奧巴馬派遣275名軍方人員前往伊拉克

President Barack Obama has ordered 275 U.S. military personnel to Iraq to help provide security to the embassy in Baghdad and U.S. personnel there.

Mr. Obama's notification to Congress Monday says the move has the consent of the Iraqi government.

While the president has ruled out sending ground forces back into Iraq, he met with his national security team Monday to consider other options.

They include possible air strikes against the Sunni militants who already control large parts of northern Iraq and have vowed to seize Baghdad from the Shiite-led government.

The U.S. also is considering working with Iran. But the Pentagon says it has no plans to enter into military cooperation with the Iranians in any action in Iraq.

A top State Department official says U.S. and Iranian diplomats met briefly Monday on the sidelines of nuclear talks in Vienna. The official says talks with the Iranians will not include any discussion of military coordination.美國總統奧巴馬下令派遣275名軍方人員前往伊拉克，幫助爲美國駐巴格達使館及使館中的美國人員提供安全保障。

奧巴馬星期一告知國會，這一舉措已經得到伊拉克政府的同意。

奧巴馬總統排除了向伊拉克派遣地面部隊的可能性，他星期一會見國家安全班子成員，研究其他選擇方案。

這些方案包括可能對遜尼派激進分子發動空襲。遜尼派激進分子已經控制了伊拉克北部很多地區，並誓言從什葉派主導的政府手中奪取巴格達。

此外，美國還考慮與伊朗合作。但五角大樓表示，目前尚未計劃與伊朗方面就伊拉克境內的行動進行軍事合作。

一名美國國務院高層官員說，美國和伊朗外交官星期一在維也納核問題會議期間進行了短暫會晤。這位官員說，與伊朗方面的會談不會涉及軍事合作問題。