Iranian arms deal allegations threaten the relationship between Iraq and the United States
Iranian arms deal allegations threaten the relationship between Iraq and the United States
17.03.2014 (0:01 pm)
Baghdad / term *
Not delayed the United States by linking contract arming with Iraq, according to the strategic framework agreement signed in 2008 to respond to the news that indicated the presence of an arms deal concluded by Iraq with its neighbor Iran as it asked the U.S. State Department for clarification of Iraq about the deal.
Chairman of the delegation negotiating the Iraqi Site Convention on the strategic framework Rubaie said for “Talk” that “the strategic framework agreement signed between Iraq and the United States in 2008 did not require Iraq not to buy weapons from the other.”
says al-Rubaie, a national security adviser, former Iraqi, said that “Iraq today is in need to arms more than ever, so the United States to expedite sending weapons needed by Iraq in its war against armed groups, and zero tolerance in the process of implementation of the agreed upon within the contracts between the two countries. ”
media reports that raised concerns the U.S. administration confirmed that Iraq has signed deal with Iran worth 195 million dollars to buy weapons and ammunition, which was confirmed by the Chairman of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary Hassan Sinead, and denied by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense.
deputy chairman of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives Alexander and berries, denied the existence of any arms deal concluded by Iraq with its neighbor Iran, but confirmed at the same time “the eligibility of Iraq to import weapons from any country as long as he needed to.”
bore and berries, a military commander before the deputies in the Iraqi parliament, the U.S. responsibility for delaying the sending of arms to Iraq, according to the contracts between the two countries, and the non-fulfillment of promises arming the Iraqi army.
said “the United States did not send weapons and equipment on an ongoing basis, were sent tankers without missiles, and then send the rocket which is a process delayed processed, so we called for diversifying sources of arming the Iraqi army.”
Iraqi Defense Ministry accused the views “unnamed” exploiting Thread politically and in the media, noting that “there are companies from Bulgaria and Algik, Poland, Serbia, China, Ukraine, Pakistan submitted bids pricing and schedules for processing also provided the defense industries of Iran offerings as well, but the trade-off was in favor of the other companies were not signing any contracts with the Iranian company.”
expert Military Salem Daami emphasized the gravity of Iraq’s purchase of weapons from Iran to Taakedath with the United States in the presence of an international ban on Iran and said that “the U.S. administration may Sttrat to provide Iraq with the rest of the weapons it needs to while verifies information for the purchase of Iraq of weapons from Iran.”
Senator Alomerreqi Joe McCain called on his government to wait to send Apache helicopters to Iraq after receiving information purchased Iraq weapons from Iran, at a time when Iraq needs weapons, especially Apache helicopters which leaders declared in the Iraqi army need it.
said Daami that “this information in the case of health will affect the agreement strategic framework between Iraq and the United States, specifically in support file security and military, but the United States does not want to put pressure on Iraq fully in this file, so as not to reinforce its relationship with the military in Russia and be the main source to provide him with weapons. ”
United States supplied Iraq until today six military transport aircraft type (S – 130), and the system of anti-aircraft missiles, and 27 reconnaissance helicopter, and 12 patrol boat, as the volume of cooperation in this area since 2005 (14) billion dollars.
member of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary appearance Janabi describe the process of buying Iraq weapons from Iran as “a reward for its negative role in the Syrian events,” and said that the members of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary did not know anything about the armament contracts only the Chairman of the Committee and to its proximity to the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. ”
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