Analyst: US Embassy imposes itself as guardian of Iraqi government decisions

2018-08-14

Analyst

Between the political analyst Raad al-Kaabi, Tuesday, that the US Embassy in Baghdad impose itself as a guardian of the Iraqi government decisions after the overthrow of the former regime, while revealing the reasons for the presence of the American economic team inside the embassy to monitor the financial performance of the government.

Al-Kaabi said in a press statement that "the US Embassy in Baghdad imposed itself as a guardian of government decisions in Iraq afterthe overthrow of the former regime 15 years ago and does not act as representative of the policy of the United States," pointing out that "Washington through its embassy in Baghdad, The country some intelligence and some security as well as economic activity to obtain contracts and investments to subsidiaries. "

He added that "the US embassy includes thousands of combat troops, advisers and intelligence elements to monitor the government fully," noting that "the presence of the American economic team within the embassy came to monitor the financial performance of the government and the extent of Iraq's commitment to the International Monetary Fund."

He added that "the agreement between the international monetary and the Iraqi government gave the right to the American economic team to monitor the financial performance of the government," explaining that "the work of the team in monitoring how to deal with the implementation of the conditions of the IMF is a major breach of Iraqi sovereignty."

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has agreed to hold a credit agreement on July 7, 2016, amounting to 5.34 billion US dollars within the Iraqi economic reform program

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