Amid a resurgence of the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda in his country, Iraqi ambassador to the United States LukmanFaily is taking aim at the administration.

Faily told the Washington Times that the current U.S. administration does not understand the danger coming from Al-Qaeda and that they need to step up and provide more help to the Iraqi government.

Al-Qaeda seized control of the city of Fallujah last week and controls parts of the city of Ramadi.  The group has said that Iraq is now an Islamic state under their control.  Iraqi government forces along with Sunni Muslim groups throughout the region are fighting to dislodge the terrorists before they can fortify strongholds.

Faily said leaders in both U.S. political parties need to stop holding up much needed military and nation-building support as part of domestic political infighting.

“I personally think that it’s tragic that the issue of the whole American project in Iraq is now becoming a ball in relations to the party politics within D.C.,”Failysaid. “I don’t think it’s beneficial for the United States. It’s definitely not beneficial for Iraq to become a tool in Republican versus Democrat or whomever. This is not helpful for U.S. security, it is not helpful for us, it is not helpful for the region.”