Kerry: U.S. will consider more aid to new Iraq leader
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Aug 12, 2014
The United States is ready to offer significant additional economic and military aid to Iraq once a new inclusive government is formed, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
Kerry urged Iraq’s new leaders on Tuesday to work quickly to form an inclusive government and said U.S. “stands ready to fully support a new and inclusive Iraqi government” and called on Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Ibadi “to form a new cabinet as swiftly as possible.” As that happens, he said Washington would be ready “to fully support a new and inclusive Iraqi government, particularly in its fight against ISIL,” the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Iraqi President Fouad Massoum selected al-Ibadi, the deputy speaker of parliament from current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite Dawa party, to be the new prime minister and gave him 30 days to present a new government to lawmakers for approval.
Also Kerry said that the United States doesn’t plan to send additional troops to Iraq, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Speaking at a news conference in Sydney at the conclusion of bilateral talks with Australia,Kerry said the U.S. and Australia plan to pressure the United Nations to adopt international standards to combat the growth of foreign fighters in the Middle East.
"We have a responsibility to take this to the United Nations and to the world, so that all countries involved take measures ahead of time to prevent the return of these fighters and the chaos and havoc that come with that," Kerry told reporters in Sydney, according to Reuters.
He said he would call on the U.N. to adopt a “best practice” all countries can embrace to reduce the terrorist threat globally.
Kerry’s comments came a day after U.S. has been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State heavy artillery, mortar installations and troops since last week, targeting regions near the Kurdish city of Erbil in the north, where the militants had been gaining rapid territory in close fighting over recent weeks.
U.S. airmen have been dropping humanitarian supplies to a group of about 30,000 Yazidis trapped by Islamic State in a mountain range north of Erbil.
Kerry denied accusations that shipments of new weapons sent to the Kurdish army in the north could help the already-independent group to strengthen its army and break further away from the rest of the country.
while Hagel said the Pentagon was considering additional aid to the Iraqi security forces, including the Kurdish army, which is now handling the brunt of the fighting against the Islamists.
He said increased coordination between Baghdad and the Kurdish capital of Irbil was encouraging and said the U.S. hoped to be able to build on that in the future as it determines how best to support the Iraqi armed forces.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/kerry-says-u-s-doesnt-plan-to-send-more-troops-to-iraq-1407840636?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304266204580087112048977160.html
http://www.dailynews.com/20140812/us-urges-speedy-formation-of-new-iraq-government
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-dangles-more-aid-to-new-iraq-leader/2014/08/12/414fd3c8-21f8-11e4-8b10-7db129976abb_story.html
Aug 12, 2014
The United States is ready to offer significant additional economic and military aid to Iraq once a new inclusive government is formed, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
Kerry urged Iraq’s new leaders on Tuesday to work quickly to form an inclusive government and said U.S. “stands ready to fully support a new and inclusive Iraqi government” and called on Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Ibadi “to form a new cabinet as swiftly as possible.” As that happens, he said Washington would be ready “to fully support a new and inclusive Iraqi government, particularly in its fight against ISIL,” the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Iraqi President Fouad Massoum selected al-Ibadi, the deputy speaker of parliament from current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite Dawa party, to be the new prime minister and gave him 30 days to present a new government to lawmakers for approval.
Also Kerry said that the United States doesn’t plan to send additional troops to Iraq, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Speaking at a news conference in Sydney at the conclusion of bilateral talks with Australia,Kerry said the U.S. and Australia plan to pressure the United Nations to adopt international standards to combat the growth of foreign fighters in the Middle East.
"We have a responsibility to take this to the United Nations and to the world, so that all countries involved take measures ahead of time to prevent the return of these fighters and the chaos and havoc that come with that," Kerry told reporters in Sydney, according to Reuters.
He said he would call on the U.N. to adopt a “best practice” all countries can embrace to reduce the terrorist threat globally.
Kerry’s comments came a day after U.S. has been conducting airstrikes against Islamic State heavy artillery, mortar installations and troops since last week, targeting regions near the Kurdish city of Erbil in the north, where the militants had been gaining rapid territory in close fighting over recent weeks.
U.S. airmen have been dropping humanitarian supplies to a group of about 30,000 Yazidis trapped by Islamic State in a mountain range north of Erbil.
Kerry denied accusations that shipments of new weapons sent to the Kurdish army in the north could help the already-independent group to strengthen its army and break further away from the rest of the country.
while Hagel said the Pentagon was considering additional aid to the Iraqi security forces, including the Kurdish army, which is now handling the brunt of the fighting against the Islamists.
He said increased coordination between Baghdad and the Kurdish capital of Irbil was encouraging and said the U.S. hoped to be able to build on that in the future as it determines how best to support the Iraqi armed forces.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/kerry-says-u-s-doesnt-plan-to-send-more-troops-to-iraq-1407840636?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304266204580087112048977160.html
http://www.dailynews.com/20140812/us-urges-speedy-formation-of-new-iraq-government
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-dangles-more-aid-to-new-iraq-leader/2014/08/12/414fd3c8-21f8-11e4-8b10-7db129976abb_story.html
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