20/10/2011 11:54
Baghdad, October 20 / October (Rn) - An adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday, in a tendency to Iraq to maintain less than a thousand trained U.S. military after the due date for the withdrawal of the U.S. military of the country at the end of this year. The statement came after 10 days of the announcement-Maliki said he expected to need his country to a number of trained less than proposed by Washington, less than 3 thousand military. Maliki said in an interview with "Reuters" that the Americans proposed to keep the 3.400 troops in Iraq, saying that Baghdad is not in need of such This number of trainers. It seems that this point will be added to the point of contention President of the granting of legal immunity for trainers. The adviser said the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdul Hussain Hamid Al Jabri told Kurdistan News (Rn) that "the number of U.S. trainers will not exceed one thousand coach." He added that the "The Iraqi government will continue Bembagesadtha with the U.S. side to find alternatives to the immunity of the trainers." He has got this month to support the Iraqi political leaders to the survival of a number of U.S. troops as trainers, but without legal immunity claimed by Washington as part of a deal to keep U.S. troops in Iraq, which may impede the near final agreement is reached. But Maliki likely to complete the negotiations in this regard in the middle of next month, adding that the negotiations are focused on defining the legal status of U.S. troops in Iraq. After the end of combat operations last year due to departure of the last American forces, and the 44 thousand Iraq troops by year's end under the terms of a bilateral security pact. From: Mohamed Tayeb. Open: Abdullah Sabri
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