Iraq's Abadi says he wins Trump's assurances of more U.S. support
Source: Reuters
Mon Mar 20, 2017 | 10:25pm EDT
By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he won assurances of greater U.S. support in fighting Islamic State militants in talks on Monday with President Donald Trump and top advisers, but cautioned that military might alone would not be sufficient.
Abadi's remarks followed his first face-to-face meeting at the White House with Trump, who took office on Jan. 20 pledging a new strategy to defeat the hardline militant group that seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
Even before Trump took office, Iraqi forces recaptured a string of major cities from Islamic State, shrank the militant group's finances and significantly stemmed the flow of foreign fighters, all with the support of U.S.-led coalition air strikes and military advisers.
Abadi said Trump appeared more enthusiastic about battling Islamist extremists than Barack Obama's administration had been.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-iraq-idUSKBN16R2LX
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but he knows there's a plan! He also doesn't get that Bush signed that binding document that obligated Obama to withdraw troops.
This also smells of an oil deal if you read the article. Besides military help, Abadi wants our help with commercial development. Thennnn he thanks trump for taking Iraq off travel ban list. That's why! !!
No more blood for oil! Good God!!
Thanks for posting this.
