Irak

[Erich]

@mehowerg

Die Jordanier schicken wohl auch Truppen...
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Jordan ready to send Iraq troops
Jordan would consider sending troops to Iraq if the new interim government asked, King Abdullah has told the BBC.
"If the Iraqis ask us for help directly it will be very difficult for us to say no," he told the Newsnight programme.
..."To have fellow Arabs patrolling I'm sure would be welcome," an unnamed US official told Reuters news agency.

In his interview, King Abdullah also warned the US that lack of progress in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was undermining America's hopes of being seen as a peace-maker in the Middle East.
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King Abdullah emphasised that he did not feel the Jordanians were the right people to bring Iraq security.

"Again, I would feel that we are not the right people. But at the end of the day, if there is something that we can provide, a service to the future of Iraqis then we will definitely study that proposal."

Call for help

Praising the new Iraqi leaders, whom he described as "good, tough, courageous people" he urged them to call on the Jordanian people for support.

"The challenges... that face them on security are going to be their major problem and they are going to need everybody's help," he said.

"My message to the president and prime minister is 'tell us what you want, tell us how we can help and we have 110% support for this," he said.

King Abdullah is one of the US' closest allies in the Arab region.

However, the Jordanian people, many of whom are of Palestinian origin, are strongly opposed to Washington's policy in the region, particularly in Iraq and Israel.

tja, ich kann mich noch mühselig erinnern, wie meine Anregung, arabische Truppen in den Irak zu schicken von Dir mit einer recht hämischen Bemerkung über die Unfähigkeit der Arabischen Staaten vom Tisch gewischt wurde

anscheinend setzen sich die richtigen Ideen halt doch langsam durch
:evil: