Kerry warns Iraq before leaving for Washington

by **chouchou** Thu 28 Mar 2013, 4:35 am

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Kerry warns Iraq before leaving for Washington

by chouchou Thu 28 Mar 2013, 4:35 am

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PARIS: US Secretary of State John Kerry headed for home yesterday after
making clandestine journeys to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he delivered a
stern warning to Iraqi leaders about Syria and sought to patch up
differences with Afghanistan’s president.

Kerry was flying back to Washington from Paris, having piggy-backed off
President Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East to make unannounced
stops in Baghdad and Kabul, as well as following up on Obama’s
discussions with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

In Iraq, he told Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki that shipments of
Iranian weapons and fighters through Iraqi territory must stop. In
Afghanistan, he put on a show of unity with President Hamid Karzai,
whose recent anti-American comments had angered US officials.

Kerry’s first foray as secretary of state into the war zones were shrouded in secrecy for security reasons.

Using Jordan — the last stop on Obama’s tour — as a base, Kerry flew
surreptitiously to Baghdad aboard a military transport plane Sunday for
meetings with Al-Maliki and other Iraq officials just four days after
the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam
Hussein.

A key message, officials said, was to warn Iraq that unless it cracks
down on Iranian planes and trucks using Iraqi territory to supply Syrian
President Bashar Assad’s regime with arms, it will not have a voice in
ongoing preparations for a post-Assad Syria. He also urged the Iraqis to
overcome deep sectarian differences that have fueled consistent
instability since the departure of US troops in late 2011, and to hold
inclusive, transparent local elections next month.

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by charlie Thu 28 Mar 2013, 12:14 pm

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Re: Kerry warns Iraq before leaving for Washington

by charlie Thu 28 Mar 2013, 12:14 pm

I want to see a revalue so much but I have to admit that I dont know if I want to see Iraq with all that wealth doing whatever they want with their wealth. Sorry to say this but it is my thought.