«Δεν υπάρχει αμφιβολία ότι στις σουνιτικές περιοχές, θα πρέπει να εντείνουμε όχι απλά την εκπαίδευση, αλλά και την αφοσίωση και θα πρέπει να κάνουμε τις σουνιτικές φυλές περισσότερο δραστήριες, από όσο ήταν τώρα», δήλωσε ο Ομπάμα στη συνέντευξη του στο περιοδικό The Atlantic.
«Πιστεύω πως ο πρωθυπουργός του Ιράκ, Χαϊντάρ Αμπάντι είναι ειλικρινής και δεσμευμένος για ένα διευρυμένο ιρακινό κράτος και θα συνεχίσω να δίνω εντολή στις ένοπλες δυνάμεις των ΗΠΑ να προμηθεύουν τις ιρακινές δυνάμεις ασφαλείας όλη την απαραίτητη βοήθεια ώστε να προφυλάξουν την χώρα και να παρέχω διπλωματική και οικονομική βοήθεια, που είναι αναγκαία για αυτούς για να σταθεροποιηθούν», δήλωσε ο Ομπάμα στο περιοδικό.
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21/5/15
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Obama says U.S. not losing against ISIS...
ReplyDeleteU.S. President Barack Obama has described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as a tactical setback, while insisting the war against the jihadist group is not being lost.
“I don’t think we’re losing,” Obama said in an interview with news magazine The Atlantic published Thursday, days after the Iraqi city of Ramadi was overrun.
“There’s no doubt there was a tactical setback, although Ramadi had been vulnerable for a very long time,” he said.
Since August 2014, on Obama’s orders, a U.S.-led coalition has hit more than 6,000 targets in Iraq and Syria with airstrikes, with the aim of degrading the Islamic State group.
Obama has refused to return U.S. combat troops to Iraq, following a long brutal war after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
But the rout in Ramadi has called into question US strategy and the credibility of Iraq’s central government.
Obama blamed it on a lack of training and reinforcement of Iraq’s own security forces.
“They have been there essentially for a year without sufficient reinforcements,” he said.
“But it is indicative that the training of Iraqi security forces, the fortifications, the command-and-control systems are not happening fast enough in Anbar, in the Sunni parts of the country.”
Ramadi is in Iraq’s minority Sunni heartland, a short drive from the capital Baghdad.
Even with sustained U.S. airpower, many observers are skeptical the Iraqi army can win the war against the well trained and highly motivated ISIS.
Both Washington and Baghdad have reluctantly begun to advocate the use of ethnic and religious paramilitaries to bolster the fight.
The United States has pushed Iraq’s central government to enlist Sunni tribesmen in Ramadi’s Anbar province, something the Shiite-led government has been reluctant to do.
“There’s no doubt that in the Sunni area we’re going to have to ramp up not just training, but also commitment, and we better get Sunni tribes more activated than they currently have been.”
AFP
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21/5/15
U.S. to deliver 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Iraq, Pentagon says...
ReplyDeleteThe Pentagon said on Thursday the United States would deliver 2,000 AT-4 anti-tank rockets to Iraq as early as next week, 1,000 more than announced on Wednesday, to help Baghdad combat suicide car bombings by Islamic State.
Spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said the delivery would help Iraq defend against approaching suicide bombers driving vehicles packed with explosives, attacks used by Islamic State militants last weekend to help them seize Ramadi from Iraqi forces......Reuters.....todayonline.com
21/5/15