Im Andrew Simmonds at the home of Barack Obamas grandmother, and shes been telling me about his first visit to kenya. The u. S. Defence secretary ash carter made an unannounced visit to iraq meeting u. S. Commanders and haider alabadi. Hes been it israel jordan and saudi arabia. And his visit coming as i. S. I. L. Claims responsibility for several car bombs, one of many attacks in shia neighbourhoods on wednesday. 17 died in those explosions targetting marketplaces. Well talk to imran khan who is in baghdad. A timely visit then by ash carter. What are the iraqis likely to say. The iraqis will be looking at assurances, especially when it comes to speeding up weapon Delivery Systems that they have long been acting for. There has been an aircraft platform sold to them. They have been delayed for a number of years, theres four in iraq, four in total. 36. Theyll be looking at speeding up deliveries of those aircraft and hell look at what is going on generally. Hell meet with the iraqi gener
To kenya. First, the u. S. Defence secretary ash carter made an unannounced visit to iraq, meeting u. S. Commanders and the iraqi Prime Minister Haider Alabadi. Hes been it israel, jordan and saudi arabia. And his visit coming as i. S. I. L. Claims responsibility for a suicide car bombs, one of many attacks in shia neighbourhoods on wednesday. This is one attack on mainly shia areas. 17 others died in those explosions targetting marketplaces. Well talk to imran khan who is in baghdad. The defense secretary comes to down after a bloody week i. S. I. L. Claiming victory for several car bomb attacks in the capital and anbar provincement the defence minister will meet with Haider Alabadi and generals. But not leaders of the Popular Mobilization forces, the shia militias one thing theyll discuss is the delivery of the f16 aircraft that are used to great effect. They have four at the moment. Total consignment is 26. It may be a schedule to be discussed and look at regional influences and pow
We meet one of the survivors in the attack on the Turkish Border town that killed more than 30 people. U. S. Defense secretary ash carter mayor daley an unannounced visit to iraq, his first since he took office in february meeting commanders and the Prime Minister al abadi. It comes at an important time for the government which is preparing to launch a counter offensive to take ramadi from isil fighters. Carters visit comes as isil takes responsibility for a car bombing, one of many attacks targeting shia neighborhoods in the capitol on wednesday. 17 others died in those explosions targeting busy markets. Lets speak to imran kahn. Carters been in israel, jordan, saudi arabia, talking about the iran deal. Tell us whats happening with his visit to iraq. Hell certainly be talks about iran when hes here. It goes to show you just how dangerous the americans perceive the security situation here in roc. He announced his visit to all the rest of those countries. Here it was unannounced for sec
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