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US chief of staff says that the division of Iraq "may be the only solution."
Thursday, August 13 / August 2015 - 07:37
Chief of Staff of the US Army Ray Odierno, testifying before a congressional committee in Washington on March 17, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief of Staff US outgoing General Raymond Odierno
said Wednesday that the reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq is becoming increasingly difficult, considering that the division of this country, "may be the only solution" to settle the sectarian conflict that has torn. Gen. Odierno, who was top US officer in Iraq, who retired from his post as chief of staff on Friday that the US focus at the moment should be on fighting al Islamic state, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. During a press farewell conference US General sounded pessimistic about the chances of achieving reconciliation between the majority Shiite and minority Sunni Arabs in Iraq, where the resulting conflict between the two communities on the fall of tens of thousands of people killed at the height of the violence 2006-2007. Gen. Odierno said in response to a question about the chances of reconciliation between the two communities that "this thing becomes more and more difficult day after day," expecting that Iraq in the future "will not be similar to what it was in the past." On the possibility of the division of this country said, "I think it goes back to the region, to political figures and diplomats to see how this thing that is going on, but this is can happen." He added "This may be the only solution, but I'm not yet ready to confirm it." The US general that "we must first deal with (the problem) Organization of the Islamic state and decide what it would be like it later." and efforts to combat the organization of the Islamic state, General Odierno said that the fight against This jihadist organization "looks somewhat in trouble," but the United States continues to "progress." It was not Odierno called for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq and to keep some of them, but Baghdad and Washington did not agree on this matter.
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Thursday, August 13 / August 2015 - 07:37
Chief of Staff of the US Army Ray Odierno, testifying before a congressional committee in Washington on March 17, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief of Staff US outgoing General Raymond Odierno
said Wednesday that the reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq is becoming increasingly difficult, considering that the division of this country, "may be the only solution" to settle the sectarian conflict that has torn. Gen. Odierno, who was top US officer in Iraq, who retired from his post as chief of staff on Friday that the US focus at the moment should be on fighting al Islamic state, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. During a press farewell conference US General sounded pessimistic about the chances of achieving reconciliation between the majority Shiite and minority Sunni Arabs in Iraq, where the resulting conflict between the two communities on the fall of tens of thousands of people killed at the height of the violence 2006-2007. Gen. Odierno said in response to a question about the chances of reconciliation between the two communities that "this thing becomes more and more difficult day after day," expecting that Iraq in the future "will not be similar to what it was in the past." On the possibility of the division of this country said, "I think it goes back to the region, to political figures and diplomats to see how this thing that is going on, but this is can happen." He added "This may be the only solution, but I'm not yet ready to confirm it." The US general that "we must first deal with (the problem) Organization of the Islamic state and decide what it would be like it later." and efforts to combat the organization of the Islamic state, General Odierno said that the fight against This jihadist organization "looks somewhat in trouble," but the United States continues to "progress." It was not Odierno called for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq and to keep some of them, but Baghdad and Washington did not agree on this matter.
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