Elders complain to the coordinator of the international coalition of militias and the legacy of al-M

Elders complain to the coordinator of the international coalition of militias and the legacy of al-Maliki in Iraq


05-10-2014 06:48 PM

Revealed a senior Iraqi tribal leader to hold coordinator for the international coalition, General John Allen, met behind closed doors with a number of tribal leaders and tribal sheiks in Iraq, in his sixth meeting with Iraqi leaders since the start of his visit to Iraq last Thursday evening.


The leader of the tribe of Bani Hamdan in Iraq, Sheikh Hamid al-Hamdani, that 'Allen held (Friday evening) meeting with 12 tribal leader and tribal leader prominent in areas north and west of the country;

to discuss the development of their areas and reservations made them finally on the international coalition to strike Daash and highlighted their demands' .


The Hamadani that 'clans told Allen their concerns from tip militias occasion, he plan to weaken Daash in air strikes western Iraq, as well as the actions of sectarian army and the need to address the legacy of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who left behind his policy of marginalization and exclusion of the Year'.

He said 'Gen. Allen told us that everything that Iraq is going through now, is because of the policy followed by the al-Maliki, and could have been remedied if we put an end to it.'


In turn, according to the leader of the tribal Awakening forces in Iraq, Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, (according to the website 'new Arab') that 'the coordinator of the international coalition promised to tribes to provide support and support them politically and militarily.'


He explained that Abu Risha 'meeting, which took place at the headquarters of the American Embassy in the Green Zone in central Baghdad in the presence of the American ambassador, and a number of military leaders, focused on the support of the tribes in responding to organize Daash. 

Gen. Allen and pledged the support of the Open clans. He also pledged to change significantly over the coming period. 

' It was also agreed 'to keep the communication between the tribes and the coordinator of the Coalition exists to coordinate efforts in the future.'


For his part, said a military official in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, that the meetings will include Gen. Allen Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq; to discuss the security situation in the Kurdistan region.


The official, who serves as dean of the corner at the Ministry of Defense, that the 'visit Allen apparently were not comfortable wing hardline Shiite Iraqi National Alliance; 

due to the nature of his meetings with the leaders of Sunni and Kurdish, as well as referring to the need to address the militias, and the organization of the process of volunteering Jihad Ulkipaúa launched by the religious authority, Ali al-Sistani, and his criticism of some of the behaviors that have offered and army units'.



He pointed out that 'Allen recommended that informs the local more professional in dealing with the battles waged by the army with Daash, particularly from the station Iraqi satellite government,

and the importance of giving priority to the national character in the news, and stay away from the sense of sectarian overwhelmed channel government finally'.




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