Posts Tagged ‘Michael Mullen’

VP Biden vowed to ensure the security of Kuwait after the withdrawal from Iraq

Posted: October 1, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Praised the Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington, Salem Al-Sabah, the results of the talks held by Prime Minister Nasser Al-Mohammad last night with Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army Michael Mullen.

The Kuwaiti newspaper said that U.S. Vice-President reiterated the U.S. commitment to the security of the Gulf and America’s partners in the region.

A press release said the White House that U.S. Vice-President and Prime Minister of Kuwait in search of a range of regional issues, political and security, including the changes that take place in the region, due to the spring of the Arab, and the importance of resolving outstanding issues between Kuwait and Iraq.

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Iraqi government to sign agreement to keep some US troops in the country

Posted: August 3, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (KUNA) — Iraqi political blocs gave the green light late Tuesday to the Iraqi government to sign a new agreement with the United States to Keep some of its troops, for military training purposes, beyond their departure date at the end of 2011.

This decision came as an outcome of a meeting held, late Tuesday, by Iraqi lawmakers and the Iraqi government to discuss the US troop’s presence in the country.

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Maliki: We hope to reach final decision on the U.S. withdrawal during meeting of leaders today

Posted: August 2, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday, expressed the hope that come the leaders of political blocs during the meeting, which will be held today, the final decision on the need for Iraq to keep U.S. troops or not, calling the need for continued cooperation and coordination between the two sides, with said head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Army the U.S. government of his country’s readiness to provide support for Iraq in all fields.

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US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman arrives in Iraq on eve of Talabani Summit

Posted: August 1, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Chief of Staff, U.S. to visit Iraq on the eve of the meeting of leaders of political blocs

The Chiefs of Staff, U.S., on Monday, to Iraq on the eve of the meeting of Iraqi leaders to take a position on the possibility of application of these forces to extend stay in the country until after the withdrawal date to be the end of 2011 the current. A U.S. official said in a press statement

The aircraft Chief of Staff, U.S. Admiral Michael Mullen, landed at a U.S. military base near the northern city of Mosul, “noting that” the visit Mullen comes after a two-day visit to Afghanistan, and before he left office in October next ” , without offering any details on the nature of the visit and the duration.

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Albzona: Expect Iraq and US to sign memorandum of extension of US stay

Posted: July 9, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Albzona: Baghdad and Washington have signed a memorandum of (military presence) new
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Baghdad (news) .. expect the Attorney / Law of the State / National Alliance Jawad Albzona be signed by Iraq and the U.S. military presence memorandum to the survival of a number of U.S. forces, pointing out: that the memo include the presence of trainers and advisers to train Iraqi forces.

Albzona and said (of the Agency news) on Saturday: “that the U.S. side’s desire to keep part of the forces without being identified.”

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A momentous decision on Iraq; US Forces

Posted: April 25, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Admiral Mike Mullen on his recent visit to Iraq raised a critical question.

Are the remaining 47,000 US troops in Iraq to stay?

This is a question that has been placed before the Iraqi government that is to decide on an extension of deployment of the foreign forces that invaded the country on the pretext of destroying Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.

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Iraq’s PM informs U.S. Chief of Staff necessity for withdrawal of U.S. troops by end of 2011.

Posted: April 24, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has informed the visiting U.S. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces, Admiral Mike Mullen, that the remaining American troops were to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, according to the Security Agreement, signed between the two countries in 2011, an Iraqi Legislature said on Sunday.

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U.S. military chief: it is necessary for the leaders of Iraq to conduct serious discussions if they want to keep U.S. troops in Iraq

Posted: April 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD (Iba) / follow up / … The head of the army General Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, the U.S. is essential to Iraq’s leaders to conduct serious discussions if they want to keep U.S. troops in Iraq beyond the scheduled date for their withdrawal at the end of this year.

Was quoted by Reuters news agency Mullen, who arrived in Baghdad on Thursday for the United States intends to withdraw the rest of the troops numbering about 47 thousand soldiers from Iraq by the end of 2011 and that any decision to change that is the case with Iraq, calling on Iraqis to dialogue with the government in the event of the adoption of this resolution ..

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Biden chaired a meeting to discuss implementation of agreements on forming the Iraqi government

Posted: March 17, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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WASHINGTON (Agencies): chaired by Vice President Joseph Biden, a meeting attended by senior U.S. officials to discuss the political, economic and security situation in Iraq.

The White House issued a statement in which he indicated that the conferees, notably Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Minister of Transport, Ray LaHood and director of the “CIA” Leon Panetta and Chief of Staff Michael Mullen, they stopped at the developments in Iraq at various levels of political, security and economic development.

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Iraq’s PM reiterates necessity of activating US-Iraqi Security Agreement

Posted: December 14, 2010 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has reiterated in a reception here on Monday of visiting U.S. Commander of the Joint Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, the necessity to activate the Strategic Security Agreement, signed between Iraq and Washington.

“The Prime Minister has also reaffirmed during the meeting the significance of further strengthening of Iraq’s relations with the United States in different fields, as well as the activation of the Strategic Security Agreement,” a statement by the Prime Minister’s office said on Tuesday.

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Boston Globe: US role in Iraq tied to building of government

Posted: December 14, 2010 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The top American military officer said yesterday that any agreement to keep US forces in Iraq past a 2011 deadline would be reached only after Iraqi officials form a new government, a laborious process that began after parliamentary elections in March.

After meeting with Nouri al-Maliki, Admiral Mike Mullen congratulated Iraq’s prime minister for what he called steady progress to build a government representing Iraq’s diverse ethnic and religious groups. Maliki will lead that government after months of horse-trading and political paralysis. He must announce the nation’s new leaders by Dec. 25 under a deadline required by Iraq’s constitution.

“He’s the prime minister, he’s got to work though some of these details and he’s doing it,’’ Mullen told reporters during a Christmas season visit with troops.

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff made a surprise visit in Baghdad

Posted: December 13, 2010 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD (Agencies): A source at the U.S. military today that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen makes surprise visit to Iraq. Come visit by Mullen about a year ago from a total U.S. pullout, scheduled for the end of 2011, according to the Convention on the joint security.

Said Captain Dan Churchill, one of the top journalists in the U.S. Army and the arrival of Mullen, without giving further details about the visit.

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