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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
U.S. insists no cooperation with Russia on Syria
2015-10-08
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States is not cooperating with Russia over Moscow's air strikes in Syria beyond basic safety precautions, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter insisted Wednesday, describing Russia's action there as fundamentally mistaken.

"I have said before that we believed that Russia has the wrong strategy -- they continue to hit targets that are not ISIL. We believe this is a fundamental mistake," Carter told a presser in Rome, referring to the 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group by an alternative name.

"Despite what the Russians say we have not agreed to cooperate with Russia so long as they continue to pursue a mistaken strategy and hit these targets."
Posted by:Fred

#2  "Not that we're doing much, anyway."
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2015-10-08 10:24  

#1  Ditto as per IRAQ + AFGHANISTAN???

The Iraqi Govt. is repor getting ready to formally request Russian air strikes agz the ISIS + Other Hard Boyz in Iraq.

* TOPIX, BIGNEWSNETWORK > FRUSTRATED BY THE US, SOME IRAQIS TURN TO HELP FROM RUSSIA AGZ ISLAMIC STATE.

Ditto to future as per CHINA? IRAN? OTHER?

* SAME > AGHANISTAN'S DOSTUM [First Afghan VP] TURNS TO OLD ALLY RUSSIA FOR HELP, agz the Taliban [ISIS/ISIL?].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-10-08 00:42