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| ISIL fight in Iraq enters new phase, Obama says |
| 2014-11-10 |
[Iran Press TV] US President Barack ObamaPot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though.... says the deployment of additional troops to Iraq marks a "new phase" in the fight against the ISIL terrorist group, which is operating in Iraq and Syria. Obama made the remarks in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation" program broadcast on Sunday, two days after he authorized the deployment of up to 1,500 troops to Iraq, approximately doubling the force the Pentagon has built up in the country since June. "Phase one was getting an Iraqi government that was inclusive and credible - and we now have done that," he stated. "Rather than just try to halt [ISIL's] momentum, we're now in a position to start going on some offense," the US president added. "The Elsewhere in his remarks, Obama noted that the US and Iran have a common interest in fighting the ISIL terrorists, adding that the issue was totally separate from the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Tehran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 More like "we're going to try to perhaps attempt to convince others to maybe shoot at them" phase. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-10 08:44 |
| #1 Is this the "we're actually going to shoot at them" phase? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-11-10 08:12 |