US officials: the pressures of the Ministries of Defense and Foreign prompted Trump to exclude Iraq

[ltr]US officials: the pressures of the Ministries of Defense and Foreign prompted Trump to exclude Iraq from the travel ban[/ltr]

 Since 03.07.2017 at 09:27 (Baghdad time)
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[ltr]The decision by the US president, Donald Trump, on the travel ban, which was included in the previous seven predominantly Muslim population of the countries entering the United States, questions over Iraq exception of these states list.[/ltr]
[ltr]A senior official in the White House, said that Iraq was deleted from the list of countries contained in the First Executive Order of January 27, because the Iraqi government imposed new screening procedures, such as increased control over travel visas and data exchange, and because of its cooperation with the United States to combat militants organize Daesh .[/ltr]
[ltr]However, observers believe that the deletion of Iraq came after pressure from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, the fact that the two ministries have urged the White House to reconsider the annexation of Iraq to the list because of his leading role in the war on organizing Daesh.[/ltr]
[ltr]They pointed out that the reason is due to the presence of Iraqi translators working or were working with US forces in Iraq, as well as the pilots of the Iraqi air force, who go to the US to be trained on the fighter "F - 16", bought by Iraq of America.[/ltr]
[ltr]Said political writer, Haitham al-Hiti, for "Sky News Arabia" that "raise the name of Iraq came after the American fear of growing Iranian influence, if prevent Iraqis from entering the United States contributes to the absence of joint coordination between Washington and Baghdad."[/ltr]
[ltr]However, the exemption decision was preceded by a telephone conversation between the US president and the prime minister, Haidar al-Abbadi, 10 in February, and the meeting between al-Abadi and Vice President, Mike Pence, in Munich, on the sidelines of global security conference later.[/ltr]
[ltr]For his part, US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, after the announcement of new presidential decree: "Iraq is an important ally in the war against Daesh, while their soldiers are fighting a brave close coordination with our forces."[/ltr]
[ltr]He added: "This review tireless efforts over the past month, I got to know a number of security measures that will turn her State Department and the Iraqi government will be applied to reach our shared goal of preventing those with criminal intentions or terrorist access to America."[/ltr]
[ltr]In this context, Iraq welcomed the decision of US President Trump delisted from the list of countries, whose nationals are prohibited from entering the United States, as "an important step" in the right direction.[/ltr]
[ltr]A spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Ahmad Jamal, in a statement that the Foreign Ministry "expresses its deep satisfaction with the executive decision of the US president, which included an exception Iraqis from traveling to the United States ban, an important step in the right direction."[/ltr]
[ltr]The new ban decision to prevent the entry of citizens of the six countries, namely Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Iran, Libya and Yemen for 90 days, and the new resolution includes a campaign visas or cardholders Alkhaddra.anthy 29 / A 43[/ltr]


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