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Sen. John McCain warns of increasing violence if U.S. forces

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Sen. John McCain warns of increasing violence if U.S. forces withdraw
Proposal for the survival of 13 thousand troops
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Baghdad – Abdel Ali Salman said Asyoshitdbers news agency said the senior U.S. senator warned that Iraq will face the risk of renewed violence if the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The warning by the senator in the United States has insisted in the negotiations, not to abandon the idea of keeping some U.S. forces in Iraq, although Iraq has maintained its position not to grant U.S. troops that will remain legal immunity.

Said Senator John McCain, the highest ranking Republican in the Armed Services Committee that one of the biggest security risk and strategy to complete the withdrawal is to provide an opportunity for Iran is infiltrating Iraq, as trying to work now in southern Iraq. With the possibility of sectarian violence and instability.

McCain said the United States should leave Iraq to be in force up to 13 thousand soldiers.

McCain said that “the fact that there are areas concerned in the Kurdish areas in Iraq in the north and in need of peacekeepers. They need technical assistance in the matter of intelligence. In the air their computers as they Aimitlkon anything of the literal sense of the word. An issue that has been handled badly by the administration. “

With the deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces is near, the parties say they want U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for training and as peacekeepers. But a senior Iraqi official told Fox News Sunday that all Iraqi politicians agree not to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution when its killing Iraqi civilians or others if she remained after 2011. That point was that the possibility of breaking the agreement for the Pentagon.

He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told Fox News that “the Iraqi government Trajab task of training its security forces without granting immunity in accordance with the decision of all the political blocs in Iraq.”

Al-Dabbagh said, “Iraq and the United States collectively discuss other options make the task of training possible.”

Fox adds that negotiations are continuing in any case, the fact that the White House denied the report, which aired Saturday Asyoshitd Press Network, which was that the U.S. administration decided to withdraw most U.S. forces while retaining approximately of 160 troops in Iraq Expeditionary American Embassy.

The spokesman said National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said the U.S. “President Obama made ​​it clear several times about how we are committed to the agreement with the Iraqi government to withdraw all our troops at the end of this year.”

He Vitor by Fox News “at the same time, we are building a comprehensive partnership with the Iraqis within a strategic framework agreement, which includes active security relationship and discussions with the Iraqis about the nature of this relationship is still continuing.”

And Senator Dianne Feinstein told the head of the Intelligence Committee in the Senate Fox News that he is without an agreement on the status of U.S. forces, the United States will not be able to keep U.S. troops in that country deduced from the desire of the Iraqi government, but in return has expressed alarm at the possibility of complete withdrawal of all troops, which has its numbers 44 000 troops now, citing the Korea as a model on the number of years that Iraq will need in order to achieve stability viable.

The Senator said, “I believe that people worry about the return of the men and women home. And I understand that, and that it is important to complete work in a way provides a great opportunity for the stability of that country. Colors I think that the goal of the President of Afghanistan, as is Iraq. And I am optimistic that they are able to negotiate a quick on Status of Forces Agreement. In the case of failure to reach such an agreement, I would say: Yes, I we have to bring our people home. “

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