Kurdish concern continuously from «weapon Baghdad» .. Erbil urges Washington to provide 'internation

Kurdish concern continuously from «weapon Baghdad» .. Erbil urges Washington to provide 'international guarantees'






Haider Ali Jawad - 10/23/2013 - 10:19 p






Newspaper called روداو close to the powers of the Kurdistan region the United States to curb the rush of Iraq towards armament systems of modern military because Baghdad pose a threat to minorities of Iraq and has relations with Damascus and Tehran, calling on Washington at the same time to deal with the Kurds because they threw their weight behind the invasion of Iraq and changing the rules as they now open their oil استثمارت region of America.

The newspaper said in a report yesterday that Iraq is expected to receive in the coming days, a new batch of helicopters, Mi-28 (hunter night) offensive from Russia with other advanced weapons bought from the United States.

The newspaper pointed out that this matter raises concern Kurds who rule themselves in the north, and the fear that Iraqi weapons could be used against them in the future.

The newspaper quoted a Kurdish lawmaker independent in the Iraqi parliament, Mahmoud Othman, told her that "the Kurds do not have guarantees not to use these weapons against them," he said, adding, "I have not heard any country that says: I sell these weapons to this party, but would not be used against you."

The روداو indicated that Iraq signed several arms deals with the United States in the past few years. These include transactions defense systems and communications, and 681 rocket Stngr anti-aircraft with 40 rocket launcher mounted on trucks, batteries Hawk anti-aircraft with 216 rockets and 19 radio system roving, and 10 Systems radio wavelengths, and 12 transport helicopter of the model 12 Bell 412 EP, and 50 vehicles Stryker armored intended for nuclear and radiological warfare, biological and chemical weapons, with a total value of more than $ 5 billion.

In a separate contract, concluded in 2011, Iraq also bought 36 fighter aircraft F-16 IQ Lockheed Martin $ 4 billion and $ 300 million, has not received so far Baghdad.

The newspaper said the supposed aim of these arms sales to the strengthening of Iraq's defense capabilities, and its ability to fight terrorism, improve home security and protect its borders.

The روداو felt that, while expected to fly Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's visit to Washington in the first of November, it is inevitable that included the U.S. administration and Congress that these weapons will not be used against the Iraqi people.

The newspaper said that the Iraqi minorities, including the Kurds, Sunnis, Christians and others, are concerned about the feet of Iraq's Shiite government to compile such a heavy weapons, and fear that Baghdad will use to settle political differences.

Iraqi arms deals, whether with Russia or the United States, sparked always upset about special Kurds, who are still memories of genocide and persecution under the former Iraqi regimes, is still alive.

The روداو said Iraq's leaders tried to appease Kurdish leaders Btakidathm the that Iraq has a national army ranks include thousands of Kurds.

But the Minister of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan region, Sheikh Jaafar Mustafa, said last year that the Kurds make up less than 4 percent of the Iraqi army and security forces, while the population according to their number should be at least Kurdish participation in the federal security institutions for 17 percent.

The paper Kurdish that the arguments of Iraqi leaders that the new weapons are necessary to fight terrorism in the country is something that should be tested in front of the security situation in the Kurdistan region: it is without the presence of advanced weapons or technology was able to Arbil to provide stability is commendable and a safe haven for the Kurds as well as Iraqi Christians and Syrian refugees.

The other danger of arming Iraq is strong ties to Syria and Baghdad for allegedly providing support to the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Prime Minister stood solidly with the Iraqi al-Assad to accept America; and the work of Iraq as a corridor for the Iranian military support for the Syrian regime.

Prior to a close, said Ali al-Moussawi, media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister, that Baghdad would not allow the use of its territory and airspace against Syria, a reference to possible U.S. strike against the regime in Damascus last month.

Then the confident Battat, President Mukhtar Army who said he receives support from Iran, said recently that ميليشياه has 23 thousand suicide willing to attack American interests in the region, if the United States proceeded to strike Syria.

In the past year, Iraq has become the fourth largest recipient of U.S. assistance, as obtained from Washington billion and $ 683 million.

The State Department might think that this matter would preserve the survival of Iraq in America's orbit. But religious ties and cultural and historical relations between Iraq and Iran much stronger than Iraq tends to America.

Therefore, according to the newspaper close to the Kurdistan authorities, it seems that in order to repel Iranian influence in the region may be A good Alastertejiat to Washington to work with the Iraqi Kurds. The Kurds are the ones who threw their weight in 2003 behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq and regime change in it.

As the Kurdistan region offers great investment opportunities for American oil companies and others, such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Hunt Oil, Marathon; perhaps on the United States to take this matter into account when dealing with soak Iraq Ptsouk, the arms.


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