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New Delhi: Communist party of India-Marxist (CPM) on May 25 warned the government against sending troops to Iraq to assist the US in its "occupation regime" in the war torn-country, saying it would be against the all-party stand taken in the last session of Parliament.

"Sending troops to serve the needs of US occupation will be totally against all party stand reflected in the statement adopted in the last session of Parliament," a CPM statement said.

The move is also opposed by the party, as there is no UN-sponsored administration or peace-keeping force in the war-ravaged country and US will continue as the occupying force and any troops sent there would have to work under US command, the statement added.

"There should be no involvement at the military level with occupation regime in Iraq," it said.

In the name of a "stabilisation force", the US wants troops from allied countries to share the burden of pacifying Iraq and to quell any opposition to its illegal occupation, it said.

PTI