Adel Fakhir - Baghdad
The Iraqi government is seeking to remove the potential confrontation between Washington and Tehran, in the wake of escalating threats between the two sides, and to resolve the outstanding problems of dialogue and peaceful means.
This comes amid the question of how Iraq can reconcile its interests with Washington and Tehran, and what repercussions will result in the event of a confrontation?
Threats between Washington and Tehran escalated through the media, especially after the United States announced the dispatch of an aircraft carrier and bombers to the Gulf because of Tehran's threats.
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the Constitution
Commenting on this, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Iraqi parliament Amer Fayez that the government to provide their interests, considering that the state is able to reconcile relations with Washington and Tehran.
He pointed out that the constitution does not allow the interests of other countries to be presented at the expense of Iraq's interests.
Al-Fayez said in an interview with al-Jazeera Net that the government can not violate the constitution, and if it sided with one state without another, the parliament will reject this approach, as well as the federal court.
He said Iraq may be a diplomatic mediator between America and Iran to defuse the crisis, especially that the two countries have interests in Iraq, noting that Baghdad called for dialogue.
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Between Washington and Tehran
The head of the center of political thinking d. Ihsan al-Shammari that Iraq can maintain its interests through a map established in the Constitution, namely that the relations based on common interests, with attempts to polarize Iraq by Washington and by Tehran, and both parties want to place it in the defense or attack on the other .
Al-Shammari told al-Jazeera Net that Iraq should determine its positions through the compass of interest, pointing out that this is not easy because the talk is between a strong neighbor and an international friend with a great power.
He pointed out that it is difficult for Iraq to remain neutral in the event of a clash between Tehran and Washington, where some internal parties may be moving closely related to Iran through Iraqi territory to target US interests, considering that this would have significant repercussions, No conflict will cost a great deal of money.
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the siege
For his part, political analyst Ibrahim al-Sarraj said that the policy of Iraq is clear, especially as he informed the US administration that it will not be within the means of the blockade on Iran, and will not cancel gas contracts with Tehran.
On the possibility of US forces to use Iraqi territory to strike Iran, Al-Sarraj told Al-Jazeera.net that Iraq rejected this, but added that "the Kurdistan region is likely to be a base for US forces."
The government stressed in the words of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi earlier not to enter the axis at the expense of any country, and rejected the policy of axes and the desire to establish relations that serve all the peoples of the region.
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America's conditions
On the repercussions that could result in Iraq in the event of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran, the researcher in security and strategic Hisham al-Hashemi that Iraq's bias to America and engage in sanctions imposed on Iran will sign him in a confrontation with political parties strong and dominant within parliament and the government and the popular and religious communities.
If Iraq goes to the Iranian position, this would deprive it of US economic and military aid, which would lead to the collapse of the government program, as well as the possibility that armed groups would rebel against the government and carry out military operations against US interests.
Al-Hashemi said political parties - especially the dominant Shiite majority and parliament - could take parliamentary legislation to expel foreign forces from Iraq, including thousands of Americans.
In the event of a strained Iraqi-American relationship, Hashemi is likely to worsen the relationship with the Europeans and NATO, in addition to the Gulf States and America's allies, and this may impose on Iraq international isolation can not overcome.