Uprooted Palestinian: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM – سلام القدس عليكم: Netanyahu: Washington should stay out of the Iraqi conflict

Saturday 9 August 2014

Netanyahu: Washington should stay out of the Iraqi conflict – and let Daash break-up Iraq.

Mr. Habib al-Tarafi, an MP from the National Coalition block in an interview with foreign journalist in Iraqi capital, Baghdad described ISIS fighters as a bevy of thugs and mercenaries who has nothing to do with Islam peaceful teachings and they are assigned to tarnish Islam’s reputation.

al-Tarafi added : in a time where innocent Palestinian citizens re under the most brutal attacks and when Gaza is being pounded by air, sea and land every day , ISIS coward leaders are busy to shed Muslim’s blood in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.

He also continued by saying ISIS attitude clearly show the intrinsic nature of this satanic group.

Recently, Netanyahu in his first comment on ISIS victories in Iraq, said that Washington should stay out of the Iraqi conflict – and let the Sunni militants defeat the Shia-dominated government of prime minister al-Maliki and break-up Iraq. “This will weaken Iranian influence in the Arab region,” said Netanyahu during his address at Tel Aviv University’s INSS think-tank.

Meanwhile Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday told US Secretary of State John Kerry that he believes “the creation of an independent Kurdish state is a foregone conclusion,” citing Iraq’s “breaking up.” Meanwhile, Israeli President Shimon Peres told US President Barack Obama that “the Kurds have, de facto, created their own state, which is democratic.”

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US Strikes IS Targets in Iraq with Drones, Jets
Local Editor

US Strikes ISIL

US forces launched a second wave of air strikes against the Islamic State extremists near Arbil in northern Iraq on Friday, destroying a militant convoy and killing a mortar team, the Pentagon said.

Shortly after 1400 GMT, US drones destroyed a mortar position and killed a group of militants. Just over an hour later four F/A-18 jets hit a seven-vehicle Islamic State convoy with eight laser-guided bombs.

"The US military continued to attack ISIL targets near Arbil today conducting two additional air strikes to help defend the city where US personnel are assisting the government of Iraq," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said.

President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he had authorized US air strikes to prevent fighters from the so-called Islamic State from attacking the capital of the Iraqi Kurdish region.

The strikes are also designed to break the siege of Mount Sinjar, where IS forces have cornered and reportedly threatened to kill thousands of civilian refugees from the Yazidi religious minority.

Overnight, a first strike saw an F/A-18 hit an IS artillery position with a 500lb bomb. Shortly beforehand US military planes had dropped food and water to the beleaguered Yazidis.

Friday's second wave saw unmanned drones brought into action.

"Remotely piloted aircraft struck a terrorist mortar position. When ISIL fighters returned to the site moments later, the terrorists were attacked again and successfully eliminated," Kirby said.

"At approximately 11:20 a.m. EDT, four F/A-18 aircraft successfully struck a stationary ISIL convoy of seven vehicles and a mortar position near Arbil," his statement continued.

"The aircraft executed two planned passes. On both runs, each aircraft dropped one laser guided bomb making a total of eight bombs dropped on target neutralizing the mortar and convoy."