A spokesman for al-Abadi: No financial commitments we have in front of the Americans, advisers
A spokesman for al-Abadi: No financial commitments we have in front of the Americans, advisers
17/11/2014 (0:01 pm)
Announced the Prime Minister’s Office Haider al-Abadi, on Sunday, the allocation of the American side of more than five billion dollars to ensure that air strikes for the international coalition forces.
And between US President allocated more than a billion dollars within this amount to be spent on assignments coaches the Americans in Iraq, “and not at government expense, as some believe,” confirmed that the number of coaches who sent them the American side came the understanding with the Iraqi government did not impose on them.
He said Saad al-Hadithi , a spokesman for the prime minister’s office in an interview with the (long-Presse), “The US President Barack Obama asked the US Congress, the amount of five billion and $ 600 million to support the international coalition forces and blows the US Air Force launched by the organization Daash in Iraq.”
He added newborn ” Within this amount, the amount of one billion and 600 million dollars to cover the rehabilitation and training of Iraqi forces to meet the challenges honest, and therefore, the latter amount included in the framework of the customizations that can be given to consultants Americans. ”
He said a spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Office that “all these customizations are part of the US budget has Obama applied them to Congress, therefore, the experts’ salaries on the American side, not on the Iraqi side as some people think. ”
He continued newborn “as the number of experts or coaches did not impose on Iraq, but came full understanding with the Iraqi government, because of the need for such a large number because the security challenges large and there are more than open front to fight with (Daash), noting that “these experts will be in certain military bases and are training Iraqi cadres either in terms of air strikes there is coordination with field commanders Iraqis on the ground.”
In the context of Offline, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said the American force began to advise Iraqi forces in Anbar province in western Iraq, in the faster-than-expected process with a pivotal role in the campaign against the organization of the Islamic state expansion.
He said Dempsey, told Reuters that a limited group of advisers arrived Ein al-Assad base in the province, which is controlled regulation on most of them.
He said in an interview on Saturday: “We have a team of training, advice and assistance in the Ain al-Assad Air Base.”
He added, “There are enough of them already working with the seventh band to assist in the planning and understanding of the danger and advising on how to unite their forces. ”
announced by US President Barack Obama’s administration on the seventh of November, 1500 to send additional US troops to Iraq to expand its mission and advisers begin training troops in Baghdad. At the time, officials said the expansion would take weeks.
controlled organization Daash on the two main cities in Anbar and two of Fallujah and Ramadi, and then swept through other parts of the country after months without mention of Iraqi forces resist.
An aide to Dempsey that the American force that 50 people does not exceed the number of help also the band seventh while Iraq is seeking to improve relations with Sunni tribes in the region.
The aim is to create a force of thousands of Sunni tribesmen before that constitute the Iraqi Shiite-led government force a “national guard” and that the centralization of power to end in Baghdad.
The US official said of expected to start the training process in the eye of the lion this year. Dempsey described the US troops at the base as a preliminary force will be equipped with the training site in the Ain al-Assad. He said “there are no sufficient band can protect itself and to provide consulting, but will need to be expanded a bit … to create a training base.”
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