Pentagon warns airstrikes are not enough to roll back ISIL [View all]

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Source: Yahoo


President Obama sent a clear message to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday to step aside quietly after Iraq’s president moves to replace him, as the Pentagon warned that targeted American airstrikes won’t be enough to roll back the bloody advance of the Islamic State of Iraqi and the Levant (ISIL).

American strikes have only “temporarily disrupted” the extremist group’s shockingly effective onslaught, the Pentagon’s Lieutenant General William Mayville told reporters. “I in no way want to suggest that we have effectively contained, or that we are somehow breaking the momentum of, the threat posed by ISIL,” he said.
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On Martha’s Vineyard, Obama assured Iraq of American support as the war-torn country grapples with “difficult days ahead.”

“But just as the United States will remain vigilant against the threat posed to our people by ISIL, we stand ready to partner with Iraq in its fight against these terrorist forces,” he said. “Without question, that effort will be advanced if Iraqis continue to build on today’s process and come together to support a new and inclusive government.”





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