Generals Recommend not to limit the use of force in Baghdad and Washington

Generals Recommend not to limit the use of force in Baghdad and Washington


American weapons depends on political calculations, not the blood of Iraqis
Firat Baghdad Hassan

Wednesday-26 Feb 2014 - Demanded former generals in the U.S. Army and Washington to impose conditions on the Iraqi government not to misuse of American weapons, and the need to use available to all those who face the threat of al Qaeda in Iraq, especially the Kurdistan region, and "not just lining up politically with al-Maliki."

The generals Almottagaaadan in the U.S. Army Ron Griffith, Ji Garner, in a joint article yesterday newspaper "with you" which is published in Washington, DC, a day after the Reuters report on the deal ammunition Iran with Baghdad, said that "the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iranian-backed wrestle Again a civil war. "

As was the wave of sectarian killings spread, Maliki asked the United States to accelerate shipments of arms, which, as he claims, will be used in the fight against armed groups linked to al-Qaeda. Among the weapons that the United States agreed to provide the Maliki government by Apache helicopters attack helicopter and is the most lethal in the history of military aviation.

It has made the Maliki government "with the Shiite majority" of "Sunnis and other minorities," the victim after leaving the U.S. Army. Were clashes erupted after a violent attack on 28 December 2013 for the arrest of Sunni Vice Ahmed al-Alwani, leaving six people dead, including the brother of al-Alwani. Two days later, Iraqi security forces raided and dismantled a protest camp Sunni anti-government in Ramadi, which killed 13 and injured dozens of others.

The generals saw that the last events of rising violence and the increasing attacks on al-Maliki political opponents should be of concern is the use of the Iraqi government weapons supplied by the United States, and the conditions that should allow the United States under which supplied Iraq with weapons extra.

The authors said that Iraq's recent budget, which passed without the presence of the Kurds, as well as the threat of al-Maliki to cancel the budget of the Kurdistan Regional Government pays to speculate on the extent to which you may go to him to impose their political will. This has highlighted concerns about the Kurds and Sunnis, Maliki's ability to buy sophisticated weapons to punish those with different political Baghdad.

The authors said that the policy of the U.S. presidential instruction issued on 15 January 2014 at about emphatically recommends that the transfer of American weapons does not violate human rights or international humanitarian law.

Based on this, it is inevitable that if the United States continued supply Iraq with arms, then at least should impose conditions and control mechanisms to prevent misuse of such weapons, either deliberately or unintentionally (for example, against Iraqis who oppose the government).

Since the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011, increased sectarian violence around large, and bear a great responsibility in which al-Maliki, their view. In the year 2013 killed more than 8000 people and this is the highest death toll over the years. The Iraqi government says its actions are the latest in order to restore security and targeting al-Qaeda militants, but many, especially the Iraqi minorities, are skeptical about whether the government restricts itself well and truly fight "terrorism."

The authors called for the U.S. government to work on the "First that the weapons that are used to fight al-Qaeda, as claimed by al-Maliki, should be given on condition the participation of all those who face the threat of al-Qaeda and their use not only for lining up politically with al-Maliki."

Secondly, as demanded by the generals Almottagaaadan, "and because the growth and breadth of al Qaeda activity in Iraq came in part because of the exploitation of the cracks between the federal government and the Iraqi minorities that feel marginalized by the government, should the U.S. government put pressure on al-Maliki to engage those minorities and free them politically."

And "Finally, we must insist on safeguards that prevent the misuse of weapons in the future against U.S. forces or against American interests."

The Griffiths, a retired general, has served as deputy chief of staff of the U.S. Army, took over the leadership of the Armored Division in Operation Desert Storm, which resulted in taking out the Iraqi army from Kuwait in 1991.

As Jay Garner, who is also a retired general, has served in 2003 as director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq.

The U.S. government decided in the May 3 of 2003 assigned to Paul Bremer, the management task of rebuilding Iraq, and be responsible for the year-old retired general Jay Garner, who took over itself before, but he committed many mistakes.

However, it has kept the U.S. government in a timely manner to Garner as a "supervisor of the police and law and order and restore communications facilities and planning to improve the situation in the schools and roads." According to sources, the political and media Garner enjoys a close relationship with the relevant authorities of the province.

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