UIA calls for preserving Iraq’s future

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Shiite United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) on Friday stressed the need not to risk with Iraq’s future through the proposed Iraqi-U.S. security pact, referring to the necessity of an Iraqi unanimous agreement in this regard, according to a release issued by the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. “The UIA on Thursday evening held and important meeting, headed by SIIC leader Sayyid Abdulaziz al-Hakim, in the presence of Vice President Adil Abdulmahdi, during which the pact was deliberated,” read the release that was received by IraqiNews.com. “The bloc stressed the necessity of rescuing Iraq and not to risk its future, the importance of an Iraqi consensus agreement over the pact and the need to steer clear of any vague projects,” it added. The release quoted Abdulmahdi as saying, “Many efforts have been made to explain the pact items, and those efforts need to be completed with some issues that were submitted to the U.S. side, and we are still waiting to hear about” . The UIA is the largest bloc in the Iraqi council of representatives (parliament) with 83 out of 275 seats. MH (S)/AmR 1