US warns of disintegration of the international coalition because of sectarian and Iranian interference in Iraq
US warns of disintegration of the international coalition because of sectarian and Iranian interference in Iraq
10-03-2015 01:43 PM
Warned the Chief of Staff of the US army, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the possibility of the disintegration of the international coalition against al Daash If you do not the government of Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi settle sectarian divisions in the country, stressing that the growing Iranian influence in Iraq, raising concern among the members of the international coalition.
He said Dempsey in the Bahraini capital Manama, after a brief visit to Baghdad, long hours, yesterday: ‘some concern about the difficulty of keeping the coalition Intabna to proceed in the face of challenge what the government Abadi did not develop a strategy and a national unity had already committed themselves to. ”
He added that the US-led coalition comprising the States Sunni In particular, relations between Baghdad and Tehran are cause for concern, pointing out that he ‘had all the guarantees’ of Iraqi officials on their commitment to reconciliation with the Sunni population, but he questioned the ‘credibility’ of these commitments from Iraqi officials.
Dempsey explained that the goal of Washington and the rest of the Alliance is to ensure that all groups the rights of Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds and others will be maintained.
In a commentary on the military campaign carried out by Iraqi forces in Salahuddin and elsewhere, Dempsey said he could ‘see a lot of flags and emblems of the Shi’ite militias are brought by troops fighting organizing Daash, while the Iraqi national flags rare ‘.
He stressed the US military official at the same time ‘concern countries in the region about the close ties between the Iraqi authorities and Iran, which arms and trains Shiite militias’, calling on Iraqis to’ need to be aware of the challenge of the need to keep the coalition united ‘.
It was Dempsey had on Monday made a surprise visit to Baghdad where he met with the Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, also held a press conference with Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, and the visit came Dempsey, a week after the start of some thirty thousand element of the army, police and factions of the popular crowd, and the sons of the tribes, wide process to restore the city of Tikrit (110 km) north of Baghdad and its environs.
and stayed coalition aircraft out of the process, as opposed to a large Iranian role afternoon through the deployment means Iranian media images of the commander of the Qods Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Major General Qassem Soleimani in Salahuddin province, in addition to the prominent role militias backed by Tehran.
Tikrit process and raised fears of revenge against the Sunni population operations, and already an international human rights organizations that the accused were part of the popular crowd militias accused of abuse and mass killing operations against Sunni families in liberated areas
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