Reply #9: U.S. Iraq Policy Frustrates Mideast States - Kerry

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050112/pl_nm/iraq_kerry_dc_4

CAIRO (Reuters) - Middle East countries are frustrated by U.S. policy in Iraq (news - web sites) and feel too little is being done to end violence there, U.S. Senator John Kerry said on Wednesday on a visit to the region.
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"All of the countries of the region have a significant stake in the outcome and yet they are frustrated," Kerry said in Cairo, where he met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites).

"They are frustrated because they don't feel that the steps necessary to be able to advance the stability of Iraq are really being taken," he said.
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U.S. and Iraqi officials should take full advantage of an Egyptian offer to help train Iraqi security forces, he added. Egypt was currently training 146 Iraqi officers, but had offered to train 500 or more, he said.

"They offered to do so. It isn't happening and in the insecurity of Iraq I think it's critical to use every possible avenue of creation of stability forces as fast as possible," Kerry said.