Parl’t called to stop US unilateral military operations – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A Sadrist affiliated Al-Ahrar bloc MP said today that the U.S. forces are conducting unilateral military operations in implementation of the threats made by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.  Panetta threatened that the US forces will undertake unilateral military operations against the powers or groups that endanger these forces.  MP Maha al-Douri added, during today’s parliamentary session,  that since Panetta’s threats, the U.S. forces are carrying out unilateral military operations.   She demanded that parliament should take drastic action to prevent such operations, which were conducted in Diala, Mosul, Nassiriya, Diwaniya, Wassit, and the capital, Baghdad.  “We need strong action to prevent these operations. The Iraqi forces should take actions to prevent these acts,” she confirmed.  U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad two weeks ago in a sudden and unannounced visit. The visit came ten days after Panetta was appointed to the post, replacing Robert Gates.  RM (TI)/SR 401