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| Report: U.S., Iran Near talks on Iraq Militants | ||
| 2014-06-16 | ||
[AnNahar] The United States is preparing to launch direct talks with Iran on how the longtime foes can halt a radical Sunni insurgency that has seized a swathe of Iraq, The Wall Street Journal reported.
"We haven't engaged and (have) nothing to preview," a U.S. official told Agence La Belle France Presse. But there is a prevailing sense in Washington that the United States has not ruled out talks with Tehran either. The White House, while declining to comment on the Journal's report, did not deny it. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who has led back-channel negotiations with Iran, traveled to Vienna, where he will join Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, the State Department said. Washington has responded to the sweeping unrest by deploying an aircraft carrier group to the Gulf, and President Barack Obama I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money... is weighing possible military options while ruling out any return of U.S. combat troops to Iraq. And Iran's President Hassan Rouhani made a surprise announcement over the weekend that Tehran may consider cooperating with Washington to fight the Sunni forces of Evil in Iraq. Both countries have promised military support to Iraq if requested. U.S. officials told the Journal, which published the report on its website Sunday for Monday's print edition, that it was not yet clear which diplomatic channel the B.O. regime would use to discuss the Iraq crisis with Iran. But one possibility would be through Vienna, where US and Iranian diplomats are due to meet starting Monday for international talks seeking to clinch an agreement on limiting Iran's nuclear capabilities. Some U.S. officials were skeptical about any potential progress that could be made in Iraq with Tehran, which has a different vision for its neighbor than Washington. "This is a case where the enemy of our enemy is still our enemy," a U.S. defense official who has worked extensively in Iraq told the Journal. "Any shared interests in Iraq are limited." In a sign of the seriousness of the threat from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, tweets attributed to the forces of Evil claimed they had killed 1,700 Shia soldiers. Photos posted online were also said to show ISIL fighters summarily executing dozens of captured members of the security forces. The United States denounced the "horrifying" massacre, which has not yet been independently confirmed. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 xinhuanet is reporting Iran says "no need" to talk with U.S. over Iraqi situation |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-16 13:37 |
| #11 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-16 13:36 |
| #10 |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-06-16 13:30 |
| #9 Again the hand of ValJar and that moron Rice. Since all policy is seen through a Chicago political lens and pro-Muslim attitude, ValJar's affinity for her place of birth doesn't seem out of place. Helping Iran while thumbing you nose at the Jews is a twofer for her and Champ stays out of the WH and gets folding with syncophants with raising money and giving endless speeches |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2014-06-16 12:03 |
| #8 Ah, working with states that sponsor terrorism now. Remember how the Left(tm) denounced deals/working with dictators (see-Franco,Pinochet)? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-06-16 10:47 |
| #7 Report from last night indicates 2K+ Iranian troops are in or being deployed to Iraq. Most likely the end result will be a rump Iraq that is closely tied with Iran. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-16 10:03 |
| #6 At a small price---immunity from nasty Juice for their nuke program? Posted by g(r)omgoru Exactly correct, with visits to Tehran and sanctions lifting to follow. What a fantastic legacy. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-16 09:53 |
| #5 Except I don't think the Jews are going to play by a script put forth by our feckless-community-organizer-in-chief when their existence in on the line. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-16 09:46 |
| #4 At a small price---immunity from nasty Juice for their nuke program? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-06-16 04:05 |
| #3 and they get to be the Good Guys while doing it. As previously scripted in the Oval Office. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-16 03:07 |
| #2 Quds forse is already in contact and fighting. 1st casualties being reported in Iran. From what Im hearing,some light infantry in trucks is marshaling on the Iraqi side of the border in friendly Shiite dominated areas, and will likely move in force to secure Shiite religious sites, and then directly engage the ISIS, as well as local Sunnis. Rumors in Baghdad also say the Iranians have a a mech bn and artillery getting ready on the Iranian side, to cross over once Maliki asks formally for help - so the Iranians finally get effective (de facto, not de jure) control of a chunk of Iraq, and they get to be the Good Guys while doing it. They are playing chess, we are playing... golf. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-06-16 02:40 |
| #1 The empty suit administration is sounding more and more like the UN with all of their condemnations and inactivity. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-06-16 01:34 |