Iraqi army not ready after the American withdrawal

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Osman: Opinion Zebari, the Iraqi army not ready after the American withdrawal right and responsibility to Washington
Author: ZJ Editor: SZ | NQ Monday, 31 v 1 2011 13:25 GMT

Leader of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman
Alsumaria News / Baghdad described the leader of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman, on Monday, told Chief of Staff of the Iraqi army that the latter will not be ready to protect its borders and airspace until 2020 Basahihh, indicating that the confirmation of the Ministry of the Interior readiness after the U.S. withdrawal for the internal security only, as he emphasized that Washington bears a heavy responsibility in this aspect for not equipping the army with weapons and technology as well as brought "terrorism" to Iraq. Mahmoud Othman, said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "the opinion of Chief of Staff of the Iraqi army Babiker Zebari, the Iraqi army will not be ready to protect its borders and airspace until 2020 is true, "pointing to" the lack of aircraft to protect our sky or forces a border in the event of an attack by a State in Iraq. " The Babiker Zebari said, on Sunday, the Inspector General U.S. for the reconstruction of Iraq, that Iraq may take years number before being able to defend itself against external threats without the help of international partners, and that the Defense Department would not be able to defend any external aggressions before the date of between 2020 and 2024, explained that the decline in government funding of the most prominent reasons for the delay, and the Iraq will not be able to defend its airspace before 2020 at the earliest, stressing that the army without air cover is an army exposed. Osman added that "the confirmation of the Iraqi Interior Ministry readiness after the U.S. withdrawal to the security of the country's internal," noting that "modern Babiker Zebari for external security, and here there is a difference of opinion and not a contradiction. " The leader of the Kurdish independent "Iraqi government, while reiterating the readiness of internal security it bears responsibility for her words," noting that "the internal security thing and defend the borders and skies of Iraq externally nothing else." The Osman said that "America bears a great responsibility towards Iraq, because they did not equip his army weapons or technology yet," pointing out that "all political blocs agreed to a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, and if the U.S. military believes that his withdrawal will lose Iraq the capacity to combat terrorism, it is who came to terrorism. " and Osman said that "terrorism entered Iraq with the United States is talking now that its withdrawal could lose the ability to fight terrorism," explaining that "the latter is of the came to al-Qaeda and made ​​all the terror of the world in Iraq and not coming to Iraq was suffering only from Saddam's terrorism. " The U.S. military announced today that the withdrawal from Iraq by the end of this year will lose the Iraqi special forces, their ability to combat terrorism, warned against military analysts that the withdrawal will affect the intelligence effort adopted by those forces in weakening al-Qaeda and expose him to danger. already Chief of Army Staff Babiker Zebari that said, the ninth of May, the current, that the Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council and the Council of Ministers a plan started in 2008 and implemented through several stages until 2020, then, Iraq will have an army be able to protect its borders, air, sea and land of the country, adding that the Iraqi army is ready now at the domestic level to counter terrorism, but it does not have the capacity to protect Iraqi airspace and borders which depends on the Americans. The Ministry of Interior, on 17 July, the report confirms the readiness of its forces to take over security after the American withdrawal end of the year current, and the commander of the armed forces, Nouri al-Maliki briefed on these reports as the Minister of the Interior acting and has ongoing meetings with their leaders, while indicating no need for the presence of U.S. forces, but may need to exercise only. Iraq has signed and the United States, in 2008, the Framework Agreement Strategy to support the ministries and agencies of the Iraqi transition from the strategic partnership with the Republic of Iraq to the areas of economic, diplomatic, cultural and security, based on the Strategic Framework Agreement and to reduce the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as providing important sustainable rule of law, including the police development program and the completion of the coordination and supervision and the report Fund for Iraq relief and reconstruction. Under the security pact signed between Baghdad and Washington in late November of 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territory and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than December 31 of next year, 2011, and was pulled U.S. forces United fighter under the Convention of the cities, villages and towns of Iraq on 30 June 2009. The Iraqi army now consists of 14 Army divisions spread over three leaders (land, air and sea), but most infantry divisions estimated many of its members more than 300 A, and has in At present about 170 Russian tanks and the Hungarian-made, mostly made ​​in aid from NATO to the Iraqi government, as have the Iraqi army nearly six thousand U.S. military vehicle the Humvee, as well as armor, a Polish-made wheels and American leadership. and have the Iraqi army are also a number of helicopters Russian and American-made, and a number of naval vessels in the port of Umm Qasr, to protect the export of Iraqi oil.

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