{"id":13038,"date":"2018-02-13T03:24:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T03:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=13038"},"modified":"2018-02-13T03:24:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T03:24:19","slug":"us-not-pledging-funds-for-iraq-reconstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/us-not-pledging-funds-for-iraq-reconstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018US not pledging funds for Iraq reconstruction\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States will be a main absentee from plans to contribute to Iraq\u2019s finances, US officials say as Baghdad seeks to rebuild the country following a devastating battle against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.<\/p>\n

US officials at a donors\u2019 conference held for Iraq\u2019s reconstitution in Kuwait said Monday that the White House did not plan to pledge funds at the event.<\/p>\n

This came despite announcements by officials in the conference that Baghdad would need more than $88 billion to rebuild Iraq following more than three years of war on Daesh that left many parts of the Arab country in ruins.<\/p>\n

The US, which has been leading a military coalition purportedly fighting Daesh, claims it has played a major role in Iraq\u2019s war against terrorists.<\/p>\n

This comes as independent monitors have time and again challenged the claim and revealed that the US-led military campaign has significantly inflicted more civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

The US also occupied Iraq for eight years after its invasion of the country in 2003, which led to the fall of former strongman Saddam Hussein. Many blame Washington\u2019s presence in the country for the failure of Iraq\u2019s efforts to make economic and political progress.<\/p>\n

The United Nations has warned that the failure of the international community and major powers in the West to help Iraq could lead to renewed instability.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the international community doesn\u2019t help the government of Iraq to stabilize these areas (devastated by the war) the gains against Daesh could be at risk,\u201d said Lise Grande<\/em>, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, at the Kuwait conference.<\/p>\n

The Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of\u00a0Iraq\u00a0kicked off Monday in Kuwait City, Kuwait’s capital, with the focus on post-war reconstruction of Iraq and vital issues concerned. The three-day meeting\u00a0brings together several economic powers\u00a0as well as regional and international organizations.<\/p>\n

uwait\u2019s state news agency, KUNA, reported a pledge of providing Iraq with $330 million in humanitarian aid by non-governmental organizations at a parallel NGO conference.<\/p>\n

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Participants walk past brochures of previous funds collected by the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), during the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq on February 12, 2018, in Kuwait City. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the figure would be far shy of Iraq\u2019s estimates for funds needed to press ahead with post-Daesh reconstruction efforts.<\/p>\n

Planning Minister Salman al-Jumaili said during the conference that those ignoring Iraq\u2019s pleas for financial help were forsaking the security of the entire Middle East region.<\/p>\n

\u201cRebuilding Iraq is restoring hope to Iraq, and restoring the stability of Iraq is stabilizing the states of the region and the world<\/em>,\u201d said al-Jumaili.<\/p>\n

Other Iraqi authorities said that a bulk of the funds was urgently needed for rebuilding the houses destroyed during the Daesh militancy, which are estimated at around 147,000 units.<\/p>\n

The director general of Iraq\u2019s Planning Ministry, Qusay Adulfattah, said the country would need some $23 billion in the short term and more than $65 billion in the medium term.Daesh controlled almost a third of Iraq at the peak of its devastating campaign.<\/p>\n

Authorities declared a full victory over the terrorist group in December 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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