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  1. NEWS ALERT U.S. formally ends war in Iraq BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta paid solemn tribute on Thursday to an “independent, free and sovereign Iraq” and declared the official end to the Iraq war, formally wrapping up the U.S. military’s 81 / 2-year mission in the country. “After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real,” Panetta said at a ceremony at Baghdad ‘s international airport. “To be sure, the cost was high – in blood and treasure for the United States, and for the Iraqi people. Those lives were not lost in vain. ” The 1:15 p.m. ceremony (5:15 a.m. in Washington) effectively ended the war two weeks earlier than was necessary under the terms of the security agreement signed by the U.S. and Iraqi governments in 2008, which stipulated that the troops must be gone by Dec. 31. But commanders decided there was no need to keep troops in Iraq through the Christmas holidays given that talks on maintaining a U.S. presence beyond the deadline had failed. The date of the final ceremony had been kept secret for weeks, so as not to give insurgents or militias an opportunity to stage attacks. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-war-draws-to-quiet-close/2011/12/14/gIQAPEjLvO_story.html
  2. Panetta arrives in Baghdad for ceremony to end Iraq war 12/15/2011 NEWS ALERT Panetta arrives in Baghdad for ceremony to end Iraq war Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:16:21 AM BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived at Baghdad airport Thursday to participate in a ceremony that will officially end the Iraq war, formally wrapping up the U.S. military’s 81 / 2-year mission in the country. The ceremony effectively ends the war two weeks earlier than was necessary under the terms of the security agreement signed by the U.S. and Iraqi governments in 2008, which stipulated that the troops must be gone by Dec. 31. But commanders decided there was no need to keep troops in Iraq through the Christmas holidays given that talks on maintaining a U.S. presence beyond the deadline had failed. The date of the final ceremony had been kept secret for weeks, so as not to give insurgents or militias an opportunity to stage attacks. Read more at: My link
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  5. Young Iraqis dance to a different beat By Bushra Juhi 11:49 AM Saturday Nov 26, 2011 An Iraqi boy dances to hip hop music in Baghdad, Iraq. Photo / AP After more than eight years in Iraq, the departing American military's legacy includes a fledgling democracy, bitter memories of war - and rap music, tattoos and slang. In other words, as the December 31 deadline for completing their withdrawal approaches, US troops are leaving behind the good, the bad and what "Lil Czar" Mohammed calls the "punky". Sporting baggy soldiers' camouflage pants, high-top sneakers and a back-turned "NY" baseball cap, the chubby 22-year-old was showing off his break-dancing moves on a sunny afternoon in a Baghdad park. A dollar sign was shaved into his closely cropped hair. "While others might stop being rappers after the Americans leave, I will go on [rapping] till I reach NY," said Mohammed, who teaches part-time at a primary school. His forearm bore a tattoo of dice above the words GANG STAR. That was the tattooist's mistake, he said, it was supposed to say "gangsta". Eight million Iraqis, a quarter of the population, have been born since the US-led invasion of 2003 and nearly half the country is under 19, according to Brett McGurk, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and, until recently, senior adviser to the US Embassy in Baghdad. So after years of watching US soldiers on patrol, it's inevitable that hip-hop styles, tough-guy mannerisms and slangy English patter would catch on with young Iraqis. Calling themselves "punky", or "hustlers", many are donning hoodie sweat shirts, listening to 50 Cent or Eminem and watching Twilight vampire movies. They eat hamburgers and pizza and do death-defying Rollerblade runs through speeding traffic. Teens spike their hair or shave it Marine-style. The Iraq Rap page on Facebook has 1480 fans. To many of their fellow Iraqis, the habits appear weird, if not downright offensive. But to the youths, it is a vital part of their pursuit of the American dream as they imagine it to be. Lil Czar Mohammed, a Shiite Muslim, was introduced to American culture by a Christian friend, Laith, who subsequently had to flee the anti-Christian violence that broke out in Baghdad. "I had nothing to help my friend, he left," he said. "But when I get the money and become a rich boss, I will tell my friend Laith to come back." Meanwhile, he is trying to record a rap song in Arabic and English. "It is about our situation. About no jobs for us." "I love the American soldiers," said Mohammed Adnan, 15, who pastes imitation tattoos on his arm. Adnan lives in the Sadr City, the Baghdad base of followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened violence against US troops if they stay beyond 2011. But, surprisingly, Adnan says the US gangsta look is accepted in his neighbourhood. "All young men in Sadr City wear the same clothes when we hang around," he said. "Nobody minds. And we're invited to weddings or celebrations where we perform break-dancing." It all adds up to a taste of the wide world for a society which lived for decades under Saddam Hussein's dictatorship that deprived them of satellite TV, cell phones and the internet, and then through invasion, terrorism and sectarian killing. Like many Iraqis, high school student Maytham Karim wants to learn English. But the English he hears most often from his peers, and mostly those who listen to American music, is laden with profanity. As US forces began closing their bases, Iraqis rummaged through their garbage for discarded uniforms, caps and boots to sell to youngsters who pay top dollar to dress like soldiers. Baghdad's tattoo business is also booming. Hassan Hakim's tattoo parlour in the Karradah neighbourhood is covered with glossy pictures of half-naked men and women showing off their ink, regardless of Islam's strictures on baring the skin. The storefront caused a stir when it opened last summer, but complaints soon died down and the business is thriving. Showbiz and military chic aside, young Iraqis agree that the American troops opened their minds to the outside world. The wait for a place in English classes can last months. "I found that all Iraqis want to learn English," said Nawras Mohammed. Using the internet or watching satellite TV was also fine. But users needed to be selective, the 24-year-old college graduate says. "The positive and the negative aspects of the American presence," she said, "depend on us." An unwelcome clash of cultures Not all Iraqis welcome the culture the Americans brought. Dr Fawzia al-Attia, a sociologist at Baghdad University, says one result is that young Iraqis now reject school uniforms, engage in forbidden love affairs and rebel against their elders. "There was no strategy to contain this sudden openness," she said. "Teenagers, especially in poor areas where parents are of humble origin and humble education, started to adopt the negative aspects of the American society because they think that by imitating the Americans they obtain a higher status in society. "These young Iraqi people need to be instructed. They need to know about the positive aspects of the American society to imitate." - AP By Bushra Juhi http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10768859
  6. Army General Describes Iraq Drawdown Progress By Bradley Cantor Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2011 – U.S. forces and equipment are expected to leave Iraq by Dec. 31, Army Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Becker said during a Nov. 22 “DOD Live” Bloggers Roundtable. Becker is the deputy commanding general for U.S. Division Center, Baghdad. He is responsible for oversight, support and sustainment for U.S. forces participating in Operation New Dawn. According to Becker, the drawdown of U.S. forces and equipment from Iraq is being accomplished in accordance with agreements made between the United States and Iraq. The amount of equipment and property that had accumulated on U.S. bases in Iraq over the years has been significant, Becker said. At the height of coalition operations in 2007 and 2008, he said, there were 505 bases and 165,000 service members in Iraq. As of this month, Becker said, seven bases remain to be transferred to Iraqi authority and less than 20,000 U.S. soldiers remain in Iraq. Every U.S. base in Iraq that’s slated for drawdown gets three environmental inspections, Becker said. This, he said, includes an initial inspection, a follow-up inspection, and a final inspection to ensure no waste or hazardous materials are left unaccounted for. Over the past eleven months, he added, 27 U.S. bases have been transferred, and all of those bases have gone through an environmental remediation process. The final seven bases, Becker said, have processed through two of the three required environmental inspections. Becker said he’s confident that Iraq’s security forces will be up to the challenge after U.S. forces depart. Iraq’s security forces “have been in the lead since Operation New Dawn … they have shown that they are capable,” he said. “They did it during the elections. They did it during the Arab Spring.” Becker spoke of the positive changes he has witnessed in Iraq. “As I look back on the last nearly nine years of what we’ve accomplished,” he said, “the one thing that really stands out -- at least for me -- is that we’ve given the Iraqi people opportunities that they didn’t have in the past: the opportunity to choose their own government, a developing economy that benefits all the Iraqi people and, most importantly, an opportunity for a better future.” Biographies: Army Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Becker Related Sites: DOD Bloggers Roundtable http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=66222
  7. Gone before Christmas: The U.S. military’s move out of Iraq the biggest since WWII Reuters Nov 25, 2011 – 6:37 PM ET | Last Updated: Nov 25, 2011 6:51 PM ET Atef Hassan / Reuters U.S. soldiers carry a box containing military gear that will be shipped as troops prepare to pull out of a military base in Nassiriya 20,000 truckloads so far At the peak of the United States’s war in Iraq, the U.S. military had more than 170,000 troops, 500 bases replete with tents and toilets, kitchens and motor pools, and an airline that flew hundreds of times a day across the country. Moving day has lasted more than a year. The U.S. withdrawal from Iraq after nearly nine years of war is believed to be one of the largest removal jobs in history. At the start of the year logistics experts calculated there were nearly three million pieces of equipment to be moved, from airplanes, helicopters and tanks to laptops and lights. “It is the largest move of military equipment we have done since World War Two,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Brooks, a U.S. military historian. Soldiers, trucks and weaponry are streaming out of Iraq every day. From that peak of 170,000 troops, about 18,000 remain this week, with hundreds leaving daily. Virtually all will be gone before Christmas. Since September 2010, around two million pieces of equipment have been redeployed, U.S. officials say, some back to the United States, others to Afghanistan or other locations. By September 1, the clutter had been reduced to about 20,000 truckloads. This week, about 9,000 truckloads remained. “It’s not as glamorous as it was when you’re out on patrol in a village, helping some young Iraqi, or building a school or capturing a terrorist. But it’s historic,” said Brigadier General Bradley Becker of the move out. “Someday I truly believe that future military classes … will study the logistics (of our) move out of Iraq.” PALACES EMPTIED Closing down the Iraq war has meant shutting down the U.S. military bases, which numbered 505 at the peak and included everything from small desert fueling depots to massive installations where Americans have been entrenched for years. The Victory Base complex in Baghdad, the heart of the war operation surrounded by 42 km of concrete blast walls and razor wire, once hosted 40,000 troops and more than 20,000 contractors. Balad, north of Baghdad, had 36,000 residents. Victory was so big it had a reverse osmosis water plant that could generate 1.85 million gallons a day, an ice plant, a 50-megawatt power generating station, stadium-sized chow halls and a laundromat with 3,000 machines able to do 36,000 loads a day. Now the generals have moved from Saddam’s missile-damaged palaces, the war operations room has been cleared of computers and phones and the barber shops, DVD stores and restaurants like Burger King, Subway and Green Bean are fast disappearing. Mohammed Ameen / Reuters Iraqi helicopters land at Basmaya military base in Baghdad November 25, 2011. With U.S. troops scheduled to leave Iraq at the end of the year, Baghdad is looking to build up its air capabilities as its national armed forces take over responsibility for security. AIR SERVICE WINDING DOWN For years, in U.S. air terminals across Iraq, on flat-screen monitors or white boards, generals and soldiers, journalists and contractors watched for flight information to BIAP (Baghdad International Airport), Tikrit, Mosul or other destinations. Between combat, medical evacuations and ferry service, the U.S. intra-Iraq airline flew scores of times every day. At the peak in 2009, there more than 400 aircraft which flew daily, Brooks said. “The MNC-I Aviation brigade averaged 157 missions a day. We had 28 helicopters devoted to just flying passengers around Iraq on scheduled flights.” Joint Base Balad, with two 11,000-foot runways, had 27,500 takeoffs and landings a month in 2006, second only to London’s Heathrow, U.S. officials said. THE WAY OUT For months, a steady stream of tanks, troop carriers, artillery and other gear has flowed from remote bases to collection yards in Baghdad and elsewhere, and then out of the country, mostly to Kuwait. One U.S. military officer said logistics experts had estimated there was $7.8 billion worth of “theater-provided equipment” — the tanks, trucks, tables and chairs and other things the soldiers don’t carry themselves — to move. On a single day, the dusty yard at Victory Base held 186 HumVees, 22 MRAPs, four M-1 Abrams tanks, eight Paladin Howitzer artillery systems, four Stryker fighting vehicles and scores of generators, lighting systems and other gear. U.S. record-keepers itemize everything, including the equipment to be left behind. About a quarter of the gear, mainly HumVees, radios and weapons, was headed to Afghanistan. At big bases like Victory, buildings, mess halls, offices, water treatment and electrical plants, Containerized Housing Units (CHUs), desks, tables and chairs, are being handed over to the Iraq government, and tons of equipment is being scrapped. In many cases, the cost of moving something wasn’t worth it. In others, the equipment wasn’t worth it. Mohammed Ameen / Reuters Iraqi soldiers stand in a line during training at Basmaya military base in Baghdad on Tuesday. With U.S. troops preparing to leave Iraq, the Iraqi army will be taking over responsibility for security. “A lot of the computers we’ve been using for the last eight years … the guts are ripped out,” said 1st Lieutenant Michael Saslo, logistics coordinator at the yard. “There’s no point putting those on a convoy and risking a soldier’s life for it.” By early November, nearly 4 million items worth $390 million had been given to Iraq, including 26,000 CHUs worth $124 million and 89,000 air conditioners worth $18.5 million. Logisticians said they had saved taxpayers $685 million in transport costs. “We don’t ship toilets,” said one soldier. The exception appeared to be Saddam Hussein’s toilet, taken from the Victory Base cell where he was held for two years and destined for display in a U.S. military museum. © Thomson Reuters http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/11/25/gone-before-christmas-the-u-s-militarys-move-out-of-iraq-the-biggest-since-wwii/
  8. What a great call......I was on the call last night and listened again this morning..... FYI: Tim did not state ANY date so whomever did the transcript must have put the incorrect date.....its not the date...its the thought..... And all Yukon was saying is that they had recd many emails...callers were only warned to be very careful as to who they give their personal information to and not to give it up so easily, that is just using good common sense in order to stay protected. One shouldn't open a trust with just anyone just because they make it sound good or right, nor should a trust be opened because someone used a scare tactic to get a person to open one. That should send red flags ups immediately! Someone must be taking $20 - $30 for applications for a trust is the way I took it.....They only advised that before spending hard earned money and giving your very personal and private information out in opening a trust that several companies should be checked out thoroughly first, and then a careful and wise decision be made based on that as to who one chooses to place their lives in the hands of....I couldn't agree more Have a Great Thanksgiving.
  9. Iraq eyes F-16 to expand fleet Sunday, 13 November 2011 03:39 Share DUBAI: Iraq is planning to expand its fleet of aerial reconnaissance planes “in the near future” and is hoping to sign a deal for a second batch of F-16 warplanes by next year, the country’s air force chief said yesterday. The moves, laid out by Lt General Anwer Amin on the sidelines of a conference ahead of today’s Dubai Airshow, are part of Iraq’s efforts to move gradually away from dependence on US air support. “We have projects to buy UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in the near future,” Amin told reporters on the sidelines of the air marshals conference. He said the Iraqi air force was looking into several options. “One of the leading countries in the region is the United Arab Emirates, there is also the United States,” he said. The United States will withdraw its remaining 40,000 troops in Iraq by the end of this year, but Iraqi officials say it will take years before they are able to defend their airspace. “Building an air force is a very complicated process that depends on several factors, including securing financial cover and human capabilities as well as time,” Amin said. Military experts say that Iraq’s lack of a strong fleet of combat planes means that it will rely on the U.S. air force to shoulder this responsibility for some years. “Certainly the United States air force will be there for the Iraqi air force if that that’s what the two governments agree to,” Gen. Norton Schwartz, commander of the US air force, said on Saturday. Amir said he hoped a deal would be signed next year on the second batch of 36 F-16 warplanes Iraq plans to acquire. “Eighteen planes have been bought, the contract has been signed, and the other 18 planes hopefully next year,” he said. Iraq made the first payment in the deal to buy the first set of warplanes worth a total of about $3 billion in September. Amin said the Iraqi air force already runs an advanced fleet of reconnaissance planes that very few countries in the region have. “These are planes that we are proud of using over the past few years to detect terrorist activities,” he said. AFP http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/middle-east/172391-iraq-eyes-f-16-to-expand-fleet.html
  10. Exxon deal good for all Iraq: Kurdish minister afp A worker at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan, 2009. An Iraqi Kurdish minister sought to allay the Baghdad government's concerns about an oil exploration deal his region signed with ExxonMobil, saying it benefits the whole country. On Sunday 13 November 2011, 12:32 EST An Iraqi Kurdish minister on Sunday sought to allay the Baghdad government's concerns about an oil exploration deal his region signed with ExxonMobil, saying it benefits the whole country. Iraq's central government regards any oil contracts not signed with it as invalid, and officials have said the deal the US energy giant agreed with Kurdistan last month jeopardises its contract for a massive southern oil field. "I think that ExxonMobil's entry to Kurdistan is not just good news for the Kurdistan region, it's good news for all of Iraq, because they bring in more investment into Iraq, into this part of Iraq," Ashti Hawrami, Kurdistan's minister of natural resources, said at a conference in Arbil. The contract "was signed, completed on the 18th of October 2011, after the oil and gas council of the region, headed by the prime minister, met and approved a package for ExxonMobil," said Hawrami. "It is a binding contract; it involves six exploration areas," he said, adding it is up to Exxon whether it runs all its operations from Baghdad, or sets up another office in Kurdistan. "We don't mind where they run their operations from -- they (can) run Kurdistan from Baghdad, or set up a separate office here," he said. The central government has strongly condemned the Exxon deal. "The Iraqi government will deal with any company that breaks the laws in the same way that it has in (the) past and ExxonMobil has been notified of this," the office of Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy, said Saturday. In the past, Iraq has banned all oil companies that have signed contracts in Kurdistan from taking part in tenders or contracts for fields elsewhere in the country. In January 2010, Iraq's oil ministry completed the deal with ExxonMobil and Anglo-Dutch giant Shell to develop production at West Qurna-1, which with reserves of about 8.5 billion barrels is the country's second-biggest field. http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/Exxon-deal-good-Iraq-Kurdish-afp-3297820362.html?x=0
  11. IMF mulls expanding its SDR currency basket One-hundred Yuan notes are seen in this picture illustration in Beijing March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON | Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:38pm EST (Reuters) - The IMF is considering dropping a requirement that currencies be "freely usable" to be part of its internal currency basket, a step that could open the door to inclusion of China's yuan. The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that its board met on October 28 to discuss options for broadening the basket that makes up its Special Drawing Rights unit of account, part of broader efforts to modernize the global monetary system. No decisions were taken. One option discussed, the IMF said, was replacing the "freely usable" criteria, although some board members argued that the bar for newcomers should not be lowered and said it was important to safeguard the SDR as a reserve currency. Because the yuan is not considered freely traded and China's capital markets are largely closed, it does not qualify under current IMF criteria as "freely usable." The changes under debate would reflect the growing role emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil are playing in the world economy. The SDR is currently composed of the U.S. dollar, British sterling, the euro and the Japanese yen. The IMF board said the size of the SDR basket should remain "relatively small to avoid adding undue costs and complexity for SDR users". The SDR is itself not a currency and is only used as a reserve asset by central banks. It is not available to the private sector. Also discussed was whether a new currency would replace an existing one or simply be added to the SDR basket; directors agreed that could be assessed on a case-by-case basis. There is an ongoing debate among global policymakers over the U.S. dollar's status as the main world reserve currency, with some emerging economies arguing that the SDR should play a greater role. In 2009, the Group of 20 emerging and developed nations authorized $250 billion worth of SDRs to be issued among the IMF's member countries to boost global liquidity, ensuring countries have easier access to foreign exchange funding. Currently, the euro zone is talking about pooling its SDRs to help fight the region's sovereign debt crisis. European officials have also approached China for financial support. Two independent sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters that one of the concessions Beijing had looked for in return for support was more influence at the IMF, including a more rapid path to include the yuan in the SDR basket. (Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Andrea Ricci, Andrew Hay, Leslie Adler) http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/11/uk-imf-sdr-idUSTRE7AA4S520111111
  12. Major Iraq conference to be held in Cyprus Published on November 3, 2011 IRAQI Defence Minister, Saadun Al-Dulaimi will lead a delegation of up to five other ministers and 35 senior officials to participate in the inaugural Iraq Defence & Security Summit 2011 in Cyprus on December 7-8, it emerged yesterday. The officials will also include the Chief of Staff, General Babakir Zebari and the heads of the navy and air force. Accompanying the Minister will also be the Ministers of Interior, National Security, Communications, Science & Technology and Transport as well as their counterpart ministries from the Kurdistan Regional Government, reports from Iraq said. In preparation for the US troop draw down the Iraqi government is working to prepare its options for best in class technologies and solutions to strengthen the country’s defence and security infrastructure. The summit, which will be held at the Intercontinental Aphrodite Hills Resort, will be centred around pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings and is a unique opportunity to engage with Iraqi ministers, senior officials, US government agencies and oil infrastructure operators, to assist in their multi-billion dollar defence and security procurement programmes. Iraq has made international headlines recently with its procurement of F-16 fighter jets and that just marks the beginning of a major programme to act on wide ranging requirements from critical infrastructure protection to military supply chain to border control and policing of Iraq. Many parts of the country are looking to develop comprehensive CCTV coverage with national databases and secure communications systems. The summit is being organised by the Iraq Program for Peace & Stability made up of Iraqi and British executives committed to securing business relationships based on transparency, accountability, good ethics and political primacy within the rule of law. For further details visit: www.iraqstability.org http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/major-iraq-conference-be-held-cyprus/20111103?
  13. US to boost military in Gulf following Iraq withdrawal The US plans to bolster military presence in the Arabian Gulf after it withdraws its remaining troops from Iraq this year, US officials speaking to the New York Times said Gulf News Report Published: 13:55 October 30, 2011 Dubai: The US plans to bolster military presence in the Arabian Gulf after it withdraws its remaining troops from Iraq this year, US officials speaking to the New York Times said. That repositioning could include new combat forces in Kuwait able to respond to a collapse of security in Iraq or a military confrontation with Iran. The size of the standby US combat force to be based in Kuwait remains the subject of negotiations, with an answer expected in coming days. Officers at the Central Command headquarters here declined to discuss specifics of the proposals, but it was clear that successful deployment plans from past decades could be incorporated into plans for a post-Iraq footprint in the region. With an eye on the threat of a belligerent Iran, the administration is also seeking to expand military ties with the six nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. While the United States has close bilateral military relationships with each, the administration and the military are trying to foster a new "security architecture" for the Arabian Gulf that would integrate air and naval patrols and missile defence. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/us-to-boost-military-in-gulf-following-iraq-withdrawal-1.920741?
  14. Saudi woman sentenced to 15 years for Qaeda links 30/10/2011 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says that a special tribunal has sentenced a Saudi women to 15 years in prison on terrorism-linked charges including aiding al-Qaeda cells and insurgents seeking to enter Iraq. The official Saudi Press Agency says the woman sought to "commit terrorist attacks" in the kingdom, financed anti-state groups with more than 1 million riyals ($266,000) and provided communications equipment. The woman also was convicted of helping issue forged IDs to people seeking to join the insurgency in Iraq. The report did not identify the women sentenced Saturday or give other details. She also is banned from traveling for 15 years after completing her sentence. Saudi authorities have cracked down periodically in recent years on groups inspired by al-Qaeda. http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=27134
  15. Muqtada Al Sadr calls on Maliki not to meet Obama's call to visit Washington Iraqi Cleric Muqtada Al Sadr, called on Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki's not to meet the invitation of US President Barack Obama to visit Washington, taking into account what he called "the general religious and ideological interest,” and to increase his position opposing to the stay of the trainers. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iraqi Cleric Muqtada Al Sadr, called on Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki's not to meet the invitation of US President Barack Obama to visit Washington, taking into account what he called "the general religious and ideological interest,” and to increase his position opposing to the stay of the trainers. In response to a question by one of his followers about his advice to Maliki about the invitation extended to him by US President to visit Washington, Muqtada said "America is now in control and domination over the Iraqi territories and people, both politically and ideologically and so on, outside the military aspects." He continued "this requires avoinding to walk behind anything that is a clear evidence of the dominance, including the Prime Minister’s visit to the US upon the invitation of the US President." Maliki and Obama agreed on the need to initiate a new phase of relations within the strategic framework agreement after the US withdrawal from Iraq, during a teleconference that was held between them on the 21st of October evening. A statement issued by Maliki's office said the US president invited the Prime Minister to visit the US, and that Maliki promised to meet the invitation as soon as possible. http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=275317
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