Iraq PM visits US to discuss stopping Al Qaeda’s threat
3 Nov 2013 9:21 PM GMT
President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday discussed ways they can work together to stop the threat of an increasingly active Al Qaeda in Iraq, although Obama stopped short of announcing any new commitments of assistance as Baghdad was seeking.
Al-Maliki came to the White House seeking more American aid to combat the violence ravaging his country, including additional weapons and help with intelligence.
Bloodshed brought on by insurgents in Iraq has spiked since American troops left in 2011.
Obama said at the end of his roughly two-hour meeting with al-Maliki that the best way to honour lives lost during the Iraq war would be to bring about a functioning democracy.
Al-Maliki came to the White House seeking more American aid to combat the violence ravaging his country, including additional weapons and help with intelligence.
Bloodshed brought on by insurgents in Iraq has spiked since American troops left in 2011.
Obama said at the end of his roughly two-hour meeting with al-Maliki that the best way to honour lives lost during the Iraq war would be to bring about a functioning democracy.
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