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US lawmakers open new tirade against Maliki: Do your job!

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US lawmakers open new tirade against Maliki: Do your job! Maliki comes under fire from US lawmakers for slow pace of political reconciliation and links to Iran, which they say is fuelling wave of suicide bombings. Middle East Online

 

 

 

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WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki came under fire from US lawmakers Wednesday for the slow pace of political reconciliation and links to Iran, which they said was fuelling a wave of suicide bombings.

House lawmakers gathered to assess the threat of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq the Levant (ISIL) as a new round of bombings rocked Baghdad, killing 33 people.

Al-Qaeda is now carrying out 40 mass attacks a month, in Iraq's bloodiest eruption of violence in six years and the worse since US troops withdrew in 2011, said House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce.

"As head of state, while he may not be up to it, Maliki must take steps to lead Iraq to a post-sectarian era," Royce insisted.

The militants were benefiting from "the alienation" of the country's Sunni population from its Shiite dominated government, which also has strong ties with the Shiite leaders in Iran.

"Al-Qaeda has become very skilled at exploiting this sectarian rift, and Maliki's power grab has given them much ammunition," Royce said, adding that the United States had a central role to play in helping the Iraqis fight the militants.

But in a passionate outburst, his Republican colleague Representative Dana Rohrabacher questioned why the United States, which is supplying Iraq with helicopters and drones to help fight the militants, was still involved in the country.

"Why do we feel compelled that we have to go in and be in the middle of a fight between people who are murdering each other?" he asked.

"Thousands of people are losing their lives to this insanity. Why does the United States feel that we need to become part of this insanity?"

US deputy assistant secretary for Iraq Brett McGurk agreed: "The suicide bomber phenomenon, it is complete insanity."

But he said the United States, which invaded the country in 2003 to topple late dictator Saddam Hussein, had strategic interests to protect in the Middle East nation.

"In Iraq whether you like it or not, oil, Al-Qaeda, Iran , vital US interests are at stake," he said.

And he insisted Maliki had made changes, particularly in trying to reconcile Sunni and Shiites, since his visit to Washington in November during which he "got a very direct message" in his two-hour meeting with President Barack Obama.

Maliki was told of "the need for a wholistic strategy to defeat ISIL and enlisting the Sunnis into the fight. At the local level we've seen some fairly dramatic and significant changes," McGurk said.

The committee's ranking Democrat Eliot Engel said however he believed Maliki "just came to listen, but really didn't come to put his head together with us and help solve the problem."

 

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Took advantage of the madness of suicide bombings in Iraq



 

 


 


Washington - AFP: U.S. lawmakers carry violently to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki because of the slow pace of political reconciliation and its relations with Iran, arguing that it feeds a wave of suicide bombings in the country.


The members held a meeting in the House of Representatives allocated to discuss the threat of al-Qaeda in Iraq, after a series of bombings that killed 33 people. The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives Ed Royce said militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant currently waging an offensive in forty monthly average in the worst wave of violence gripping Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011. He Royce "as the head of state, must act to transfer al-Maliki of Iraq to the post-sectarian, even though he may not be able to do so," while Iraq prepares for elections in April. He added that the activists are benefiting from "exclude" the year of the government, which is dominated by Shiites, which maintains close ties with Iran's Shiite leaders. He added that "Al Qaeda has become very adept at exploiting the sectarian divide and stuck-Maliki cemented their position of authority."


But in an impassioned speech betrays anger, she asked Republican Rep. Dana Rorabashr about the reason for the continued involvement of the United States, which supplies Iraq with helicopters and unmanned aircraft to help in the fight against these activists, in this country. She Rorabashr "Why do we feel compelled to soak in the battle between the people who are killing each other," after two years of full U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq. She added that "thousands of people are dying in this madness. Why you think the United States is bound to be a part of this insane situation?". She Republican Rep. "Why not let them kill each other .. We have given them enough."


The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq Brett Macgork this view. He said that "the phenomenon of suicide bombing is madness." But he stressed that almost all suicide bombers are "foreign fighters entering Iraq via Syria." He added: "Our message to all the Iraqi leaders is clear: despite your differences on a large number of issues, you find a way to work together when it comes to the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant organization that threatens all Iraqis." He called on al-Maliki to "take additional measures to reach out to Sunni leaders and attract a large number of Iraqis to fight" against al-Qaeda.


He Macgork "in Iraq, if you like it or not, oil and al-Qaeda, Iran, and the vital interests of the United States is at stake, and Washington has provided advice to the leaders of the Iraqi military, especially in order to restore the city of Fallujah, which is controlled by fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Said Macgork that" the plan requires that the tribes on the front with the army supported because the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is the Army. They have heavy weapons and have the machine guns of the caliber of 50 mm They are trained very well and are protected very well. "He said the United States has stepped up delivery of weapons to Iraq by sending 75 Hellfire missile in December and inform Congress to send 500 missiles last. Will be delivered mechanisms residents of Eagle in the spring and 48 other mechanism Raven UAL in later this year.


He Macgork expert on U.S. policy in Iraq, said al-Maliki, "the latest changes big and important," especially in trying to reconcile Sunnis and Shiites since he received a "very direct message" during a meeting that took two hours with President Barack Obama last November. And al-Maliki also criticized the parliamentarians during a hearing in relation to the attacks took place recently on a camp of Iranian dissidents killed dozens.She Rorabashr "It's a crime against humanity. These are refugees isolate forces kill al-Maliki." Meanwhile, U.S. officials said the United States intends to send experts to Iraq to help the country in keeping the security of its oil facilities, which constitute 95% of its revenues Treasury revenues.


She said, "Coordinating Committee shared power between Iraq and the United States" in a statement at the conclusion of Wednesday's meeting in Baghdad that "Iraq and the United States legally in cooperation in important new through the use of experts from the ministries of energy and foreign Americas to work with Iraq to draw up a plan to protect energy infrastructure in Iraq from terrorist attacks and natural disasters. " He said Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani, who chaired the meeting on the Iraqi side, that this support does not mean in any way the deployment of foreign troops on Iraqi territory, it is a cooperation deals exclusively fields of studies and equipment. He added that the protection of oil installations is the responsibility of the Iraqi authorities will be done without any support from foreign forces.


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US Lawmakers . . . DO YOUR JOB !

Could be asked of every lawmaker in every country, right?   What a world we'd live in if the PTB were kind and generous and wanted everyone to have the chance at a great life.  Alas, we're not there as a species yet, but hopefully in Iraq this next electoral session will provide the people with some respite from the squalor and the life of fear that they must be living.  Go RV...not just for currency holders and investors but especially for the Iraqi people.  :twothumbs:

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