US President Meets Iraqi Speaker

US PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS IRAQI SPEAKER 

ON TRIBAL INTEGRATION.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday discussed the need to integrate Sunni tribal leaders and troops into the Iraqi army with the Sunni speaker of Iraq’s parliament Osama Al-Nujaifi.

The President of United State was dropped by a schedule meeting the speaker of Iraqi parliamentarian as the White House seeks to help Iraq quell at Al-Qaeda upsurge in key western cities in Anbar province.

The US president encouraged Iraq’s leaders to continue dialogue to address the legitimate grievances of all communities through the political process.

Both of US and Iraq agreed on the need for both security and political measures to combat terrorism  and discussed efforts to formally integrate local and tribal forces into the state security structures consistent with the Govt. of Iraq. They also both express the United States strong support for continued cooperation between local and tribal leaders and the Iraqi Govt. against. Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

The meeting at the White House came hours after Maliki called for residents of Anbar province to take a stand against anti-government fighters as air strike. Both West of Baghdad have been in the hands of militants for weeks, the first time insurgents have exercised such open control in Iraqi cities since the peak of the violence that followed the 2003 US led invasion.