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Pentagon Requests $ 3 billion to support its work in Iraq
Date: Thursday, 16.02.2012 9:44
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reported a number of American newspapers that the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) called for three billion dollars to finance activities in Iraq after the war and complete military withdrawal end of last year 2011, which observers say it could threaten the re-election of President Barack Obama for a second term, While the ministry announced the death of the first troops after the departure of U.S. troops from the country.
She said the agency "Wired Dainger Roman", "The Pentagon called a budget of $ 2.9 billion to finance the activities of the United States in Iraq after the dawn of the new, without giving explanations on the mechanism to spend that money," arguing that "this amount designed to cover the war waged so. "
The agency added that the task is "claimed" by The Ministry of Defense to finance is the "completion of the transitional period," indicating that "the money will be used to finance its office in Baghdad and the Office of Security Cooperation to continue to provide security assistance and security cooperation" with the Iraqi army, as well as amounts other rehabilitation equipment used during military operations. "
The agency said that "the administration of President Barack Obama is seeking to give the impression to the American people that the war on Iraq has ended, to support his campaign to come."
In the same context, the agency noted that "the U.S. military about operations in Iraq to the State Department, which in turn hired an army of private security companies the size of a brigade major, also prevented Congress from monitoring contractors' work in Iraq in the wake of the withdrawal the United States. "
The United States of America, in the February 8, 2012, a plan to reduce the number of employees at its embassy in Baghdad, while confirming the presence of 16 thousand currently between diplomats and retirees.
It is noteworthy that the United States officially ended its presence in Iraq in December of 2011, under the agreement signed between the two countries in 2008, nine years after the invasion of its military forces in 2003, and the overthrow of Saddam, the decision of former U.S. President George W. Bush.
and talked and news agencies for adherence to U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta proposal to the budget of the U.S. Department of Defense which provides for reducing the budgets of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
During a hearing yesterday, the Committee on Armed Services U.S. Senate, said Panetta said the United States continues to face significant challenges against the backdrop of political upheavals taking place in the world.
faced a decision of the U.S. administration to reduce the budget of the U.S. Department of Defense in 2013 to about 525 billion dollars against a large and serious concern on the part of U.S. lawmakers who spoke during the meeting about the security challenges faced by the United States around the world.
and try and U.S. Secretary of Defense to reassure lawmakers, but he stressed at the same time that the United States still faces major challenges, he said, "Despite we were able to achieve the United States still faces a range of security challenges around the world, and we continue fighting a war in Afghanistan, we face terrorist threats, and there is danger of the spread of dangerous weapons, and the actions of Iran and North Korea threaten global stability, and there is instability in the Middle East, as is the case in Syria, Egypt and Yemen, and the emergence of new powers in Asia will test our international relations. "
On the other hand said the Pentagon on its official yesterday the death of a U.S. soldier was the first soldier declared his death since the withdrawal of troops skyrocket in Iraq late last December.
and the announcement of the death of the soldier increased losses of U.S. troops to the 4485 U.S. soldiers since 2003.
A statement by the Pentagon said the soldier Cesar Cortez (24 years) from Oceanside, California, died on 11 February in Bahrain without giving information on the cause of his death and whether he was treated at a hospital from an injury in a military operation.
The statement said the soldier Cortez attributed to the so-called "support operation Enduring Freedom" instead Mission of the United States in Iraq, a soldier in one of the battalions and air defense missile.
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