Pact suitable way for troops’ withdrawal – Sunni Chieftain

AL-ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: The head of al-Anbar Rescue Council, Sheikh Hameed al-Haiss, on Saturday said that the Iraqi-U.S. security pact is the suitable way for U.S. forces to withdraw from Iraq, expressing his full support of Premier Nouri al-Maliki in this regard, in addition to amending the constitution. “Al-Anbar clans will encounter any intervention in Iraq’s issues,” al-Haiss told IraqiNews.com. “In the same way we eliminated al-Qaeda organization, we will battle anyone who intervenes in Iraq or touches its lands,” he said. “The constitution was written in a hurry, and politicians should not interfere in people’s decisions,” he added. “We will not allow anyone to divide Iraq, whoever he is,” he noted. “Kirkuk is part of Iraq, and we will practice all pressures on politicians to prevent splitting Kirkuk,” he asserted. Ramadi, the capital city of al-Anbar province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. MH (S)/SR 1