Sunni tribes threaten to seek help from Tehran to fight ISIS if Washington does not respond
(IraqiNews.com) On Monday, news report revealed that Sunni tribal leaders threatened the United States to obtain weapons from Iran to fight ISIS since their demands are not yet fulfilled, while criticizing Washington’s duplicity in dealing with the Sunni provinces—asked for US ground forces, arms and money to speed up the operations to liberate their territories—compared to the Kurds.
‘Al Jazeera International’ said in a report followed by IraqiNews.com, “The Sunni tribes in Iraq are studying the option of Iranian assistance to get arms and training to fight the ISIS organization in case the United States does not respond to their demands,” explaining that “The warning came during the meeting of U.S. Senator John McCain with a number of tribal elders and members of the House of Representatives, representing the provinces of Anbar, Salahuddin, Diyali and the surrounding areas of Baghdad in his brief visit to Baghdad last Friday.”
Al Jazeera said that three Sunni figures attended and presented a list of demands to McCain, asking for U.S. ground troops, weapons and money to speed up the liberalization of areas seized by ISIS. They also demanded granting a greater role to the tribes in the fight against the terrorist organization. It was stated that these Sunni figures made it clear to McCain that they are considering alternatives about the military support to confront ISIS, and Iran was on the top of the list.
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