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General Category => World News => Topic started by: flowers on January 06, 2014, 05:34:00 pm

Title: Iran offers to help Iraq in fight against al-Qaida
Post by: flowers on January 06, 2014, 05:34:00 pm

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/iran-offers-help-iraq-fight-against-al-qaida

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian military official says Iran is ready to help Iraq battle al-Qaida "terrorists" in the neighboring country's Sunni-dominated western Anbar province.

Iraqi troops have been trying to dislodge fighters from the al-Qaida group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant from two key cities the militants overran last week.

Gen. Mohammad Hejazi, deputy chief-of-staff of Iran's army, is quoted by Iranian media on Monday as saying the Islamic Republic can offer "military equipment and advisers" should Baghdad ask for it.