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  OWoN: The strangeness of it all. Be in no doubt, Iran knows they need to kill this mad dog before it grows and turns on them.
  fedup Tue Aug 26, 03:10:00 PM MDT
  Syria opens door to US bombing of Islamists but White House to go it alone
  Damascus says its ready to work with Washington to fight Islamist 'terrorism' within its borders
  http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1580906/syria-opens-door-us-bombing-islamists-white-house-go-it-alone
  Syria said it was ready to work with the United States to fight "terrorism" as US President Barack Obama approved surveillance flights over the nation, a move that could pave the way for air strikes against Islamic militants, two American officials said.
  Syria, locked in a civil war with various rebel groups including Islamic State since March 2011, said for the first time on Monday that it would work with the international community, including Washington, to tackle the Islamist problem.
  But Foreign Minister Walid Muallem insisted that any strikes on Syrian territory must be coordinated with the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
  But White House spokesman Josh Earnest rejected the call from Damascus.
  "There are no plans to coordinate with the Assad regime as we consider this terror threat," Earnest said. The United States did not even recognise the Assad regime as the legitimate rulers of Syria, he said.
  The UN resolution, passed this month, seeks to cut funds and the flow of foreign fighters both to Islamic State and to al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, al-Nusra Front.
  Western powers fear Islamic State's self-declared "caliphate" could become a launch pad for a new round of global terror attacks.
  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said foreign drones were seen over the eastern province of Deir Ezzor on Monday.
  One US official said the surveillance flights were an important avenue for obtaining the reliable intelligence the US needed.
  The US began launching strikes against Islamic State inside Iraq earlier this month, with Obama citing the threat to American personnel in the country and a humanitarian crisis in the north as his rationale. Top Pentagon officials have said the only way the threat from the militants can be fully eliminated is to go after the group inside neighbouring Syria as well.
  Obama has long resisted taking military action in Syria, a step that would plunge the US into a country ravaged by an intractable civil war.
  However, his calculus appears to have shifted since Islamic State announced last week that it had murdered American journalist James Foley, who was held hostage in Syria.
  fedup Wed Aug 27, 02:40:00 PM MDT
  Iran Ready to Join International Action Against Jihadists in Iraq
  Tehran | Aug 21, 2014
  Iran is ready to join international action against jihadists in Iraq provided the West lifts crippling sanctions, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on today.
  His comments followed a call by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday for all countries in the region, including Iran, to join the fight against Islamic State (IS) fighters who have seized swathes of Iraq as well as neighbouring Syria.
  The Iranian foreign ministry confirmed yesterday that discussions were under way with several European governments about the possibility of joint action against IS in Iraq.
  Iranian and US officials discussed the jihadists' lightning offensive in Iraq in June on the sidelines of nuclear talks with the major powers but both sides ruled out joint military action at the time.
  http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/Iran-Ready-to-Join-International-Action-Against-Jihadists-in-Iraq/856483