World Tribune: Washington defies Congress to send 1,500 more fighters to Iraq
World Tribune: Washington defies Congress to send 1,500 more fighters to Iraq
01/07/2015 (00:01 pm)
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Put an end to the United States to postpone its plans for sending additional troops to Iraq. Officials say the United States plans to deploy 1,500 more fighters have faced some obstacles in regard to join the fight against al Daash, saying that the biggest problems that they face is the budget deficit, in addition to the presence of opposition in Congress.
During the briefing in the sixteenth of December, John Kirby, said a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, “The deployment orders not yet been issued, and still the US Army looking for manpower to strengthen its presence in Iraq. Even now been massing 1600 fighters were working in Iraq most of them were doing the work of the advice or protection. ”
However, the Pentagon in December 19 issued a statement saying “authorized the Minister of Hegel send 1300 additional fighters to Iraq, including a thousand fighters from Brigade Combat third, and the 82nd Airborne Division, and will be sent to Iraq in late January It will be their job training, advising and assisting the Iraqi security forces. ”
In the month of November last, President Obama agreed to send 1,500 additional fighters to Iraq with a budget of up to $ 1.6 billion from the (train and equip Iraq’s Fund), but so far Obama has not signed the defense budget law . He said Kirby The Pentagon expects the arrival of additional troops to Iraq in 2015, and added that the US Central Command, Gen. Lloyd Austin depends on the units in the Middle East and South Asia, “Gen. Austin takes advantage of the resources that he has in the region to start creating process.”
He Kirby said the central leadership had already published 60 fighters to advise the Iraqi army and security forces in Anbar province, the main stronghold of Daash, there are 200 other fighters preparing infrastructure for program advice and assistance.
US officials expressed impatience with the new Baghdad government headed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, They say that the government is slowly moving in the mobilization of Sunni tribes in Anbar and other provinces.
He said Kirby, “We want Iraqis to expedite it because it is part of the task of advice and assistance that we provide to help them to be more comprehensive and better performance in the defense of their own people in Anbar.”
In On the other hand and under the title “Iraq signed a military agreement with Iran as a necessity strategy,” the newspaper World Tribune reported that Iraq – which is the largest recipient of US aid – signed with Iran, a memorandum of understanding aimed at rebuilding the Iraqi Army units who fought Daash.
A government statement Iranian ” The two sides agreed to continue cooperation in the field of defense through the establishment of a national army to protect the unity of the Iraqi territory and the security of the country. ”
It was the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the thirtieth of December last, during a visit by Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi to Tehran. Officials said al-Obeidi reviewed with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Dehghan Iraq’s military requirements. According to the statement, “The two sides stressed the need to consult to ensure security as terrorism does not affect the security of Iraq only, but to the security of the entire region.”
He did not give Iraq the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding was signed amid US efforts accelerated to re-Iraqi army organization details. In the month of December and Washington commended the Iranian military aid to Baghdad in addition to the air strikes launched by Iran on Daash in Diyala province.
Obeidi said, during a joint news conference: “We have no choice but to cooperate and be alongside each other to root out the terrorists. We consider Iran’s support the growing Iraqi armed forces need a strategy. ”
It is said that five thousand Iranian forces under the supervision of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to help the Iraqi army. Ali Shamkhani said Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary “Certainly the enemy seeks to create destabilization in Iran.”
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