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27.06.2014 00:27:00
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Последняя надежда - "jets from Russia and Belarus"
Последняя надежда Иракского правительства - реактивные самолёты из России и Белоруссии
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC that he hopes jets from Russia and Belarus will turn the tide against rebels in the coming days.
"God willing within one week this force will be effective and will destroy the terrorists' dens," he said.
He said that the process of buying US jets had been "long-winded" and that the militants' advance could have been avoided if air cover had been in place.
Isis and its Sunni Muslim allies seized large parts of Iraq this month.
Mr Maliki was speaking to the BBC's Arabic service in his first interview for an international broadcaster since Isis - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - began its major offensive.
"I'll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract [with the US]," Mr Maliki said.
"We should have sought to buy other jet fighters like British, French and Russian to secure the air cover for our forces; if we had air cover we would have averted what had happened," he went on.
He said Iraq was acquiring second-hand jet fighters from Russia and Belarus "that should arrive in Iraq in two or three days".
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28042302
При всём при этом, некоторые лауреаты Нобелевской премии мира продолжают заниматься поджиганием войны. Ещё керосину на пол-ярда зелени решил добавит
Syria crisis: Obama asks Congress for $500m for rebels
President Barack Obama has asked the US Congress to approve $500m (£294m) to train and equip members of the "moderate Syrian armed opposition".
The funds would help Syrians "defend themselves against regime attacks", the White House said in a statement.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28042309