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The U.S. has told Iraq s leaders they must choose between ongoing American support in the battle against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS and asking the Russians to intervene instead.Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that the Iraqis had promised they would not request any Russian airstrikes or support for the fight against ISIS.Shortly after leaving Baghdad, Dunford told reporters traveling with him that he had laid out a choice when he met with Iraqi Prime Mi adidas samba nister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi earlier Tuesday. I said it would make it very difficult for us to be able to provide the kind of support you need if the Russians were here conducting operations as well, Dunford said. We can t conduct operations if the Russians were operating in Iraq right now. He said there was angst in the U.S. when reports surfaced that al-Abadi had said he would welcome Russian airstrikes in Iraq. adidas samba adidas The U.S., Dunford said, can t have a relationship right now with Russia in the context of Iraq. Flash Points: What can the U.S. expect from Putin in Syria 04:19 The ultimatum adidas originals hombre to Iraq comes as the U.S. grapples with Russia s dramatically increased role in the war in Syria, just to the west of Iraq. In Syria, President Vl Vzfw Former Israeli President Shimon Peres dead at 93
Updated 10:16 a.m. Eastern timePresident Obama said Monday that the U.S. will shift its policy toward Sudan to one based on working with the Khartoum government instead of isolating it.Still, Mr. Obama said he later this week will renew tough sanctions against the Sudanese government.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was announcing details of the new approach at a news conference Monday, joined by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Scott Gration, the administration s envoy to Sudan. We have a menu of incentives and disincentives, Clinton said. In a statement Monday, Mr. Obama said stanley cupe the U.S. and international community must act with a sense of urgency and purpose to seek and end to conflict, human rights abuses and genocide in Darfur. He said an agreement between the North and South in Sudan must be implemented for there to be any chance for long-term peace. These two goals must both be pursued simultaneously with urgency, Mr. Obama said.Rice and Gration have clashed over how far to engage the Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir, charged by the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity and war crimes for allegedly masterminding deadly attacks throughout the Darfur region of Sudan.Gration has argued in public for a less strict line toward Bashir, who he has told officials is the key to resolving the situation in Darfur as well as in southern Sudan, which in 2005 signed a provisional peace deal with the government in Khar stanley quencher toum, ending Afr
The U.S. has told Iraq s leaders they must choose between ongoing American support in the battle against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS and asking the Russians to intervene instead.Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday that the Iraqis had promised they would not request any Russian airstrikes or support for the fight against ISIS.Shortly after leaving Baghdad, Dunford told reporters traveling with him that he had laid out a choice when he met with Iraqi Prime Mi adidas samba nister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi earlier Tuesday. I said it would make it very difficult for us to be able to provide the kind of support you need if the Russians were here conducting operations as well, Dunford said. We can t conduct operations if the Russians were operating in Iraq right now. He said there was angst in the U.S. when reports surfaced that al-Abadi had said he would welcome Russian airstrikes in Iraq. adidas samba adidas The U.S., Dunford said, can t have a relationship right now with Russia in the context of Iraq. Flash Points: What can the U.S. expect from Putin in Syria 04:19 The ultimatum adidas originals hombre to Iraq comes as the U.S. grapples with Russia s dramatically increased role in the war in Syria, just to the west of Iraq. In Syria, President Vl Vzfw Former Israeli President Shimon Peres dead at 93
Updated 10:16 a.m. Eastern timePresident Obama said Monday that the U.S. will shift its policy toward Sudan to one based on working with the Khartoum government instead of isolating it.Still, Mr. Obama said he later this week will renew tough sanctions against the Sudanese government.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was announcing details of the new approach at a news conference Monday, joined by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Scott Gration, the administration s envoy to Sudan. We have a menu of incentives and disincentives, Clinton said. In a statement Monday, Mr. Obama said stanley cupe the U.S. and international community must act with a sense of urgency and purpose to seek and end to conflict, human rights abuses and genocide in Darfur. He said an agreement between the North and South in Sudan must be implemented for there to be any chance for long-term peace. These two goals must both be pursued simultaneously with urgency, Mr. Obama said.Rice and Gration have clashed over how far to engage the Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir, charged by the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity and war crimes for allegedly masterminding deadly attacks throughout the Darfur region of Sudan.Gration has argued in public for a less strict line toward Bashir, who he has told officials is the key to resolving the situation in Darfur as well as in southern Sudan, which in 2005 signed a provisional peace deal with the government in Khar stanley quencher toum, ending Afr
