Arab League: 'Urgent Need' for Unified Anti-Jihadist Force
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi called on Monday for the creation of a unified Arab force to battle the spread of Islamic extremist groups.
"There is an urgent need for the creation of a multi-purpose common Arab military force... able to intervene rapidly to fight terrorism and the activities of terrorist groups," Arabi told a meeting of league foreign ministers in Cairo.
He also stressed the importance of "cooperation in areas related to security protection and the exchange of information between Arab countries."
Arab League deputy chief Ahmed Ben Helli told reporters last week that the bloc's leaders are expected to focus on the creation of such a common force when they meet for its annual summit on March 28-29 in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
He had said such a force was important as a "symbolic" show of deterrence at times of "conflict or disasters".
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has also called for such a force, saying it is needed to confront security threats in a region where the jihadist Islamic State group holds swathes of Syria and Iraq and has gained a foothold in Egypt's neighbour Libya.
He has suggested that a number of Arab League members, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, are considering supporting the idea.
Several Arab nations have joined the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes against IS in Syria.
Egypt has meanwhile launched its own strikes against IS targets in Libya, where the jihadists last month murdered 21 mainly Egyptian Coptic Christians.
09 March 2015, 16:11
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not too good, but its leaders are making good money with all the "democratic support" from gulfies
09 March 2015, 17:11
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Sisi got busted telling them 12 billion is not enough, the Gulfies have money like rice & he deserves much more.
Yet Lebanon was forced to accept 2 million refugees & made to look like beggars for the 4 billion in arms that will be finalized one day.
Lebanon is owed more than any other country in the region & without been made to look like its a favor...Lebanon is owed much much more than 4 billion by the gulfies who helped start this war & imposed the refugees on Lebanon.
09 March 2015, 18:44
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Yes, but at the same time I'd rather not owe them anything. If they'd just foff and let us mind our business we could start extracting oil&gas in a couple of years and be truly independant.
09 March 2015, 19:32
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so when pajama boy writes in english & swaps to french, you call him writing under a diff name?
never seen you point that out.
you sure do worry about lame things tex.
stick to predictions...what you do best..or should I say, fail best
09 March 2015, 19:32
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so when pajama boy writes in english & swaps to french, you call him writing under a diff name?
never seen you point that out.
you sure do worry about lame things tex.
stick to predictions...what you do best..or should I say, fail best
09 March 2015, 19:47
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you made no sense..
try again...or maybe you;re trying too hard.
very sad argument you have here....so you're saying pajama made it clear he uses multi names? really?
09 March 2015, 19:54
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wrong person tex..once again you failed.
Not once have I posted such a thing.
please stop trying so hard to sound relevant..either you speak facts or you will be known as a compulsive liar.
I have clearly stated , the 4 billion is not enough considering what Lebanon has done...eg.2 million refugees.
I have laughed at the finalizing touches..but never did I say it won;t arrive.
