The Five Arab Nations Coalition ------------------------------------ -Bahrain, -Saudi Arabia, - United Arab Emirates -Jordan Takes part in airstrikes on ISIS targets, the U.S. military said. Qatar played a supporting role, the U.S. military said. Saying he made clear that America would act as part of a broad coalition, Obama said: Thats exactly what weve done. The strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not Americas fight alone, the President said. Obama met hours later with officials from the five Arab nations who make up the coalition. There was an a strong agreement that the campaign against ISIS was a long-term one and they were all in it for the long haul, a senior State Department official with knowledge of the meeting said. Everyone at the table agreed there are times in the world when you need to take a stand, the official said on condition of anonymity. But Syria warned the United States not to repeat the American fiasco in Iraq by undertaking the same kind of blind military attacks, Bashar Jaafari, Syrias ambassador to the United Nations, told CNN.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:54:07 +0000
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