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| Iraq's Abadi Defends Partnership with Iran, Syria, Russia |
| 2015-09-30 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi defended his country's intelligence-sharing agreement with Russia, Syria, and Iran, saying Baghdad needs to work with these countries to defeat 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 a televised speech before his departure to attend the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... General Assembly on Monday, Abadi said Iraq welcomed Russia's "recent interest" in battling ISIL, which had taken over a third of Iraq's territory. "Many Lions of Islam who are fighting with [ISIL] are Russian who would return to Russia to carry out terrorist acts," Abadi said, noting that his country's interests are aligned with Syria, Russia, and Iran in seeking to eliminate ISIL. Iraq will continue to work closely with the US-led coalition that has been bombing ISIL in Syria and Iraq, he said. Iraq needs "all the world's intelligence efforts in order to fight, to besiege, and to terminate ISIL." |
| Posted by:Fred |