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| Carter Welcomes Saudi 'Boots on Ground' Offer in anti-ISIL Campaign |
| 2016-02-06 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] The US defense chief welcomed reports on Thursday about 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... 's willingness to deploy troops in Syria, noting that he would discuss the issue with his Saudi counterpart in Brussels next week. During an interview with the Saudi al-Arabiya TV channel on Thursday, Saudi military front man Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asir ...Leb Salafist holy man with the usual grouch against Shiites. Currently on the run, he seems intent on reigniting the Leb civil war... i said Riyadh "is ready to participate in any ground operations that the coalition may agree to carry out in Syria". "That kind of news is very welcome. I look forward to discussing that with the Saudi defense minister next week - and other kinds of contributions that Saudi Arabia can make," Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told news hounds at at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Carter is going to meet defense ministers of 26 countries, which are part of the US-led coalition countering the so-called '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.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group in Belgian capital Brussels. The US defense chief acknowledged that the Saudi government has indicated willingness to do more in the fight against ISIL, which western media reports revealed it receives funds from main regional countries including the Saudi. "I should mention also Saudi Arabia has indicated a willingness to take the lead in marshaling some Muslim-majority countries," he said. Carter said that the Netherlands also pledged to support anti-ISIL operations in Syria last week, in addition to the Dutch government's existing contributions to the campaign in Iraq. "You see others stepping up, and the reason why I'm going to Brussels next week is to bring the full weight of the coalition behind accelerating the defeat of ISIL," Carter said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Yep, the KSA has just done so well in Yemen against the JVs JV. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-02-06 07:41 |