Abadi’s media office said it was surprised at the comments attributed to General Raymond Odierno, which it considered "irresponsible and reflecting ignorance of the Iraqi situation"
The U.S. Army's outgoing chief of staff warned that reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq is becoming harder and that partitioning the country “might be the only solution.”
Odierno, who once served as the top U.S. commander in Iraq and retires Friday after nearly 40 years in uniform, said the US focus for now should be on defeating ISIS, that has seized large portions of the country.
But in a valedictory news conference he took a pessimistic view about the underlying conflict between Shiites and Sunnis that brought the two communities to brink of civil war in 2006.
Asked if he saw any possibility of reconciliation between the two, Odierno said “It's becoming more difficult by the day” and pointed to a future in which “Iraq might not look like it did in the past.”...
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13/8/15
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Iraqi officials said a powerful truck bomb tore through a Shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 67 people in one of the capital's largest bomb attacks in months....
ReplyDeleteDozens more were wounded when a refrigerated truck packed with explosives was detonated just after dawn at the crowded Jameela market in Sadr City, according to the officials.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The explosion left a scene of devastation, with body parts, fruits and vegetables, and pieces of wooden stalls strewn across the market, which is one of the largest in Baghdad...............http://www.voanews.com/content/baghdad-truck-bomb-shiite-neighborhood/2916118.html
13/8/15