White House: Obama and Abadi agreed to tighten the security of the Green Zone
White House: Obama and Abadi agreed to tighten the security of the Green Zone
5/22/2016 10:09
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White House said on Saturday that US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Haider al – Abadi agreed on the need to tighten security in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad after storming protesters for this region.
A statement from the White House , “Obama spoke by telephone with al – Abadi and pointed to the need for talks so that the Iraqi people to address these aspirations through democratic institutions.”
Obama also commend the steps taken by the Government Abadi to finalize the agreement with the International Monetary Fund and said that it is important to support the the international community Iraqi economic recovery during the fight to regulate Daash. ”
the protesters stormed Friday reiterated the green Zone with responded by security forces threw tear gas forced them to withdraw and imposed through the Baghdad operations command curfew continued for hours.
he accused Prime Minister Haider al – Abadi, what he described as “lurking” in the stand behind the storming of the green Zone Friday and stressed that “what happened to break into the state institutions and tampering with public money can not accept it with the laxity of the perpetrators and that the law must take its course on each horseshoe.”
as Abadi called on “citizens and national political forces to unite and address to conspiracies lurking Baathists allied with Aldoaash criminals and terrorists who are acting in the cities to the rhythm of discord between the citizens and the state. ”
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