve full sovereignty of Iraq and the completion of the terms of the security agreement between Baghdad and Washington, asserting that the U.S. trainers are not entitled to carry out arrests or military actions as number might include any Iraqi laws in force.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry confirmed, on the third of October now, that the granting of immunity to trained Americans are not only related to the Iraqi government alone, but will be discussed by the leaders of political blocs in their next meeting, noting that the decision on such topics need the support and solidarity by all .
And Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on the 29th of last September, that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq is "undecided" and will be finished end of the year 2011, and will not keep any foreign troops in the country, considering that the presence of experts and trainers with the purchase of weapons is normal and is applied universally.
It was agreed that the leaders of political blocs during the meeting, the second of August 2011, at the residence of President Jalal Talabani, the government began talks with the United States keep the number of U.S. troops to train Iraqi forces after the withdrawal date is the full end of 2011 the current, while the met This opposition to the Sadrists, who refused any kind of talks within the framework of keeping the Americans in the country after the end of the year.
Iraq has signed the United States, in 2008, the Framework Agreement strategy 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 reducing the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as providing important sustainable rule of law including police development program and the completion of the coordination and supervision and the report of the Fund for Iraq relief and reconstruction.
Under the security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of 2011 the current, having withdrawn U.S. combat forces under the Convention of the cities, villages and towns of Iraq on June 30 2009.
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