Obama Pledges More Humanitarian Aid, Not Military Help, for Iraq

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President Barack Obama pledged $205 million in new humanitarian aid to Iraq on Tuesday but didn't mention providing additional weapons and military support sought by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

After the two leaders met at the White House, Obama said Iraqi forces were becoming better equipped and trained since Abadi's election seven months ago, and that with the support of U.S. airstrikes they had retaken about a quarter of the territory seized over the last year by Islamic State fighters.

Asked, however, about the additional weapons sought by Iraq, Obama said only that U.S. and Iraqi military coordination was improving to make sure that Baghdad's forces are successful.

The U.S. leader said he and Abadi also discussed Iran's involvement in the fighting in Iraq against the Islamic State militants. Obama said the U.S. expected Iraq and Iran, as neighbors, to have an "important" relationship, but that any military operations inside Iraq must be controlled by Baghdad.

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[Username2015]

How about some humanitarian aid for Palestine, you pot-smoking homo SOB?