Saturday, August 18, 2012

U.S. embassy confirms Washington's support for efforts to ease tensions between Erbil and Baghdad


Saturday, August 18 / August 2012


The spokesman U.S. Embassy in Iraq Frank Vnfr support the U.S. administration's efforts to calm the atmosphere in the Iraqi political tension between the political forces, including the ease tensions between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

He said in a statement Vnfr PUKmedia: that the United States is seeking to find solutions between the political parties in order to reach solutions compatible with the Iraqi constitution and democratic means.

The Vnfr: U.S. support for the efforts of the federal government to improve the security situation throughout the country, stressing: that al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups are still active on the ground, and able to carry out its terrorist operations in Iraq.

The day saw first Thursday dozens of dead and wounded, including security agents and officers in the army and police in a series of car bombs and improvised explosive devices and armed attacks in the provinces of Baghdad, Kirkuk, Ninewa, and Wasit, Babil, Diyala, Anbar and Salahuddin.

As Iraq is a political crisis was claims withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the month of April, but this crisis began decompose after he announced the National Alliance for the formation of a committee of reform presented a paper containing 70 material notably resolving the mandate of the three presidencies and security ministries and the balance in the armed forces and bodies Independent and state agencies, and with the near return of President Jalal Talabani of his treatment of Germany.