Aspiring to obtain protection contracts, attacking the strategic dialogue before it was held

[size=52]Aspiring to obtain protection contracts, attacking the strategic dialogue before it was held[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]With the approaching date of the third round of dialogue between Baghdad and Washington, the positions of some powers began to "assume scenarios" and attack the government on their basis.[/size]
[size=45]A few days ago, the US State Department announced that the next round of the Iraqi-American strategic dialogue would take place on April 7, while missiles fell on a base housing American forces north of Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]Information indicates that some of the "attackers" of the dialogue "aspire" to be part of the new understandings that include economic aspects.[/size]
[size=45]According to White House spokeswoman Jane Saki, the dialogue between Baghdad and Washington "is an important opportunity to discuss our common interests across a range of areas including security, culture, trade and climate."[/size]
[size=45]The third phase of the strategic dialogue, the first in the era of US President Joe Biden, comes after two rounds of dialogue with the administration of former President Donald Trump during the year 2020, the first on June 10 and 11, via closed-circuit television, and the second on August 19 and 20, during Al-Kazemi's visit to Washington.[/size]
[size=45]Take control of the land[/size]
[size=45]An informed political source says to (Al-Mada) that "some political forces and armed factions want to show Washington before the dialogue that it is in control of the land and that America must negotiate with it."[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, two "Katyusha" missiles landed on the outer fence of the Ain Balad air base (which includes US forces), south of Tikrit, without casualties, according to a statement by the Security Media Cell.[/size]
[size=45]And the source, who asked not to be named, considers that the parade that took place last week in the streets of Baghdad by a group calling itself "Rubu Allah" is proof of that.[/size]
[size=45]The source added that these factions "impose their control over the border crossings and the highways through which the American convoys and international coalition trucks pass, and they want to tell Washington that it is the only one capable of protecting or attacking foreign interests."[/size]
[size=45]Since the beginning of this year, armed Shiite parties that present themselves as "resistance" have carried out more than 60 attacks against convoys of logistical support for US forces on the highways.[/size]
[size=45]The military spokesman for Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Jawad al-Talibawi, threatened to continue targeting American interests in Iraq and the Kurdistan region by those he called "resistance" until "the expulsion of the American occupation and the closure of all its military bases."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Talibawi said in a tweet on Twitter, Saturday, that "there is a message that the American occupier and all its supporters and agents in Iraq must understand, which is that there is a decisive decision by the resistance to continue its operations until the expulsion of the American occupation and the closure of all its military bases in all Iraqi lands, including the land in northern Iraq." .[/size]
[size=45]The United States reduced its military presence in Iraq by about 60 percent after two rounds of strategic dialogue last year.[/size]
[size=45]According to American officials, the two parties' discussions in the upcoming strategic dialogue sessions will focus on coordination and cooperation to ensure the complete defeat of "ISIS", and the support that the American forces in Iraq can provide to the security forces.[/size]
[size=45]Discussions will also focus on the withdrawal of more American soldiers, the estimated 2,500 soldiers still in Iraq after the withdrawal of more than 2,700 of them during the last year of Trump's term (2017-2021).[/size]
[size=45]The Americans continued to attack[/size]
[size=45]To that, MP Hassan Salem, a member of the "Al-Sadiqoun" parliamentary bloc affiliated with the leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Qais Khazali, called on the Iraqi negotiator who will engage the American side in the strategic dialogue, to demand an end to the American presence in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Salem said in a statement issued by his office last Saturday, that “the strategic dialogue to be held on April 7 with the United States of America makes it imperative for the Iraqi negotiating delegation to be a true representative of the Iraqi people to implement its decision that was made through its representatives in the Iraqi parliament, and the millions-demanding demonstrations of the people. Ending the American presence in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi delegation negotiating with the US side in the upcoming strategic dialogue demanded that he "be courageous and patriotic, and demand an end to the American presence in Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]The MP said in his statement that it "requires the government to review many of the corrupt US economic contracts and projects that have caused the waste of billions of dollars without repairing the electricity system and with the help of some corrupt Iraqi officials."[/size]
[size=45]Salem warned the negotiating delegation against "negligence in ending the American presence, which would otherwise be devoted to a new occupation of Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]Qais Khazali had threatened to continue “resistance operations”, to remove all US military bases in the country, pointing out that “there is no room for US military bases to continue, neither in Ain Al-Assad base in Anbar, nor in the Harir base in Erbil, or anywhere.”[/size]
[size=45]Khazali said in a speech during the first annual conference commemorating the “popular uprising and the fatwa of efficient jihad” held in Dhi Qar governorate that the government should be “at the level of responsibility (regarding the American withdrawal) and it must be courageous and reflect the will of this great people and reflect the decision of Parliament." And the honor and jealousy of this people in this field.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "We confirm from our side, as Islamic resistance factions, that we have carried and bear our weapons in order to end the military occupation and eliminate all its presence and the American military bases that never want good for Iraq but only want good for the Zionist entity."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "the current resistance operations will continue and increase ...", stressing that "there is no room for the continuation of the American military bases, neither in Ain Al-Assad base in Anbar, nor in the Harir base in Erbil or anywhere."[/size]
[size=45]Private accounts[/size]
[size=45]According to the White House, through a statement on March 23, the international coalition forces, led by the United States, are in Iraq to provide advice and training to the Iraqi security forces, to prevent ISIS from returning its activities in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]"The issue of the American presence in Iraq in terms of number, missions and timing is something that the Iraqi government appreciates in light of the actual need for international support to fight terrorism in accordance with the security agreements between the two countries," said Dhafer Al-Ani, a member of the Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee.[/size]
[size=45]During the first phase of the strategic dialogue, Washington affirmed its commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, and scheduling the withdrawal of US forces within three years, during which the Iraqi security forces would be rehabilitated as the United States continued to provide support in the war on ISIS, help Iraq economically, and support the Al-Kazemi government in conducting Early elections.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Ani added, "We view the matter as a technical and not a political decision, and it is determined in the light of the assessment of military experts, and the decision should not be subject to political whims or according to external dictates or private calculations."[/size]
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