Hadi al-Amiri: Tehran provides weapons unconditionally .. and Washington is not fulfilling its promises

Hadi al-Amiri: Tehran provides weapons unconditionally .. and Washington is not fulfilling its promises

03/15/2015 17:58

Long-Presse / Baghdad
The United States failed to fulfill their promises to help Iraq in the fight against militants, “Daash” Unlike aid “unconditional” that reaches from Iran, “he insisted on saying Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Badr Organization and its Secretary General and the most important leaders of the popular crowd, criticizing the United States in its role anti-regulation “Daash.”
During an interview with Amiri in the battlefield in Tikrit, where Chen-backed units of the popular crowd of Iraqi forces, attacks on militants sites “Daash”, criticized those who accept the hands of the United States for support in return, as he put it.
Iraqi forces entered the city of Tikrit and position precisely, on Wednesday from the north and the south. Clashes erupted fierce to secure the northern district of Qadisiyah area, as the army threw mortars at rebels “Daash” sites who are still in control there. He said military officials in this regard, they expect edit Tikrit fully in two to three days ahead.
The units of the popular crowd played a crucial role in the restoration of the land subject to the militants, “Daash” in the past two days. Sermon in Najaf, Iraq, as called for adjusting the fighters and not to be drawn to the mood of sectarians in access to civilian areas.
In the same context, quoted by the Wall Street Journal American, witnesses civilians have returned to their homes, and that the units of the popular crowd oversees the day for the return of residents to the liberated areas. In terms of science, according to the newspaper, was the return of about 400 Iraqi families of the people of Tikrit, but they need humanitarian aid because of the depletion of their savings as well as power outages and destruction of clear lines of the main water due to military operations in addition to the exposure of infrastructure by fighting for the damage.
The paper also focused on allegations that talked about the burning of homes and monitor the violation of civilians, and noted, citing tribal fighters rebelling against the “Daash”, that they had not heard of any atrocities of people returning to their homes.
Iraqi government official told the Associated Press, that Iran has sold weapons to Baghdad and cannons and heavy machine guns and rocket launchers in the amount of $ 10 billion, and preferred the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
In November last, the president authorized the nearly 1500 US troops to train Iraqi forces and rehabilitation again after the sudden withdrawal of Mosul last summer, and spent the US Defense Department, for its part, billion dollars to train and equip the Iraqi army and Kurdish fighters, according to the Pentagon, too, has also allocated United States amount to $ 83 million for the purchase of weapons, training and rehabilitation of nine Iraqi brigades in this budget.
It claimed the United States, the international coalition may face far 2000 Daash sites in Iraq air strike since last August, and this is acknowledged by Iraqi officials when he pointed out that these strikes have had a role based in defeating the insurgents “Daash” of Mosul and decryption Dam the siege of the village of Amerli and restoration of the Baiji refinery.
Justifying the American officials, non-participation in military operations to restore Tikrit, Iraq for not asked them to participate.
Amery said general secretary of the Badr Organization, that “the Iranian aid is conditional on the Iraqis,” warning at the same time that Iraq does not sacrifice its sovereignty in order to receive weapons from the United States, noting that Iraq is able to bring the weapons they want from any place or country in the world as he put it.
Iraqi officials say, that the Shiites recruits volunteers for various military formations numbered 30 thousand fighters, while Gen. Martin Dempsey, pointed out that the Shiites number of volunteers arrived in Tikrit to 20 thousand fighters.
He stressed Karim al-Nuri, a spokesman units popular crowd, that members of the popular crowd are subject to the guidance and tips Iranian advisers numbered 40 consultant.
He indicated that the organization “Daash” dominated Iraq last June on the city of Mosul, and seized the cities and towns in a vast number of provinces.
He urged the representative of the most respected religious authority in Iraq, al-Sistani, to show restraint in the Shiite fighters as they entered the Sunni areas and avoid revenge attacks in Tikrit.
He cited Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abdul Jabbar, a member of the Authority of the Supreme complex doctrinal Iraqi Vice-President of Council of Iraqi Scholars, words representative of the highest religious authority in Iraq during his sermon last Friday in Baghdad, demanding the punishment of those who are attacking the houses in Tikrit and act “before me angrily,” which restores the soul Sectarian to the forefront again.
He warned at the same time, if the government failed to stop the retaliatory attacks by fighters of a few, will be renewed sectarian tensions that have gripped the country previously in 2006 and 2007.
He called Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister last week, his forces to protect civilians and their property in the liberated areas, vowing not to tolerate any one who commits violations, urging year time itself, to welcome the coming forces to free them and involve their children in the fighting to expel militants “Daash” of areas still under the control of militants extremist organization.
Ahmed Alaa

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