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[Iran Press TV] The US government is 'urgently' considering air assaults on Iraq and Syria in an attempt to flush out the al-Qaeda-linked Takfiri...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... bully boyz operating in the two countries, a US official says. The unnamed official, quoted by the Guardian, said on Friday that the White House was "urgently and expediently" considering military action to halt the rapid advance of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL). The revelation comes one day after US President Barack Obama I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... said there are "some short-term, immediate things that need to be done militarily," signaling a new openness to returning the US to war in Iraq. According to unnamed officials, the B.O. regime is examining an air assault using air force or navy warplanes and drone strikes, but manned aircraft are said to the preferred option, owing to their superiority against moving and maneuverable targets. Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... a Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... , told the Guardian that the ISIL "is now across the border," adding, "It is possible to take out the head, you've got to take out the heart.... Everything is being looked at." US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said in London that the B.O. regime would make a decision quickly about action on the ISIL terrorists, adding, "I am confident the US will move rapidly and effectively to join with our allies in dealing with this challenge." Carl Levin ...Democrat Senator-for-Life from Michigan. He has been in the Senate since 1979. Prior to that he was president of the Detroit city council and Mayor Coleman Young's right-hand man. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services... , the Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said after emerging from a briefing with defence officials on Thursday that a direct US military involvement in Iraq may revive the bloody conflict which erupted following the 2003 capture of the Iraqi capital Storied Baghdad. "While all options should be considered, the problem in Iraq has not been so much a lack of direct US military involvement, but a lack of reconciliation on the part of Iraqi leaders," he said. Posted by: Fred 2014-06-14 |
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