Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned that Takfiri militants fighting against the Baghdad government are threatening peace in the entire region and the world.
Al-Maliki made the comments in talks with the visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday.
The premier also described the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as the most dangerous threat to the whole Middle East.
The remarks come against the backdrop of a savage offensive by the al-Qaeda militants in Iraq. The ISIL terrorist group has been wreaking havoc on Iraq in the past days.
This has forced the Iraqi government to call for the US help in its fight against the Takfiri militants.
Some political experts are warning that the US wants to use the situation for a military intervention in war-weary Iraq.
A prominent political analyst said on Monday that the United States is backing terrorist organizations operating in Iraq
“They trained, funded and supported them via proxies in Jordan and Turkey, and they wished to dismember Iraq into three states,” Dr. Randy Short said in an exclusive interview with Press TV
A recent media report has also said US military instructors trained Takfiri militants of the ISIL at a secret base in Jordan in 2012.
Hundreds of Europeans have gone to Syria and Iraq to fight against Damascus and Bagdad governments.
Fears are growing that those European militants trained and hardened in Syria may carry out terrorist attacks once they return home.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has repeatedly said that the US regional allies, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some other Persian Gulf Arab states are supporting the militancy in Iraq.
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