France seeks international meeting to tackle Islamic State

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* Wants Arabs, Iran, Security Council to coordinate action * Paris says need to discuss military, intelligence issues * Fabius says Islamic State a threat to Europe directly (Adds Fabius comments) By John Irish PARIS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - France said on Wednesday it wanted to bring together Arab states, Iran and the main world powers to coordinate a comprehensive response against Islamic State insurgents who control large parts of Syria and Iraq. Speaking in an interview with Le Monde French President Francois Hollande did **t say when such a meeting could be held or who would be invited but said a global strategy was needed to combat the insurgents. "We have to come up with a global strategy to fight this group, which is structured, has significant financing, very sophisticated ******* and threatens countries like Iraq, Syria and Leba**n," he said. The Islamic State has captured swathes of **rthern Iraq since June, executing **n-Sunni Muslim captives and mi**rities, displacing tens of thousands of people and drawing the first U.S.

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