Samir Sumaidaie is the Iraqi ambassador to the US and he has spoken forcefully about delays in the provision of weapons by the US to Iraqi security forces. In his words: "we have some benchmarks of our own, and this is one of them."
How forcefully the news media interprets the criticism to be clearly depends on where they are sitting. Some see it as foot dragging (Christian Science Monitor). Others see the US as lagging it its arms deliveries (US News & World Report). The Boston Globe says that Ambassador Suaidaie is frustrated. New York's Newsday says that Iraq is calling for arms. This is strongest wording I can find in the US.
Outside the US some media are keeping the lid on the controversy with the Malaysia Star saying that the US must do more and the ABC in Oz also sees Ambassador Sumaidaie as being frustrated. The Arab Monitor from Italy sees Iraq to be at odds with the US.
Much of the rest of world sees the rift as more severe. Ambassador Sumaidaie is said to slam the US in the Melbourne Sun, the Times of India, the New Straits Times (Malaysia) and Al Sumaria RV (Iraq). Al Alam from Iran says that the ambassador blasted the US.
Unsurprisingly Faux News fails to mention the ambassador's criticism at all in their story and instead focuses on his desire for The Surge to go on and on. Go figure.
How forcefully the news media interprets the criticism to be clearly depends on where they are sitting. Some see it as foot dragging (Christian Science Monitor). Others see the US as lagging it its arms deliveries (US News & World Report). The Boston Globe says that Ambassador Suaidaie is frustrated. New York's Newsday says that Iraq is calling for arms. This is strongest wording I can find in the US.
Outside the US some media are keeping the lid on the controversy with the Malaysia Star saying that the US must do more and the ABC in Oz also sees Ambassador Sumaidaie as being frustrated. The Arab Monitor from Italy sees Iraq to be at odds with the US.
Much of the rest of world sees the rift as more severe. Ambassador Sumaidaie is said to slam the US in the Melbourne Sun, the Times of India, the New Straits Times (Malaysia) and Al Sumaria RV (Iraq). Al Alam from Iran says that the ambassador blasted the US.
Unsurprisingly Faux News fails to mention the ambassador's criticism at all in their story and instead focuses on his desire for The Surge to go on and on. Go figure.
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