Did Iraq Airstrikes Help
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From the Left
Barack Obama on Iraq: ‘It’s going to take some months’The U.S. military mission in Iraq could go on for months, President Barack Obama said Saturday, but a long-term solution involving the Iraqi government will take much longer.
The president, who once referred to the Islamic State as a “JV team,” also acknowledged that the militants advanced more rapidly in Iraq than anyone predicted.
From the Right
Islamic militants advance despite 2 rounds of US airstrikesThe Islamic militants reportedly expanded their drive near Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday despite two U.S. airstrikes aimed at mortar positions and a seven-vehicle convoy to stop the advance on Kurdish capital of Irbil.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the militants appear to have their sights on connecting towns seized along the Kurdish-control territory. The most recent town to be seized was identified as Sheikhan.
News of the advance comes hours after U.S. warplanes launched two more rounds of airstrikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, taking out two mortar p
From the Left
Iraq Says U.S. Airstrikes Have Been Effective Against Islamic StateThe U.S. launched a new airdrop Saturday to aid thousands of members of an Iraqi minority group who fled from Islamic extremists, as Iraq's foreign minister said U.S. airstrikes have helped Kurdish forces counter the militants' advance.
An American military team is currently in the Kurdish regional capital Irbil, working to ensure tactical coordination with Kurdish peshmerga forces, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a press conference late Friday.
"Air strikes are intended
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