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Iraq
PM says Iraq ready to share anti-Daesh intel with Russia
2015-10-04
[AA.TR] Iraq is ready to share anti-Daesh intelligence with Russia, Iran and Syria if they ask for it, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday.

"We have been fighting Daesh more than a year and we have some important security information that no other country has regarding Daesh," Abadi said during a presser at the presidential office in capital Baghdad.

Referring to Russia's latest Arclight airstrikes in Syria -- allegedly targeting Daesh, the prime hinted that his government would welcome military equipment assistance from its neighbors Iran and Syria, or Russia.

"There aren't any obstacles preventing the coalition of four [i.e. Russia, Syria, Iran and Iraq] from arming the Iraqi military against Daesh," he said.

Russia began Arclight airstrikes on Wednesday to bolster the regime of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Horror of Homs...
.

Moscow insists the strikes are targeting Daesh and affiliated terrorist groups, but Western countries and their Gulf allies believe moderate opponents of Assad and civilians are bearing the brunt of Russian bombing.

The U.S. and several of its allies, including The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
and 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...
, issued a joint statement Thursday expressing concern over the Russian Arclight airstrikes.

Early this week, Iraqi President Fuad Masum welcomed Moscow's Arclight airstrikes in Syria, and Prime Minister Abadi announced that they might consider a plan involving Russian Arclight airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq. On the other hand, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appeared to throw cold water on the notion, saying late Thursday, "We are not planning to expand our Arclight airstrikes in Iraq."
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