Defense Secretary: Iraqi security forces are in full control of Baghdad
Defense Secretary: Iraqi security forces are in full control of Baghdad
Sunday, 12 October 1 / Okrudolf 2014 07:37
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Said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that Iraqi security forces are in full control of Baghdad .
But the defense secretary, who was speaking at a news conference in the Chilean capital of Santiago said that the fighting to defeat al [Daash] long-term process and stressed that the United States will continue to help Iraqi forces to strengthen their positions there . ”
He added that “al-Anbar province in trouble, and we know it,” stressing that the American army will continue to assist the Iraqi forces through air strikes and logistical assistance and military advisors.
Hagel pointed out that the situation in the eye of the Arab-Syrian Kobanî a very difficult problem .
He said he has been significant progress with Turkey regarding the training of militants, the Syrian opposition .
He was the former American Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said earlier last week that the fight against the organization of the State “will be difficult and may take decades”, and blamed it on the decisions of President Barack Obama during the past three years .
He said in remarks published by the newspaper “USA Today” that he believed that the war will continue, “nearly 30 years” may extend the threat of extremist organization to Libya, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen .
He said that Obama did not put pressure on the Iraqi government enough to allow the survival of the American force in Iraq after the withdrawal of combat troops in 2011, which caused “a vacuum”, as he refused to arm Syrian opposition fighting President Bashar al-Assad . ended
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