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Wed, 05/18/2011 - 14:08
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Iraqi Tribes Warn against Extended US Mission
TEHRAN,May 18 (FNA)- A ranking member of the Tribal Coordination Committee warned that Iraqi tribes will start an armed struggle against the US forces in case Pentagon extends the mission of its troops in the war-ravaged country beyond 2011.
Speaking to FNA on Wednesday, Saadoun al-Dulaimi announced that Iraq's tribal leaders have warned during their meeting on Tuesday that they, hand-in-hand with the Sadr Movement, would start an armed campaign against the US forces if the US military deployment in Iraq is extended.
He dismissed the US justification for an extended mission in Iraq, and stressed, "Right now, many Iraqi provinces are secure without the assistance of the US forces, and as (Iraqi) military officials have repeatedly emphasized, no further presence of the occupiers is needed for the establishment of security and tranquility."
The remarks by Sheikh Dulaimi came three days after a spokesman of the Shiite Sadr Movement in similar remarks underlined the necessity for the immediate withdrawal of the US forces from Iraq's soil based on the landmark agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington earlier.
"Our position is clear and transparent. The occupiers should leave Iraq's soil completely by the end of this year based on the agreement they have endorsed with our country," Salah al-Abidi told FNA on Sunday.
The spokesman further strongly blasted the recent statement issued by the US embassy in Baghdad alleging that Sadr Movement is not the representative of the Iraqi people, and reiterated that the comments indicate the American official's fear of the Iraqi nation.
Sadr Movement is the biggest and most popular political party in Iraq which enjoys 40 seats at the parliament, Abidi said.
Sadrists are among the main Iraqi groups and movements fiercely opposing extension of the US military mission in Iraq.
The US has pressed senior Iraqi officials to revise their decision on the US pullout and demand Washington to keep its troops in the country beyond their scheduled departure in the yearend.
Late in April, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced that Iraq no more needs the US forces to protect its internal security, and underlined that his government will not bow to the pressures exerted on Baghdad to accept an extended US military mission in the country.
Speaking to FNA on Wednesday, Saadoun al-Dulaimi announced that Iraq's tribal leaders have warned during their meeting on Tuesday that they, hand-in-hand with the Sadr Movement, would start an armed campaign against the US forces if the US military deployment in Iraq is extended.
He dismissed the US justification for an extended mission in Iraq, and stressed, "Right now, many Iraqi provinces are secure without the assistance of the US forces, and as (Iraqi) military officials have repeatedly emphasized, no further presence of the occupiers is needed for the establishment of security and tranquility."
The remarks by Sheikh Dulaimi came three days after a spokesman of the Shiite Sadr Movement in similar remarks underlined the necessity for the immediate withdrawal of the US forces from Iraq's soil based on the landmark agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington earlier.
"Our position is clear and transparent. The occupiers should leave Iraq's soil completely by the end of this year based on the agreement they have endorsed with our country," Salah al-Abidi told FNA on Sunday.
The spokesman further strongly blasted the recent statement issued by the US embassy in Baghdad alleging that Sadr Movement is not the representative of the Iraqi people, and reiterated that the comments indicate the American official's fear of the Iraqi nation.
Sadr Movement is the biggest and most popular political party in Iraq which enjoys 40 seats at the parliament, Abidi said.
Sadrists are among the main Iraqi groups and movements fiercely opposing extension of the US military mission in Iraq.
The US has pressed senior Iraqi officials to revise their decision on the US pullout and demand Washington to keep its troops in the country beyond their scheduled departure in the yearend.
Late in April, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced that Iraq no more needs the US forces to protect its internal security, and underlined that his government will not bow to the pressures exerted on Baghdad to accept an extended US military mission in the country.
