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CNN. Broadcasting From The Waffle House In Baghdad Where Abadi Is Totally Waffling Like A Politician On American Support ! Abadi to America and Iran: Do not transfer your problems to Iraq Journal October 25, 2017 Baghdad - Journal News Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi called on the United States and Iran not to drag Iraq into differences, stressing that his country seeks to continue cooperation with both countries. "What we assure all, including our Iranian neighbors, as well as the United States, who have become friends with us through our support to fight against Saddam, is that we welcome your support, and we would like to work with you," Abbadi said in an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. , But please do not transfer your problems to Iraq. " "Imposing anything on us is absolutely unacceptable," he said. Turning to the issue of the Iraqi-Turkish border in light of the current tension in the relations between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan region of Iraq, which is located on its border border with Turkey, Abadi said "Iraq should have an (open) with Turkey, Authorities of the Kurdistan region) not to cut Iraq from Turkey. " "The Kurds are Iraqi citizens, my priority is to protect them, and to protect the rest of the Iraqis, but I send a strong message: if you continue to kill soldiers," Abadi said, referring to the crisis caused by the Iraqi Kurdistan region's referendum on secession from the Iraqi state on September 25. Iraqis, you will take responsibility for that. " Commenting on the attacks, which are being carried out from time to time against the elements of US forces deployed in the territory of Iraq, the Iraqi Prime Minister pointed out that all fighters from the United States and other Western countries in his country came an official invitation from Baghdad, stressing that it (Baghdad) Will not tolerate any hostile actions against the international coalition forces against the US-led "prodding". "Any attack against them is an attack against Iraq, its sovereignty and the sovereignty of the Iraqi state," Abadi said. Abadi also discussed the issue of popular mobilization, which recently sparked differences between Washington and Baghdad on the backdrop of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's statement that "Iranian-backed Shiite fighters should leave Iraq" after a "chilling" defeat. Abadi said that "the popular mobilization forces must be loyal to Iraq alone and not to others. They must be loyal to the institutions of the Iraqi state and the supreme commander of the armed forces, not political parties or any other force, whether inside or outside Iraq." Abadi stressed that, in the opposite case, these forces will be considered "outside the law," noting that "no one can carry, outside the Iraqi security forces, weapons." link
