The president will meet with General Lloyd Austin, the head of U.S. Central Command, to discuss the ongoing effort to build an international coalition to meet his stated goal of degrading and destroying the Islamic State group that has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is also participating in the meeting, a day after he told a congressional panel that the effort is "complicated" and will take time. He also highlighted the need for "effective partners."
General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the same panel that if he thought U.S. military advisers in Iraq needed to accompany Iraqi troops into battle, then he would ask Obama for approval.
No US ground troops
- The president has repeatedly stated he will not send combat troops back to Iraq.
Dempsey said U.S. advisers are acting "very much in a combat advisory role" and said there is currently "no intention" for them to engage in combat................http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-briefing-military-plan-islamic-state/2452468.html
17/9/15
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ISIS tells Obama 'fighting has just begun,' claims recruiting boost...
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The 52-second clip, released late Tuesday as a preview for a longer video, uses quick edits and high-resolution images to depict besieged American soldiers in the field, President George W. Bush’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner drop on an aircraft carrier mere weeks after the US invaded Iraq in 2003, and the White House at night.
Obama can be heard in the background proclaiming, “American combat troops will not be returning to fight in Iraq.” The screen goes dark, and what appears to be a militant prepares to kill men on their knees. The words “Flames of War” appear, as does the phrase “Fighting has just begun.” The clip ends with the text, “Coming Soon.” The video has since been removed from YouTube.
Though Obama promised last week in his announcement of an American-led offensive against Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) that American ground troops would not be deployed, the US military’s top official indicated that the option is still within consideration.
On Tuesday, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US and whatever coalition it can rally behind it would not rule out asking Obama to send American ground troops to fight Islamic State, which controls territory in Syria and northern Iraq......................http://rt.com/usa/188484-isis-response-obama-recruit/
17/9/14