Jaafari: It's time to bring back compulsory service in the Iraqi army

Baghdad-Iraq-Presse -23 September: called Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Parliament to enact a law that would impose mandatory military service, pointing out that the situation in Iraq, calling for approval as soon as.

Jaafari said in an interview Tbatha / Iraq Presse /, that "it's time to look at the re-work in compulsory service, Flaeugd country in the world has no army, ideological, and has a chief of staff, and can the House of Representatives enactment of a law that would impose the military service."

He added, "The response to regulate Daash in Iraq will be on two levels timelines, short, medium, and Iraq has no choice but to confrontation," noting that "de-regulation and tailings and purification of the region it will require considerable time."

Jaafari suggested that "Iraqi forces and supporting the Kurdish Peshmerga forces constitute a tributary of coalition operations on the ground to address what is known as the organization of the state," noting that "there is no intention to bring in foreign troops to fight a ground war in Iraq."



He said al-Jaafari that the "risk regulation united Iraqis, while dealing with the neighboring countries of Iraq is not a substitute for dealing with other countries," explaining that "the main axis of the States anti-regulation is to support Iraq."



The Foreign Minister pointed out that "the regulation does not threaten Iraq alone, but threatens the whole world, and the international community to launch military strikes on sites fighters."



It is said that the controversy over re-compulsory military service in Iraq dates back to May / May of 2012.

He said a large number of members of the House of Representatives, at the time, that the re-application of the law will contribute to the fight against sectarianism and tackle unemployment,

But the re-application of compulsory military service, which ceased with the invasion of Iraq in 2003, is opposed by the Kurds and a large number of representatives from the southern provinces in the executive and legislative branches.



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