Iraq closes its borders with Jordan until further notice

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Iraq closes its borders with Jordan until further notice

 

 

Port Trebil border with Jordan

 

Author: SK 
Editor: HH, NK 30.4.2013 09:00

Range Press / Anbar

Administration announced the Iraqi border ports, said Tuesday that Trebil port that connects Iraq and Jordan has been completely closed to the movement of goods and passengers, pointing out that the decision will continue until further notice.

The general supervisor of the port Trebil Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Tamimi said in an interview to the (Presse term) The "Trebil port border with Jordan was closed to another slogan, according to the book we received instructions from the Interior Ministry."

He explained Tamimi that "Close port Trebil border came into force at one o'clock at night in front of all the movement of goods and travelers from Iraq, and to Him from Jordan," reiterated his assertion that "closure will continue until further notice, as instructed by the book, which we received by the ministry and not as reported by the media for 48 hours. "

The closure of port Trebil hours after the announcement spokesman as protests Square gray Abdul Razzaq al-Shammari, Monday evening, (April 29, 2013), that at least 120 military vehicles coming from Baghdad passed the city of Fallujah toward the city of Ramadi, and stressed that the leaders of the protest in Ramadi had received information unconfirmed reports the structure of the army, "storming arenas sit-gray tonight," pointing out that a number of the leaders of the protest, including the finance minister resigned Rafie al-Issawi, Ahmed Abu Risha and MP Ahmed al-Alwani and chairman of the Anbar Jassim al-Halbusi decided to "B & B in the courtyard of the protest."

Denied management port Trebil border in Anbar province, (110 km) west of Baghdad, the first on Sunday, (April 28, 2013), reports that "close the port," and confirmed that the traffic of passengers and goods "continues without interruption," and as pointed out They "do not receive any government decision" to close the port, called on the media to be "accurate and professional."

These developments come in light of the escalation of the country has seen since the incident storming Square sit-in Hawija on Tuesday, 23/04/2013, which resulted in unrest and clashes extensive between tribesmen and government forces in Kirkuk and Mosul, Salahuddin and Diyala, was the most prominent of these events to attack the militants, on Saturday (27 April 2013), a civilian car carrying five members of the Iraqi army thought they were on vacation and were heading to their homes near the picket gray square, killing four of them and wounding the fifth degrees.

 And raised the killing of four soldiers great feedback, as it threatened to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on the same day (April 27, 2013), not to remain silent on the phenomenon of soldiers killed near the arenas demonstrations, calling for peaceful protesters to "expel criminals" who target the army and the Iraqi police He called clerics and tribal leaders to "renounce" the killers, also gave the commander of Anbar Operations team satisfactory Mahlawi leaders of the sit-ins in the province 24 hours to hand over the killers of the five soldiers, and threatened if Tzlmohm would be "every incident," he threatened Anbar police chief Major General Hadi b " breach green باليابس in the case of non-delivery of the killers, and stressed that police forces are ready to crush the heads of the killers of the soldiers is awaiting orders from Baghdad, accusing the satellite channel owned by the Islamic Party to "promote terrorism."

 As payment incident a number of tribes to withdraw from the yard sit He assured Prince clans Dulaimi Majid al-Suleiman said in an interview to the (long-Presse), in (April 27, 2013), that the families of Albu Faraj and Albu Assaf and Albu Fahd and Albu Soda and Albu Ali Jassim pulled out of the arenas sit in Ramadi and Fallujah to protest the dirty crime committed against unarmed soldiers, "stressing that" those clans destroyed Khimha in the sit-in yards.

The sitters in the provinces Sunni majority, declared (in the 26 April 2013 present), the formation of the army (pride and dignity) to protect their areas, and called for the "suspension Messaging" for military operations by the central government and "referral Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Commander Wild "to" international courts ", while confirmed the other hand, the need to maintain" a peaceful sit-ins ", and the" civil peace "and do not let anyone armed with" go down to the street, "and an invitation to the" tribes south "for" withdraw their children "from the army and federal police in the six provinces threatened to" do not bear responsibility tribal ", if exposed to harm.

But the protesters declared, the first on Monday, (April 28, 2013), they continue their sit-in "peaceful" and stressed that the squares sit will not be a place to take up arms, while denied to leave any of the families of Anbar arena, warned the provincial council of allowing the spread of "militias New Awakening in the province, "calling on the Arab League and the United Nations to appoint a joint representative of the Iraqi file.

The witness Anbar province, its city of Ramadi, since the storming Square sit-in Hawija, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, armed attacks against members of the army and police, as announced Iraqi Ministry of Defense, in the (April 24, 2013), that "terrorists with protesters" in Anbar have killed and injured eight of its soldiers in the attack on the mechanism used to transport tanks, guns and vehicle Hummer, and control the type of car (pickup) police and mounted with a weapon-resistant aircraft and so close to the Square sit-gray, and showed that the soldiers with their vehicles were among engineering team based building earthen dams to protect Iraqi territory the risk of the collapse of dams in Syria.

Iraq imports more than ninety percent of the needs of canned food, soft drinks and meat, vegetable oils and cheeses, as well as household items and electrical appliances that enter through border ports, including port Trebil.

The management since Trebil border announced, in (January 18, 2013), re-opening of the port Trebil nine days after the closure in (January 9, 2013), after a disturbance commercial traffic across the international road in Anbar province because of the demonstrations and sit-ins witnessed by the province since (21 December 2012), on the international road link between Iraq and Jordan, Syria, causing cut off the road and stop the movement of trucks.

 

 

 

[Nelson0528]

Personally, I don't see why they have open borders at all until they get their situation under control. They need a GOI and stability and security. Then maybe they could entertain the idea of open borders. But, until then, border traffic should be limited to official business and repatriation activities only.

Edited April 30, 2013 by Nelson0528