Arab leaders lament lack of strategy against jihadists like IS

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Bush Obama  ISIS cartoonArab leaders bemoaned what they called a lack of strategy and weapons in the fight against jihadists like Islamic State (IS) at a security conference attended by Western leaders in Munich on Sunday.

IS fighters have brought large areas in Syria and Iraq under their control, using extreme violence against civilians, journalists and Arab and Kurdish soldiers.

U.S.-led air strikes and arms deliveries from Western countries to Kurdish fighters have helped contain IS expansion into Kurdish territory in northern Iraq. But on the ground, IS – known as Daesh in Arabic – uses heavy weapons captured from a weakened Iraqi army, leaving local fighters painfully exposed.

“I don’t see that there is a clear strategy how to deal with (IS),” Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki said. “How to face it, how to contain it, control it, defeat it and eliminate it. I don’t see it… Unless the air strikes is a strategy. That’s not a strategy.”

Last month, the head of NATO said air strikes alone would not be enough to defeat IS and greater Western help in building up Iraqi security forces could also play a role.

Qatar also criticized current efforts against IS, especially in Iraq where many Sunnis have felt disenfranchised by the Shi’ite-dominated leadership in Baghdad.

“If we want those people (Sunnis) to fight for themselves, to clean Iraq from any terrorists, we have to not only issue a program but to implement this program tangibly,” Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah said in Munich.

“We still need to have a strategy in Iraq from our allies. There is no strategy, I’ll be very frank on this.”

Saudi Arabia and Jordan have taken part in air strikes against IS. Other countries like Egypt say the international community is not helping enough in their fight against other jihadist groups such as Ansar Beyt al-Maqdis in the Sinai peninsula, bordering Israel.

“We need more weapons, the quality, the sophistication of the weapons, the technology so that we can track and be able to infiltrate these organizations,” Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told Reuters on the sidelines of the Munich conference.

Echoing Egypt’s calls for a more comprehensive strategy, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urged leaders in Munich to act on militants operating from his country, adding that this threat should not be treated in isolation from IS and other groups.

Reuters

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52 responses to “Arab leaders lament lack of strategy against jihadists like IS”

  1. guys, lets make it simple so you do not waste time here- the USA is not going to fight this fight for you.
    if you think you need a strategy- come up with one, don’t wait till someone tells you what to do.
    if you need boots on the ground- build an army.
    no one will fight this fight for you so stop talking and start operating

    1. Anti ISIS Avatar

      Of course the US won’t. Why would they fight against an army they created. Just a few air strikes to shut the rest of the world up. The good old ccollateral damage. Oh, and lets not forget of course the Jews would be very pissed at that idea.

      1. i’m very proud at you, you held the bias against Jews to the very last sentence!
        well done

        1. cook2half Avatar

          LOL

          1. 😉

          2. cook2half Avatar

            The sooner Assad goes, the better.

          3. for everybody

          4. cook2half Avatar

            אהיה בהארץ בקיץ

          5. ken ani yodea
            aval al tirshom po be-ivrit
            hanevelot mekirim google translate :))

          6. cook2half Avatar

            You have a point lol.

        2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
          TheUSequalsTheIS

          r u also proud of killing babies?

          1. R U?

          2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            i didnt kill any baby

          3. sure you did , many from all sects and religions

          4. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            now u r just making about stuff bcos u have no arguments.. this is what liars do. liar.

          5. nope

          6. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            stop lying

          7. u r a baby killer, you have blood of innocent babies on your hands

          8. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            no i’m not a lying israeli

          9. no, you are a scum murderer with innocent babies blood on your filthy hands

          10. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            no i’m not an israeli

          11. no, you are a terrorist murder who kills innocents children with gas and knives

          12. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            i’m not an israeli… cant u read?

          13. no you are not- you are a cold blooded murderer that behead innocent babies

          14. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            so u cant read… for the last time: i’m not an israeli

          15. no you are not, you are a scum of the earth and a baby killer

          16. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            u lie

          17. prove it baby killer

          18. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            u r a babykilling liar

            almost 15 yrs after the US started to hand out roses in iraq i’m still waiting for proofs that confirm that iraq had wmd. so u r the last person on earth entitled to demand proofs.
            u lied about iraq and we all know that once a liar always a liar.
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!

    2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
      TheUSequalsTheIS

      liar liar pants on fire

    3. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
      TheUSequalsTheIS

      lies from a to z

      1. do you believe the US will fight IS for you?

        1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
          TheUSequalsTheIS

          i believe u r lying

          1. you’re contradicting yourself :))) “TheUSequalsTheIS|”

          2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            almost 15 yrs after the US started to hand out roses in iraq i’m still waiting for proofs that confirm that iraq had wmd. so u r the last person on earth entitled to demand proofs.
            u lied about iraq and we all know that once a liar always a liar.
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!

  2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
    TheUSequalsTheIS

    the only way to get rid of israeli jihadists is to get rid of israel

    1. what Israel has to do with it? there are plenty of Israeli Sunni Jihadists – you can find them in every arab vilage.
      the only way to get rid of Israeli Jihadists is to allow them to go fight HA in Syria .
      that would be the laugh of the century :)) have arabs that used to sympathize HA destroy HA for us :))
      oh what a wonderful day 🙂

      1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
        TheUSequalsTheIS

        these r the lies u want to make us believe… and lies r not worthy believing in.

        1. sure ..all you have to do is supply a proof I lie..

          1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            liar

          2. lol, this is where you guys fall all the time : wishful thinking is not a proof

          3. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            almost 15 yrs after the US started to hand out roses in iraq i’m still waiting for proofs that confirm that iraq had wmd. so u r the last person on earth entitled to demand proofs.
            u lied about iraq and we all know that once a liar always a liar.
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!

          4. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            hi liar….

            why dont u reply to this one? r afraid of exposing ur own lies?

            i have looked i have tried to understand israelis for so long in vain… it is impossible to understand why u create this much war along wid the US

          5. just replied ,you dumb baby killer

          6. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            almost 15 yrs after the US started to hand out roses in iraq i’m still waiting for proofs that confirm that iraq had wmd. so u r the last person on earth entitled to demand proofs.
            u lied about iraq and we all know that once a liar always a liar.
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!!!!!

          7. where does it say israel ?
            you are a dirty scum baby killer with barrel bombs

          8. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            another lie:
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!

          9. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            i’m still waiting u liar

            almost 15 yrs after the US started to hand out roses in iraq i’m still waiting for proofs that confirm that iraq had wmd. so u r the last person on earth entitled to demand proofs.
            u lied about iraq and we all know that once a liar always a liar.
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!

          10. …and….?

            none of what you posted has a word of proof in it for israel to actually do something :)))
            perhaps you can’t read…
            “lol, this is where you guys fall all the time : wishful thinking is not a proof”

            if you spent less time killing innocent babies ,maybe you could read..

          11. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            liar!!!

          12. prove it dumbdumb

          13. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            almost 15 yrs after the US started to hand out roses in iraq i’m still waiting for proofs that confirm that iraq had wmd. so u r the last person on earth entitled to demand proofs.
            u lied about iraq and we all know that once a liar always a liar.
            beside u have been lying about that iran is 5 months from an a-bomb for the last 3 decades. liar!

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