.Putin orders killers of Russians in Iraq be ‘destroyed’
“The president has ordered the special forces to take all necessary measures to find and destroy the criminals who killed Russian diplomats in Iraq,” the Kremlin press service said in a brief statement.
It did not specify what special forces might be involved.
Agents of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Federal Security Service — the main successor to the Soviet KGB — could be considered special forces.
Meanwhile, a senior Iraqi official said that insurgents are demanding the withdrawal of all US and British forces from Iraq within two years as a condition for joining reconciliation talks.
A top security official also said Iraqi forces captured a key al-Qaida suspect wanted in the bombing of a Shi’ite shrine, but the mastermind of the attack that brought the country to the brink of civil war was still at large.
Iraqi Government officials involved with the contacts with insurgents said several militant groups sent delegates from their regions and tribes to speak on their behalf.
One of the officials said the insurgents have so far rejected face-to-face talks, saying they fear they will be targeted by Shi’ite militias, Iraqi security forces and the Americans.
The official said the insurgents have demanded a two-year timetable for withdrawal in return for joining Nouri al-Maliki’s bid for national reconciliation.
The insurgents also said a condition for any future direct talks would be the presence of observers from the Arab League, Saudi Arabia and Iraq’s influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars.
Mr al-Maliki said any amnesty offered under his 24-point reconciliation plan that was unveiled on Sunday would exclude militants who killed American forces or Iraqis.
The prime minister also said no timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops would be imposed until Iraqi forces are ready to take over security. “The timing depends on the capabilities of these (Iraqi) forces,” he said.
His speech came as the Iraqi government struggled to contain rampant ethnic and sectarian violence in the country.
Russian Federal Security Service chief Nikolai Patrushev said that special forces would do everything possible to ensure that the Russians’ killers “do not escape from responsibility”.
Irish Examiner
And just how is this supposed to happen when Russians have no troops in Iraq. Are they going to send commandos? and if so, under whose command are they going to operate?
Maybe the Russians should think twice next time they send weapons to Iran, and next time they send technologies to our enemies. You would think that they might want to cooperate, but I doubt it.
It did not specify what special forces might be involved.
Agents of the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Federal Security Service — the main successor to the Soviet KGB — could be considered special forces.
Meanwhile, a senior Iraqi official said that insurgents are demanding the withdrawal of all US and British forces from Iraq within two years as a condition for joining reconciliation talks.
A top security official also said Iraqi forces captured a key al-Qaida suspect wanted in the bombing of a Shi’ite shrine, but the mastermind of the attack that brought the country to the brink of civil war was still at large.
Iraqi Government officials involved with the contacts with insurgents said several militant groups sent delegates from their regions and tribes to speak on their behalf.
One of the officials said the insurgents have so far rejected face-to-face talks, saying they fear they will be targeted by Shi’ite militias, Iraqi security forces and the Americans.
The official said the insurgents have demanded a two-year timetable for withdrawal in return for joining Nouri al-Maliki’s bid for national reconciliation.
The insurgents also said a condition for any future direct talks would be the presence of observers from the Arab League, Saudi Arabia and Iraq’s influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars.
Mr al-Maliki said any amnesty offered under his 24-point reconciliation plan that was unveiled on Sunday would exclude militants who killed American forces or Iraqis.
The prime minister also said no timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops would be imposed until Iraqi forces are ready to take over security. “The timing depends on the capabilities of these (Iraqi) forces,” he said.
His speech came as the Iraqi government struggled to contain rampant ethnic and sectarian violence in the country.
Russian Federal Security Service chief Nikolai Patrushev said that special forces would do everything possible to ensure that the Russians’ killers “do not escape from responsibility”.
Irish Examiner
And just how is this supposed to happen when Russians have no troops in Iraq. Are they going to send commandos? and if so, under whose command are they going to operate?
Maybe the Russians should think twice next time they send weapons to Iran, and next time they send technologies to our enemies. You would think that they might want to cooperate, but I doubt it.
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