MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax-AVN) - After winning the war against Iraq, the U.S. and its partners should help the Iraqi people through providing humanitarian aid, organizing the work of main governing bodies and ensuring security of the population, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Douglas J. Feith said in an interview with Russia's Kommersant daily published on Tuesday.
Feith quoted U.S. President George W. Bush that occupation armies will not be left on liberated territories. Instead, constitutions and parliaments will be left.
This is a good and direct argument against accusations that establishment of control over Iraqi oil is the main goal of confrontation with the Saddam Hussein administration, Feith stressed.
According to him, such accusations are malignant lies.
The United States aims at preserving territorial integrity of Iraq, the U.S. official said. That is why its intentions are to preserve the Iraqi people's control over its oil fields and to make sure that oil profits are used for the benefit of the Iraqi people in all regions of the country, he said.
If the war happens, the whole world will see that the United States will perform its administrative duties, including those related to oil, in an open and honest way, taking into account the property right and other rights of the Iraqi state and people," Feith stressed.
According to him, the confrontation is not a means of getting reach for the United States. Only those who have no idea of present-day realities can think that the United States will profit from the war, he stressed.
Feith said it would be difficult to cope with after-war obligations of participants in the coalition, and the United States would not like to deal with them on its own. Therefore, participation of U.S. partners, non-governmental organizations, the United Nations, other organizations and countries would be welcome, he stressed.
As soon as members of the new Iraqi administration are able to assume responsibilities concerning control over the country and have at their disposal the political and other bodies needed for providing food to Iraq and solving security and other problems, the United States and its partners will hand over the power to them, Feith added.