Joe Biden says US backs federal system in Iraq

 Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
 Aug 20, 2014

Vice President Joe Biden says the US is prepared to help Iraq pursue a federal system that would decentralize power away from Baghdad.

Writing in a Washington Post opinion piece, publised Friday, Biden said the United States was ready to "further enhance" its support of Iraq's fight against the Islamic State, and would urge its international partners to do so as well.

Biden mentioned federalism as a possible solution to the current state of Iraq, but it's neither a new concept or a new suggestion from the vice president.

Biden says such a plan would keep Iraq united, protect local populations and ensure oil revenues are shared fairly, while squeezing the Islamic State group.


in August 2006, Biden wrote that the violence between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq had created more bloodshed than that caused by foreign terrorist organizations.

Biden said Iraq’s problems were much more complex than what the American soldiers could solve. Unemployment, sectarian clashes, paralysis of institutions were also kindling the tensions that the Americans could not cope with.


The U.S. launched airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS )  more than a week ago in a bid to halt its advance across the north. The extremists control vast swaths of Iraq and neighboring Syria.

The Islamic State forces enjoy considerable support in Mosul, where many of the largely Sunni Muslim residents regarded the Shiite-dominated Iraqi Army as an occupation force.

 Iraqi government troops pulled out of Mosul in June as militants overran the city with the help of local allies, including former stalwarts of the Baath Party of ex-strongman Saddam Hussein.

Sources






http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/08/turkey-iraq-usa-isis-biden-syria.html?utm_source=Al-Monitor+Newsletter+[English]&utm_campaign=9694f9ee82-August_21_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_28264b27a0-9694f9ee82-93118573#

https://news.yahoo.com/us-backs-federal-system-iraq-biden-022843146.html

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/biden-us-will-help-iraq-pursue-federal-system

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