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World leaders pledge Iraq support

International Desk |
Update: 2014-09-15 10:30:00
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DHAKA: Thirty countries have pledged to help Iraq fight Islamic State (IS) militants ‘by all means necessary’.

A joint statement by foreign ministers taking part in a major conference in Paris talks said support would include ‘appropriate military assistance’, reports the BBC.

The talks had been called to agree a strategy to combat the group, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria.

The conference followed a whirlwind tour of the Middle East by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Kerry, who attended the summit, has been drumming up support for a plan of action unveiled by president Barack Obama last week.

Opening the summit, French president Francois Hollande said the threat posed by IS militants needed a global response.

The CIA estimates that Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, has between 20,000 and 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria.

BDST: 2010 HRS, SEP 15, 2014

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