Russia Again Refuses Iraq Troop Request

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Russia Again Refuses Iraq Troop Request

MOSCOW -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Saturday that Baghdad would like to have Russian peacekeepers, but the Kremlin restated its refusal to become involved in the messy conflict.

"We need Russian peacekeepers," Zebari said, according to the Interfax news agency.

But Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow had no intention of becoming involved.

"This issue wasn't looked into," Lavrov said at a news conference. "There are no such plans."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-russia-iraq,0,5725136.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

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