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March 25, 2013

Kerry Presses Iraq to Stop Iranian Arms Flights to Assad 
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Iraq to take action to stop
Iranian flights carrying arms to the Assad regime through Iraqi
airspace. Kerry made the comments during a surprise visit to Baghdad,
where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

John Kerry: "I made it very clear that for those of us who are engaged
in an effort to see President Assad step down and to see a democratic
process take hold with a transitional government according to the Geneva
communiqué, for those of us engaged in that effort, anything that
supports President Assad is problematic. And I made it very clear to the
prime minister that the overflights from Iran are in fact helping to
sustain 
President Assad and his regime."

 

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