Iraquíes: El cierre del reparto en el plan para los E.E.U.U. marcha a la licencia
AP | BAGDAD - Iraq y los E.E.U.U. están cerca de un acuerdo en todas las tropas americanas del combate que salen de Iraq antes del octubre de 2010, con los soldados pasados hacia fuera tres años después de ése, dos funcionarios iraquíes dijeron la prensa asociada el jueves. LOS E.E.U.U. los funcionarios, sin embargo, insistieron que no se había convenido ningunas fechas.
El acuerdo propuesto llama para que los americanos entreguen partes de la zona verde de Bagdad - donde los E.E.U.U. La embajada está situada - a los iraquíes antes de fin de 2008. También quitaría los E.E.U.U. fuerzas de ciudades iraquíes antes del 30 de junio de 2009, según los dos altos funcionarios, cerca del al-Maliki iraquí de Nouri del primer ministro y al corriente de las negociaciones.
Los funcionarios, que hablaron por separado en la condición del anonimato porque las negociaciones están en curso, dijeron todos los E.E.U.U. las tropas del combate saldrían de Iraq antes del octubre de 2010, con la ayuda restante “alrededor 2013 ido personal.” El horario se podría enmendar si ambos lados convienen - una cláusula escapatoria de la protección de las apariencias que ampliaría la presencia de los E.E.U.U. fuerzas si la seguridad condiciona la autorización él.
LOS E.E.U.U. la aceptación - incluso tentativo - de un timeline específico representaría una revocación dramática de la política americana en lugar desde que la guerra comenzó en marzo de 2003.
Los funcionarios iraquíes y americanos convinieron que el reparto no es final y que una edición sin resolver importante es los E.E.U.U. demanda para la inmunidad para los E.E.U.U. soldados del procesamiento bajo ley iraquí.
A través del conflicto, presidente Bush rechazó firmemente aceptar cualquier horario para traer los E.E.U.U. tropas caseras. El mes pasado, sin embargo, Bush y el al-Maliki acordaron fijar un “horizonte general del tiempo” para terminar los E.E.U.U. misión.
La cambio de Bush a un timeline fue considerada como movimiento de apresurar el acuerdo en un pacto de la seguridad que gobernaba los E.E.U.U. presencia militar en Iraq después del U.N. el mandato expira al final del año.
El gobierno Shiite-conducido de Iraq se ha estado considerando firme para una cierta clase de horario del retiro - un movimiento los iraquíes dichos era esencial ganar la aprobación parlamentaria.
Los E.E.U.U. La embajada en Bagdad declinó comentar respecto a los detalles de las negociaciones. La portavoz Mirembe Nangtongo de la embajada dijo que las negociaciones ocurrían “en un alcohol constructivo” basado en el respecto por soberanía iraquí.
En Washington, los E.E.U.U. officials acknowledged that some progress has been made on the timelines for troop withdrawals but that the immunity issue remained a huge problem. One senior U.S. official close to the discussion said no dates have been agreed upon.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations have not been finished.
But the Iraqis insisted the dates had been settled preliminarily between the two sides, although they acknowledged that nothing is final until the entire negotiations have been completed.
One Iraqi official said persuading the Americans to accept a timetable was a “key achievement” of the talks and that the government would seek parliamentary ratification as soon as the deal is signed.
But differences over immunity could scuttle the whole deal, the Iraqis said. One of the officials described immunity as a “minefield” and said each side was sticking by its position.
One official said U.S. negotiator David Satterfield told him that immunity for soldiers was a “red line” for the United States. The official said he replied that issue was “a red line for us too.”
The official said the Iraqis were willing to grant immunity for actions committed on American bases and during combat operations — but not a blanket exemption from Iraqi law.
The Iraqis also want American forces hand over any Iraqi they detain. The U.S. insists that detainees must be “ready” for handover, which the Iraqi officials assume means the Americans want to interrogate them first.
As the talks drag on, American officials said the Bush administration is losing patience with the Iraqis over the negotiations, which both sides had hoped to wrap up by the end of July.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and al-Maliki had a long and “very difficult” phone conversation about the situation on Wednesday during which she pressed the Iraqi leader for more flexibility particularly on immunity, one U.S. senior official said.
“The sovereignty issue is very big for the Iraqis and we understand that. But we are losing patience,” the official said. “The process needs to get moving and get moving quickly.”
The official could not say how long the call lasted but said it was “not brief” and “tense at times.”
In London, Britain’s defense ministry said it is also in talks with Iraq’s government over the role of British troops after the U.N. mandate runs out. Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently said that early next year Britain will reduce its troops in Iraq, now at about 4,100, and that Britain’s role in the country will change fundamentally.
Iraq’s position in the U.S. talks hardened after a series of Iraqi military successes against Shiite and Sunni extremists in Basra, Baghdad, Mosul and other major cities and after the rise in world oil prices flooded the country with petrodollars.
As the government’s confidence rose, Iraqi officials believed they were in a strong negotiating position — especially with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, pledging to remove all combat forces within his first 16 months in office if security conditions allow.
Standing firm against the Americans also enhances al-Maliki’s nationalist credentials, enabling him to appeal for support from Iraqis long opposed to the U.S. presence.
On Thursday, a spokesman for Muqtada al-Sadr said the Shiite cleric will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops — but may lift the order if the security agreement fails to contain a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.
The statement by Sheik Salah al-Obeidi came as al-Sadr planned to spell out details of a formula to reorganize his Mahdi Army militia by separating it into an unarmed cultural organization and elite fighting cells.
The announcement is expected during weekly Islamic prayer services on Friday.
“This move is meant to offer an incentive for the foreign forces to withdraw,” al-Obeidi said. “The special cells of fighters will not strike against foreign forces until the situation becomes clear vis-a-vis the Iraq-U.S. agreement on the presence of American forces here.”
Several cease-fires by al-Sadr have been key to a sharp decline in violence over the past year. But American officials still consider his militiamen a threat and have backed the Iraqi military in operations to try to oust them from their power bases in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq.
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