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.
