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Iraqi fears of growing Iranian influence after the American

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Iraqi fears of growing Iranian influence after the American withdrawal
25/10/2011 13:15

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Baghdad, October 25 / October (Rn) - showing Iraqi lawmakers were afraid of growing Iranian influence in their country with the imminent withdrawal of U.S. military once Iraq at the end of this year, especially in the southern regions and the Middle Euphrates, which are concentrated where the majority Shiite linked by Tehran's strong relationships. The Iraqi leaders had delegated Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to negotiate with Washington to keep U.S. trainers after the due date for withdrawal in order to train Iraqi forces. But President Barack Obama announced Friday that he would withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, in a sign of failure of negotiations between the two sides. The dispute centered on the legal immunity which was asking America to grant the coaches and refuse to Iraq in addition to the disagreement on the number of those who remain of American soldiers. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran of meddling by Iran hours after the announcement by President Barack Obama that Washington would withdraw its troops from this country At the end of the year after more than eight years on the U.S. invasion in 2003. The MP said the Iraqi List, Ziad worldwide abolition of the Kurdistan News Agency (Rn) that "the fears of the imposition of Iran's influence in Iraq escalated after the U.S. withdrawal with the presence of extended her support from some political parties , "in reference to the Shiite parties that form the majority in the Maliki government. He pointed out that "Iran is trying to use Iraq to put pressure on the United States in the implementation of some of the demands." said the worldwide abolition that "Tehran wants to impose its influence in various fields, and needs to stand the blocks political position clear before any foreign interference in Iraqi affairs. " and accuses Washington of consistently Shiite groups backed by Iran of being behind attacks in Iraq, while accusing U.S. officials Tehran of interfering in the affairs of the Iraqi government led by Shiites. but Iraq and Iran, who were enemies before 2003 and fought war lasted eight years between 1980-1988, are linked by good bilateral relations, and have the cooperation in trade and tourism, especially religious. He believed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq "would lead to a change in relations" between Tehran and Baghdad. He did not specify the type of change to expect. "I think it is a good thing and was supposed to happen for a long time." The MP for the Kurdistan Alliance bloc, Mahmoud Othman, that "it is known that Iran will increase its influence after the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq." He's (Rn) that "to reduce Iranian influence, which is distributed contact with the gunmen and the influence of political depends on the understanding between the political blocs and the harmony among them. " and it comes issued by Obama to withdraw U.S. troops by the 39 thousand from Iraq by December 31 / December after a bloody war has killed tens of thousands of Iraqis and more than 4,400 U.S. troops and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. will fill this void through the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which is the largest in the world, and through the U.S. consulates in Basra and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region. and will remain less than 200 soldiers in the task of protecting the embassy and the offices of security cooperation, which is responsible for military sales and training mission is limited, although Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Washington is negotiating with Iraq after 2011 on the deployment of a battalion training in Iraq. The decision to withdraw completely from Iraq, has outraged Republicans in the United States who saw that this step will enhance the influence of Iran in the country next to it. According to U.S. military officials that Iran is training and supporting Shiite groups to take over the turn targeting of U.S. forces in the southern provinces, which Tehran denies. The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has formed recently after the accession of the Sadrist bloc loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who is seen Kmqrb of Iran, after the stalemate continued for several months after the elections that took place in March / April 2010. solving al-Maliki, who formed at the beginning of the command block multiple communities in second in the elections, which invited him to an alliance with the Shiite bloc to form a government. says the head of the competencies were part of the State of Law Coalition Ahsan al-Awadi (Rn) that "the Iraqi government will not allow any outside interference from Iran or elsewhere." He pointed out that "Iran is not in their interest to cause the deterioration of security situation in Iraq by supporting armed groups." He continued by saying "there may be Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs, but would not be effective because it will only intervene in the affairs of individuals and not the government, "he said. From: Mohamed Tayeb. Open: Abdullah Sabri

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