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Iraqi PM slams Saudi-led coalition as “paper army”

Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 30, 2015 in New York City. (AFP)

Altaf Ahmad

​Press TV, Baghdad

Controversy continues to plague Riyadh’s plans to establish a so-called alliance to fight against terrorism. Following denials by a number of countries who had been announced in the list of participating countries, Iraq has now blasted the alliance as well. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the Saudi coalition excludes countries that have been battling terror for years and includes others which have backed terror and refused to provide assistance in fighting it. Our correspondent Altaf Ahmad reports from Baghdad.


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