Al-Shatri: Rooting out uncontrolled weapons requires two decisions, and there is a tendency not to target demonstrators

INA-  BAGHDAD 

The head of the National Security Service , Hamid Al-Shatri, identified two things to eliminate uncontrolled weapons, and while noting that there is a tendency not to target demonstrators, he stressed that Iraq is currently witnessing great security stability.

 Al-Shatri said, in a statement to "Al-Sabah", which was monitored by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), today, Thursday, that "the terrorist Daesh does not have a so-called land of empowerment, but there are small mobile groups that take headquarters in remote areas for the purpose of organizing themselves and launching small operations to establish their presence and raise the morale of their supporters.

He indicated, "The Iraqi border with the Syrian side is well maintained, with a length of 620 kilometers; the smuggling ports have been closed well," stressing that "Iraq is currently witnessing great security stability."

Regarding uncontrolled weapons, al-Shatri said that "uncontrolled weapons indicate the weakness of the state, and eliminating this phenomenon requires strength in the political and security decisions," stressing that "there should be a sincere and constructive dialogue to find legal and constitutional mechanisms to withdraw this weapon to be within the official security system."

 Regarding the Service’s handling of the demonstrations, Al-Shatri explained, "There is no direction or decision by the security forces to target the demonstrators, but some forces are not good at dealing with the demonstrators, and this is what caused some mistakes that we are keen not to repeat in the future."

 Regarding the extent of cooperation with the security authorities in the Kurdistan region, Al-Shatri said, "We have dealings with the security authorities in Kurdistan through joint security operations, intelligence efforts and joint committees, but this cooperation does not meet the ambition at the present time," stressing the need " of representation and presence of all our security services in the Kurdistan region, in return, to find representation for the people of those provinces in the federal security services, especially since the political factor is working to raise this situation.

And regarding what the Service needs, he indicated that “the most important thing is to complete the legislation related to the security and intelligence services, in order to reach a complete intelligence and security community, which contributes to pushing risks from the country, by submitting such legislation to the Parliament .