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US general calls Iraq crisis `homemade`

IRNA

Berlin, Nov 4, IRNA -- NATO`s Commander-in-Chief and Commander of the 
US troops in Europe General James L Jones here Tuesday said Iraq`s 
worsening crisis situation was largely caused by internal factors 
rather than external interference. 
"The picture (on Iraq) is unclear. The general amount of external 
influence (in Iraq) is unclear. Most problems in Iraq are homemade," 
Jones told the Berlin-based foreign media. 
"The problem is in the west (of Iraq), the Sunni triangle," he 
added. 
The US military leader rejected the international media`s `Second 
Vietnam` analogy of Iraq, saying it was `way too premature to make the
analogy`. 
"I served in Vietnam, I don`t see a similarity. We learned a lot 
of lessons from Vietnam. I do worry however that every time anything 
happens, someone draws the Vietnam analogy," he added. 
Meanwhile Jones pointed out that the Middle East and Africa will 
be NATO`s `focus of interest`. 
OT/AH/210 
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