PUTIN HAS OFFERED HELP TO AL-MALIKI. PART of the offer could be that Putin is assuring his country a place in the mid-east and part could also be because of Russia’s alliance with Iran. Of course, aside from those reasons, there is also a possibility that he is just rubbing salt into the wound of Obama who Iran has made plain to that they are not wanted in Iraq. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday offered Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Moscows total backing for the fight against jihadist fighters who have swept across the Middle East country . “It was noted that the activities of extremists conducting military operations on the territory of Syria has taken on a cross-border character and now threaten the security of the whole region,” the statement said. The conversation came after U.S. President Barack Obama stopped short of acceding to Malikis appeal for air strikes against the Sunni Muslim insurgents, prompting neighboring Shiite Iran to charge that Washington lacked the “will” to fight terror. Russia has blamed the latest violence sweeping Iraq on the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country and said that any strikes on jihadist forces would have to be authorized by the United Nations. english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2014/06/20/Putin-offers-Iraq-s-Maliki-complete-support-against-jihadists-.html
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