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| Kerry: Airstrikes against Islamic State would be ‘deconflicted’ with Syria | Kerry: Airstrikes against Islamic State would be ‘deconflicted’ with Syria |
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| PARIS — Airstrikes against Islamic State militants inside Syria could be “deconflicted” with the Syrian government, but there would be no formal cooperation or coordination, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday. | PARIS — Airstrikes against Islamic State militants inside Syria could be “deconflicted” with the Syrian government, but there would be no formal cooperation or coordination, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday. |
| President Obama has authorized such strikes but has not yet ordered them to be carried out. | President Obama has authorized such strikes but has not yet ordered them to be carried out. |
| “No, we’re not going to coordinate it with Syria. We will certainly want to deconflict to make certain that they’re not about to do something that they might regret even more seriously, but we’re not going to coordinate,” Kerry said in an interview taped for CBS’s “Face the Nation.” | |
| “It’s not a cooperative effort. We’re going to do what they haven’t done, what they had plenty of opportunity to do, which is to take on ISIL and to degrade it and eliminate it as a threat,” Kerry said, using an alternative acronym for the militant network. | “It’s not a cooperative effort. We’re going to do what they haven’t done, what they had plenty of opportunity to do, which is to take on ISIL and to degrade it and eliminate it as a threat,” Kerry said, using an alternative acronym for the militant network. |
| “We will do that with allies,” he added. | “We will do that with allies,” he added. |
| Kerry taped the interview Saturday in Egypt, part of a week-long tour of Mideast and European nations involved in the emerging coalition against the militants. | Kerry taped the interview Saturday in Egypt, part of a week-long tour of Mideast and European nations involved in the emerging coalition against the militants. |
| “I’ve been extremely encouraged to hear from all of the people that I’ve been meeting with about their readiness and willingness to participate,” he said. | “I’ve been extremely encouraged to hear from all of the people that I’ve been meeting with about their readiness and willingness to participate,” he said. |
| “People should not think about this effort just in terms of strikes. In fact, as some have pointed out, that alone is not going to resolve this challenge,” Kerry said. | “People should not think about this effort just in terms of strikes. In fact, as some have pointed out, that alone is not going to resolve this challenge,” Kerry said. |