to the war-torn country if overall security there worsens, but has ruled out sending U.S. troops to help the Iraqi authorities .

Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the Army chief of staff, said at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington , briefed by “Shafaq News "

“Obviously, it’s disappointing to all of us to see the deterioration of the security inside of Iraq,” Odierno told reporters, military officers and defense analysts at the National Press Club conference briefed by “Shafaq News. “The security situation has now devolved into something that is to my mind concerning.”

He stressed that the strategy that should be followed by the United States in this regard is to help diplomacy.

He said that " what is happening seems concerning to me . The biggest threat to our national security lies in the transformation of the lands under the control of governments to areas controlled by terrorist networks ."

Odierno led the U.S. troop surge in 2007 and 2008 that stabilized Maliki’s government. President George W. Bush proposed the surge and Congress approved it. Odierno said the Anbar region and other parts of Iraq were stable when the United States completed its withdrawal just over two years ago.

The White House had considered the time as not yet to send soldiers to Anbar .

Iraqi Prime Minister , Nuri al-Maliki appealed the UN Security Council to support Iraq in its current war against " terrorism."

Anbar province is experiencing tensed security conditions since more than two weeks represented by the control of al-Qaeda militants on a number of cities , as police and military forces and tribes seek to expel the militants .