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| Iraq |
| Anti-IS coalition seeks stronger Iraqi Army |
| 2015-02-20 |
| [ARABNEWS] Top military officials from 26 member states of the anti-Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... coalition, including Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the US, stressed their readiness in Riyadh on Thursday to equip and strengthen the Iraqi army. Whose army were we training and equipping all that time we were there? Which army made up of phantom units ran like rabbits in the face of ISIL? The officials also called on the coalition to improve coordination to combat terror groups that are hampering peace plans. "The military chiefs expressed their willingness to make utmost efforts to establish peace in the Middle East," a Western diplomatic source told local media, during a press briefing. US Gen. Lloyd J. Austin, who heads the US-led war against IS, and Gen. Tom Lawson, Canada's Chief of the Defense Staff, were among the senior officers attending the two-day talks. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, second deputy premier and minister of interior, held talks with Austin, the head of the US Central Command. |
| Posted by:Fred |