Iraq welcomes Obama Islamic State plan, Syria wary of western involvement
- 10 years ago
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SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying:
"We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL..."
It was a pledge made on American television.
SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying:
"We will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists."
In Iraq and Syria, where the U.S. will carry out this mission, reactions are mixed.
SOUNDBITE: Civil Rights Activist, Amer Shummari saying:
"To be honest, we are very content with President Obama's statement. Iraqis have lost a lot of blood in this fight and we have made a lot of sacrifices, and it is only now that the Western world have begun to move."
SOUNDBITE: Baghdad Resident, Raad Mohmed, Saying:
"Baghdad is a mess now and we know that the U.S. president's statements concerning Iraq are not genuine. It is governed by U.S. interests and double standards."
The sharpest divide on the U.S. plan came from officials.
Sy
SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying:
"We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL..."
It was a pledge made on American television.
SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying:
"We will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists."
In Iraq and Syria, where the U.S. will carry out this mission, reactions are mixed.
SOUNDBITE: Civil Rights Activist, Amer Shummari saying:
"To be honest, we are very content with President Obama's statement. Iraqis have lost a lot of blood in this fight and we have made a lot of sacrifices, and it is only now that the Western world have begun to move."
SOUNDBITE: Baghdad Resident, Raad Mohmed, Saying:
"Baghdad is a mess now and we know that the U.S. president's statements concerning Iraq are not genuine. It is governed by U.S. interests and double standards."
The sharpest divide on the U.S. plan came from officials.
Sy