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198539
Mon, 08/01/2011 - 15:26
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Senior Iraqi MP: US Not Allowed to Use Iraq's Soil to Attack Neighbors
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iraqi legislator underlined on Monday that his country will not allow Washington to use Iraq's soil as a launch pad for attacking other states, specially its neighbors.
"The US is not entitled to the right to use the Iraqi soil to launch attack on other countries," Head of Kurdistan Coalition in the Iraqi parliament Foad Ma'soum told FNA.
He made the remarks referring to Washington's pressures on the Al-Maliki government to prolong the presence of the US forces in the country, and reiterated that if the 2008 security agreement between the US and Iraq is extended, Washington will not be permitted to use Iraq's soil against other countries.
The US military agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 stipulates the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by December 31, 2011, as a deadline.
Iraqi Government Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh had earlier categorically denied speculations that Baghdad is going to strike a deal with Washington to extend the presence of the US troops in Iraq beyond the 2011 deadline.
"The report is a sheer lie since no action has been taken in this regard and the government of Iraq hasn't singed such a deal with the US," Dabbagh told FNA in Baghdad.
The US has pressed senior Iraqi officials to revise their decision on the US pullout and demand Washington to keep its troops in the country beyond their scheduled departure in the yearend.
Iraqi state officials as well as religious and political figures have all condemned the US attempts for extending the mission of its troops in the country.
"The US is not entitled to the right to use the Iraqi soil to launch attack on other countries," Head of Kurdistan Coalition in the Iraqi parliament Foad Ma'soum told FNA.
He made the remarks referring to Washington's pressures on the Al-Maliki government to prolong the presence of the US forces in the country, and reiterated that if the 2008 security agreement between the US and Iraq is extended, Washington will not be permitted to use Iraq's soil against other countries.
The US military agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 stipulates the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by December 31, 2011, as a deadline.
Iraqi Government Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh had earlier categorically denied speculations that Baghdad is going to strike a deal with Washington to extend the presence of the US troops in Iraq beyond the 2011 deadline.
"The report is a sheer lie since no action has been taken in this regard and the government of Iraq hasn't singed such a deal with the US," Dabbagh told FNA in Baghdad.
The US has pressed senior Iraqi officials to revise their decision on the US pullout and demand Washington to keep its troops in the country beyond their scheduled departure in the yearend.
Iraqi state officials as well as religious and political figures have all condemned the US attempts for extending the mission of its troops in the country.
