[An Nahar] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a
lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
warned Thursday that Iraq risked destabilization from Sunni and Shiite Death Eaters as civil war flares in neighboring Syria.
Meeting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Kerry said that Iraq faced "increasingly turbulent, violent and unpredictable" regional currents.
"Sunni and Shia Death Eaters on both sides of the sectarian divide throughout the region have an ability to be able to threaten Iraq's stability if they're not checked," Kerry told news hounds.
Kerry condemned the "horrific series of assaults" by al-Qaeda, including Sunday's attacks that killed 74 people during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
An al-Qaeda front group took credit, saying that Shiites "will not dream of security during night or day, during Eid or other" days.
Kerry warned of al-Qaeda activity in Syria, where mostly Sunni rebels are fighting to topple
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
, a member of the heterodox Alawite movement whose government is secular.
"With many al-Qaeda leaders now operating in Syria, we all need to accelerate our work in order to set the conditions for diplomatic settlement for the Syrian crisis," Kerry said.
The United States, along with Sunni monarchies Qatar 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...
, has supported the rebels but says it only provides non-lethal assistance.