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2. Arab League pledges to tackle Islamic State

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 02:33 PM

Sep 2014

Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo for an Arab League meeting have vowed to take all necessary measures to combat the Islamic State group while agreeing to cooperate with all international and regional efforts.

"What is needed is a clear decision for a comprehensive confrontation, militarily and politically," Arab League chief Nabil el-Araby said on Sunday.

The Arab League also endorsed a UN Security Council resolution passed last month calling on member states to "act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria".

El-Araby criticised infighting between Arab states which he said had led to inaction by the 22-member League.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/09/arab-league-islamic-state-201497164726900705.html

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Unlike the neocons who would have gone in louis-t Sep 2014 #1

Arab League pledges to tackle Islamic State muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #2

That's a laugh PSPS Sep 2014 #3

They cants stop funding ISIS jamzrockz Sep 2014 #5

Finally - The powerful are being forced to defend THEIR OWN REGION blm Sep 2014 #4

Orwellian! Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #6

It's about time! Some Saudi jets (and money), assist your Iraq neighbors to boot out IS. Sunlei Sep 2014 #7

Rhetoric. former9thward Sep 2014 #8