Maliki is ready to confront the militias backed by Iran ...

13/12/2011

Maliki is ready to confront the militias backed by Iran

New York Times Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that he would face and strongly condemned any Iranian interference in Iraq after the departure of U.S. forces. and he said in an interview with the Wall Street before his official visit to Washington, that Iraq's interest to busy State mind its own business and move away from interfering in its affairs.

He said, "If he has an excuse Iran is the presence of U.S. troops on Iraqi soil is a threat to national security of Iran, that this threat has ended, and ended with him all the ideas and calculations and potential interference in the affairs of Iraq under any name other. "hoped to meet with Maliki, President Barack Obama at the White House in an attempt to reassure the West about Iraq's independence and stability after the United States ended a war that lasted nine years, claimed the lives of at least one hundred thousand Iraqis and four thousand and five hundred U.S. military according to statistics from the Pentagon last year, and spent the United States by about a trillion dollars.

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Maliki - who remains were crucial in Iraq and the region as a whole - walking on a tightrope between Alnfoven the U.S. and Iran, since he took office in 2006 at the height of the sectarian war in Iraq. While Maliki wants a relationship strategy of strong long-term relationship with the United States, there are limits to its continuation without anti some of the partners in his coalition government and backed by Iran - and anti-of Backed in Tehran. says one senior Iraqi officials said al-Maliki has not been able to ensure the cycle of re-election without that provides a specific commitment to Iran and their Iraqi allies, and is "out of U.S. troops from Iraq."

During the interview that took place last Friday, Maliki said he feels today more worried about the strong role played by Turkey in Iraq and in the area, but the warning is rare Iran aims to calm the fears of senior U.S. officials and allies of the United States from the Gulf Arabs that Iraq will fall into the arms of Iran with the other exit of American troops late this month.

these fears proved more with the intensification of the conflict in Syria, which subjected Iraq to strong pressure to be at her side. He used the regime of President Bashar al-Assad Mahalv Iran brute force in the face of the popular uprising and now faces opposition supported by many Arab countries, Turkey and the West.

Maliki said during the interview that Iraq's interest to non-interference in Syrian affairs, and offered to Iraq to mediate, as opposed foreign military action there and said that Iraq did not agree on the economic boycott proposed by the Arab League against Damascus, fearing to be a repeat of the experience of Iraq, which have been instrumental in the deteriorating situation of the region.

In response to the criticism that accuses him of supporting the Assad regime, Maliki said that he supports the demands of Syrian people in democracy, freedom, elections, "we support them with all our hearts." and revealed Mr. Maliki that he sent a personal envoy to Mr. Assad last month urging him to initiate reforms real and hold a national dialogue real on the ground, the Syrian response was al-Assad was ready for it. Maliki was compared with the horrors of Iraq under Saddam, he said, "We share the view that the war on Iraq and the disaster that followed were not to get you if that Saddam had the reforms."

Today ends the war that began in 2003, the U.S. military now hand over the tasks of the Foreign Ministry that will lead foreign mission than 16 thousand people including security contractors. Officials say the Americans, they will train the police and the Iraqi armed forces at the same time are developing financial institutions, judicial, agricultural and other . and warned the U.S. military commander in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin, that Iran is supporting militias in Iraq for control of power as Hezbollah did in Lebanon.

For its part, Iran has denied supporting the militias or to seek a role in the political affairs of Iraq. At the same time warned Gen. Austin and the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey is seeking armed groups linked to al Qaeda and other loyalists of the Saddam regime to increase freedom of action after the departure of the Americans, especially in the north where it competes central government with the Kurdistan region on earth and oil.

Maliki has suggested that has the ability to pressure Iran to end its interference in Iraq after the expulsion of members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran opposition with UN help end the current year, where he said "no longer to Iran excuse to interfere in Iraqi affairs directly or through some of the blocs and parties."

He said he was ready to face the Iranian-backed militias again if necessary, as it did during the campaign Charge of the Knights in 2008. "The Iraqi security forces capable of defeating any party or militia bear arms."

But in a world of Iraqi politics divided - which was built after the American invasion, elections and quotas of ethnic and sectarian fragile - the Mr. Maliki appeared to his rivals and allies as someone who plays tug of war between Iran and the United States over the years to keep his job and control of security forces.

The selection of Maliki as prime minister in 2006 a compromise, and received a course a second term after the election winding and the process of forming a government lasted for about ten months. and he had to turn to the Sadr movement in order to adhere to the premiership, and then entered in uneasy alliance with the blocks Sunni and Kurdish in a deal sponsored by the United States.

in a separate interview this month that called Iyad Allawi, the main challenger to the owners of last year's election, the political process in Iraq as a failure, but said that the withdrawal of which is not the right solution, he said "will not break down the government because it backed by Iran and America."

reflection of the obligations of the complex political, has taken Maliki, a tough stance when asked if there was agreement on the final size of the mission of American diplomacy in Iraq and the possibility of survival of some military trainers Americans after the withdrawal of troops. He will not stay in Iraq more than 700 coach and will not enjoy legal immunity which led to the failure of negotiations between the two sides. Al-Maliki added, "We are dealing diplomatically with the United States now, us and them what they are us.. If a thousand people stay in Iraq, we will keep people in America, and if we will open consulates tenth opened like ten."

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