Newspaper: U.S. guarantees to Maliki Barzani on the extradition of the aircraft (F-16)

Newspaper: U.S. guarantees to Maliki Barzani on the extradition of the aircraft (F-16)



05:31:10 / 06/2013

Side of the meeting with the President of Kurdistan with Maliki yesterday
Khandan - The newspaper "politics" of Kuwait, the leading Kurdish prominent detect it, the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden gave assurances to the Iraqi parties task, including Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan region and head of the coalition in Iraq, Iyad Allawi, Parliament Speaker Osama Najafi, on the implementation of the first installment of a deal sale of aircraft (F-16) U.S. combat in Baghdad and planned mid-year 2014. quoted "policy" for Kurdish leader, who preferred anonymity, "The guarantees Biden includes three main factors, first the fate of the Syrian crisis, where you see the American administration should not be delivery of the aircraft to the Iraqi army as long as this crisis list, therefore proposed Chancellery of U.S. national security, delivery of these aircraft after the end of the crisis and the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. added Kurdish leader that "the second factor, linked to the President of the current government Nuri al-Maliki, he showed some of the policies violent Dealing with the Sunnis and the Kurds and therefore there is convinced U.S. that it is better to implement the first batch of aircraft, "F-16" after the parliamentary elections and the selection of a non-Maliki as prime minister, "according to the expression Kuwaiti newspaper. third factor, is represented "the desire of the American presidency presence of the Prime Minister New Iraqi stand at a distance from Iran. " He Kurdish leader that "the information owned by the Kurdish leadership stating that the debate is still going on between the U.S. Defense Department (Pentagon) and between the White House, on the postponement or suspension of the implementation of the deal the" F-16 "in light of the existence of a more cautious by the Pentagon in particular, because some leaders of the American military proposes a restructuring of the Iraqi army forces before handing these aircraft, as he told the defense committee in Congress that al-Maliki was appointed military leaders close to Tehran and filed in the ranks, and they often visit Iran constantly, as well as that Maliki size of the role of the military leadership, which had enjoyed strong ties with the U.S. forces before the full withdrawal from Iraq, "according to" politics. "According to the Kurdish leader, "the U.S. administration had approached some Iraqi leaders on the reports reached them of the existence of a list of leaders in the Iraqi army came from Iran and addressed to al-Maliki, asking him to dismiss or convert these into retirement, because they are of the most prominent opponents of the Iranian influence and have the contacts and visits to Washington, "(..) and thus raised the military cooperation Iraqi - Iranian" concerned the U.S. military on feasibility of delivery of the aircraft "F-16" to the government of working to undermine American influence within the Iraqi armed forces and strengthen its cooperation with political opponent of the United States is Iran. " He Kurdish leader prominent that "the American administration inquired about places or emplacements" F-16 "when it is delivered , was the answer the Maliki government that the base of Imam Ali in the province of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq near the border with Iran, is the proper place, and that the airport which is expanded and renovated to accommodate more aircraft U.S. combat when they arrive, which reinforced the fears of the U.S. military. "

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