Hamid
Majeed Mousa, the leader of the Iraqi Communist Party, said that a timetable
for the withdrawal of foreign forces expresses an Iraqi popular desire and
will, and enjoys a consensus among various patriotic forces. He drew attention
to the fact that the development of the political-security process in Iraq
requires setting a clearly defined timetable for regaining fully the
sovereignty and stability of Iraq. Mousa stressed, in a statement given to the
Syrian newspaper Al-Nour, that this would require, first, building the Iraqi
armed forces in an efficient, consistent and speedy manner, and strengthening
the internal national unity through activating all aspects of national
reconciliation. This will provide support for efforts by the government to
achieve the withdrawal of the multi-national forces and hand over all security
responsibilities to the Iraqis.
He
explained that all the patriotic forces are in agreement that the improvement
of the political and security situation requires the efforts of everybody,
pointing out that this would be the real and effective guarantee for
consolidating Iraqi sovereignty and regaining full national independence in
order to put an end to foreign interference from any quarter
