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Iraq asked the U.N. Security Council on Monday to let a U.S.-led multinational force remain in Iraq for another year, acknowledging its own troops could not yet assure national security.
The request came in a letter to the 15-nation council from Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari.
"This means that basically the mandate and the status of the multinational force will be discussed in the coming weeks so that from January 1, 2006, we will have a consistent military presence in Iraq as happened in the past," Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, the foreign minister of Romania, the Security Council president for October, told reporters.
The multinational force's current mandate expires at the end of this year, under a resolution approved by the council in June 2004, when the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority turned over Iraq's administration to an interim government.
Extending the mandate through the end of 2006 will require the council to adopt a new resolution in the next two months.
Jaafari said the government in Baghdad wanted the right to terminate the mandate before the end of 2006 if it decided to do so. He also asked the council to agree to review the new mandate eight months after its approval or at any other time if asked to do so by Baghdad.
"The Iraqi national security forces, which are increasing in size, capability and experience day after day, need more time to complete their ranks, training and equipment in order to take over the primary responsibility of providing adequate security for Iraqis"
Originally posted by Seekerof
Thoughts or comments?
Jaafari said the government in Baghdad wanted the right to terminate the mandate before the end of 2006 if it decided to do so.
Yeah, I think Jafaari is just saying and doing what he is told to IMO. I'll never think that anything that comes out of that guys mouth is anything other than scripted.
This was skillful. It makes it seem more legitimate to the Iraqi people and the rest of the world.
Are there really people out there that think Jaafari isn't being told exactly what to say and do? I wouldn't go so far as to call him a complete tool, but he's definitely being guided.
Originally posted by AceOfBase
I would expect something like this from Talabani, who is much more pro-US but Jafaari seemed to want the coalition out as soon as possible.
Originally posted by Dr Love
Are there really people out there that think Jaafari isn't being told exactly what to say and do? I wouldn't go so far as to call him a complete tool, but he's definitely being guided.
Originally posted by heelstone
So what does it mean when there are polls taken of the Iraqi public in which 82% of the Iraqi civilian population want the coalition out of the country? Was such a poll not accurate? Is the government of Iraq not repsonding to the will of the people it allegedly represents?
Originally posted by WestPoint23
You can pretty much get any result you want just by changing the way the sentence is worded.
For example.
Do you want the US out now?
Do you want the US to leave when Iraq is more secure?
Do you want the US to permanently stay in Iraq or leave?
Do you want the US to stay unlit things get better, then leave?
Originally posted by heelstone
So what does it mean when there are polls taken of the Iraqi public in which 82% of the Iraqi civilian population want the coalition out of the country? Was such a poll not accurate? Is the government of Iraq not repsonding to the will of the people it allegedly represents?