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11/12/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - the tone of Baghdad in support of the Syrian regime fell since Biden's visit to Iraq .. On the eve of a meeting Maliki Obama in Washington,
Baghdad: Hamza Mustafa, Washington: Mohammed Ali Saleh
in the first response implicit to the accusations made by the States and internal and external parties against the Iraqi government to hand, and to stand by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the peoples to shoulder their responsibilities to stop ruling the executioner, who practiced cruelty against his people. Maliki said in a speech during the celebration of World Day for Human Rights in Baghdad yesterday: «the peoples of the world bear a responsibility to stop the unjust ruler who exercises cruelty against the people». He added that «the most serious violation of human rights is a violation of the State of the State; it shed blood and kill thousands of innocent people, and people take responsibility for stop ruling the executioner, who practiced cruelty against the people». This is the situation is the first of its kind which is a clear change in the tone of the Iraqi official, not especially at the level of a large part of the leaders of the National Alliance. The Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil el-Arabi, has concluded recently, a visit to Iraq met Khalaha Maliki and senior Iraqi leaders, the focus of the talks in the Syrian crisis, which is intended to Iraq to play a role in the basis that it is closest to the Assad regime from among the Arab countries . But the tone of al-Maliki - which seemed conciliatory with the parties to the Syrian opposition, which refused to part of them call for a dialogue with them in Baghdad - are part of the variable, which happened in the media discourse and political Iraqi official about the Syrian crisis following the visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to Baghdad last week. 's comments came Maliki on the eve of the commencement of a visit to Washington; where it is supposed to meet U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday. It is expected to focus the meeting on the situation in Syria, in order to convince the Iraqis to join the pressures of Arab and American government of President Bashar al-Assad. and are U.S. efforts cautious, for fear of angering Iraqis with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Washington keen to continue a strong relationship with them. The statement praised the White House, last Friday, about a meeting on Monday, the efforts of U.S. forces in Iraq. He pointed out that «the President appreciates the sacrifices and achievements of those who worked in Iraq and the Iraqi people, even access to this critical moment, full of promises in order to establish relations of friendship permanent U.S. - Iraq, while we finish the war in Iraq». Commentators said journalists: The reference to «sacrifice the Iraqi people »intended to satisfy the Iraqis to work to open a new page, and forget the years of occupation of Eight, which has killed tens of thousands of Iraqis. and talked the American press that Washington wants to earn Maliki's support for its policy in Syria, at the same time that you want it to convince the Maliki that the New Testament in the relations between the two countries will be on an equal footing, and that the end of the occupation also means the end of the command, and even pressure. , the spokeswoman for the State Department, Victoria Nuland, in the press conference daily, in answer to a question whether Washington has drawn up plans for the protection of civilians in Homs , Noland said: «We are concerned about the fate of civilians in Homs, Syria and the whole». She said that the failure of the Security Council, because of the veto by Russia and China to take «decisive and effective», helped to «encourage the Syrian regime to do what he does and wants to do». She said that the United States continues its contacts to return the case to the Security Council. At the same time, consult with other countries around the «protection of civilians and sending observers», especially with Turkey and the Arab League. The Noland has said that President Assad «bear responsibility for what do the government security forces, and although he said the opposite on television, Any president denies responsibility on television while the army and security forces have committed horrific kinds of atrocities against his own people? ». She added: «We will bear all the responsibility here». and refused to answer the question: If Assad was «mad»; because he had said that any ruler kills his people must be crazy. Noland said: «I do not want to talk about his mental state. We bear responsibility for acts of violence ». She said there are «signs for optimism» about the position of both Russia and China. She referred to «increasingly statements by the Russians of the need to put an end to the violence». She told Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, the day before yesterday, in light of the meetings of NATO, and that the Chinese «They said similar things during our meetings with them in Bali (in Indonesia, during the summit, the U.S. Asian) in the last week». the Middle East
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