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| Kurds welcome McGurk's appointment as US Presidential Envoy to anti-ISIS Coalition |
| 2015-10-25 |
| [Rudaw] Kurdish officials have welcomed Brett McGurk's appointment as the new Special Presidential Envoy to the anti-ISIS International Coalition, praising his efforts in combatting the radical group. "I congratulate @brett_mcgurk for his appointment as Presidential Envoy for Global Coalition on ISIL and thank Gen Allen for his service," wrote Masrour Barzani, Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region's Security Council. McGurk, who served as General John Allen's deputy since September 2014, has led the global coalition campaign against 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS) with frequent visits to Erbil where the US military maintains a base. "Brett has been with General Allen at every key moment in his campaign and has long been one of my most trusted advisers on Iraq," said the US president in a statement on Friday. "I have also asked him {McGurk} to work closely with my national security team to strengthen our partnership with Iraq and work intensively with regional partners to bring an end to the civil war in Syria, which continues to fuel ISL and other krazed killer groups," added Obama. In a tweet, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, KRG representative in Washington also congratulated McGurk on his new post. For his part, McGurk played a key role during multiparty talks on the Kurdish presidential crisis in August. According to Hevidar Ahmed, Rudaw correspondent at the meetings, McGurk worked tirelessly to bring the Kurdish to an agreement. "Ambassador McGurk was respected by all parties," Ahmed reported. "He was running from one room to another to urge parties to reach a consensus. Whenever he saw two parties engaging in a dialogue, he hurried to calm them down and help the talks continue." President B.O. announced the formation of an international coalition to fight against ISIS last September; days after the krazed killer group overran Iraq's second largest city djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... . Sixty-five countries have signed up to the International Coalition, including ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and several Arab Gulf states. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 This will probably lead to Obie deciding that McGurk would be better employed on the anti-drug Hillary Outreach committee. Or some such. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-10-25 12:36 |