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Author: the future of Iraq
11/8/2011 0:00
Baghdad / Iraq's future
A source high-level government and close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that "the final report to the needs of the Iraqi forces will hand on Thursday, as announced that the negotiations between Iraq and the United States about the training will begin next week have signed the Convention between them after the holiday Eid al-Fitr.
The source said that the committees charged with preparing a final report on the need for Iraqi forces in all its different forms will report Thursday, noting that each class of ill-Iraqi forces will submit his report and needs, whether for weapons or for trained or technical equipment or technology, or just need to train or to devices. "
The source added: that the agreement took place between the Iraqi side and the U.S. began negotiations between the two sides next week, where it formed the Iraqi government to its military, which will start the negotiations then start negotiations on the level of the largest under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and others. He said: "The negotiations will be in two phases the first of the military commissions the level of senior officers from various Alsnov, and the second phase at the top, through the negotiating team headed by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the ministers, lawyers and advisers. "
The source explained that the negotiations will focus on armament contracts from which to determine the number of trainers, as well as the many forces that will protect U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and consulates in other provinces, and protections officials at the embassy and consulates, and the rest of the embassies that may be Hamaiadtha part of the American presence in the country, and continued: "The negotiations will also focus on troop levels and the period of their presence, and periods of training and immunity to trained or not, and the whereabouts of those forces or trainers, as well as the type of logistical support to be submitted or post process in support of the Iraqi forces. "
The source said that "Iraq may need to 1000 or 2000 coach enough to train Iraqi forces all its different forms, either when added troops for the purpose of protecting the American embassy in the Green Zone and U.S. forces the other will remain in the country, the number certainly will exceed the 10 thousand soldiers. "
The source expected "to be completed by negotiations on the military cooperation agreement between Baghdad and Washington beginning next September, has signed the Convention after the holiday Eid al-Fitr that is in the first ten days or mid- next September. "
On the other hand a member of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary Haitham Jubouri that "any memorandum signed by the government with the U.S. to train security forces will be presented to the House of Representatives because of the demands the U.S. side of immunity for its soldiers."
Jubouri said: the political blocs that authorized the government to negotiate with the United States about keeping some of its troops after the end of 2011 an attempt to escape from the House vote on this matter. "He added that the insistence of the U.S. side on the need to provide immunity for its soldiers will necessitate the government pass a note training on the House of Representatives for a vote, noting that" most members of the House of Representatives against granting immunity to American soldiers. "The Jubouri that" the note to be signed with the U.S. side would be vigorously opposed by members of the House of Representatives if the government agreed to grant immunity to U.S. military may lead to vote against this note. "
agreed political leaders to allow Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last week to negotiate with the United States on keeping U.S. troops to train Iraqi forces after the deadline for the departure of those troops from Iraq by the end of the year. The Prime Minister had announced in a press conference after attending a session Limbering Ministerial in the House the need for foreign coaches to train troops security on the modern weapons that were imported, adding that the presence of these trainers do not need the approval of the House of Representatives. referred to the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington on the end of November of 2008 states that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace Iraq no later than 31 December of the year 2011, and the United States combat forces pulled out under the Convention of the cities, villages and towns of Iraq on 30 June 2009. On the other hand denied the Vice President of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan Barzani, the health of the modern spins about the invitation of President of the Region installed the part of U.S. forces in Kurdistan, stressing that the leadership of the region will not have a position one-and will not deviate from the approved components of Iraqi politics, according to Asharq Al Awsat on Wednesday.
Barzani said in a press statement: The leadership of the Kurdistan region have already expressed a clear position the issue of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq and emphasized explicitly that Iraq is in urgent need of U.S. assistance to strengthen its position of security, and thus there is a need for the survival of part of those forces until achieving readiness of full Iraqi security forces to assume their responsibilities in protecting the democratic process, which sacrificed the Iraqis for it for years throughout the ". He added that the leadership of the Kurdistan region to deal with this issue as the region part of a federal Iraq, and we have expressed clearly our position on this has not Nkhvh for one, and we said quite frankly that Iraq is still an urgent need to keep those forces, but the talk that goes about the invitation of President of the Region installed the part of U.S. forces in Kurdistan is the talk is not true at all, "noting that" the steps the President of the region and the tasks which it runs are included in the framework of ongoing consultations at various levels of political blocs and Iraqi forces with respect to this issue, and that Mr. President of the Region will not have a single position in this aspect, but it will be decided in accordance with the consultations of all components of Iraqi political leadership of the region and will not deviate on the compatibility of those forces in dealing with the issue. "
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