Obama will expand his campaign of attacks against the Islamic State
He asks for authorization to train Syrian rebels
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WASHINGTON. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, announced yesterday that his administration would expand the campaign which it has kept up for little more than a month against the jihadist group Islamic State in Iraq with more air attacks and the assignment of an additional 475 military personnel to train, advise, and equip the Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
In a White House speech to the nation, Obama underlined that in no case does this operation require combat troops on Iraqi soil. "We will not let ourselves be dragged into another ground war in Iraq, but our soldiers are necessary to support the Iraqi and Kurdish forces," he said.
The United States will extend its campaign, until now concentrated on the IS positions in the north of Iraq, to those places that are an objective of the jihadists that need to be knocked down so that the Iraqi and Kurdish forces can recover ground lost in the I S advance.
"We will conduct a campaign of systematic attacks against those terrorists. Working with the government of Iraq, we will expand our efforts beyond the protection of our personnel there and the humanitarian missions, so that we will attack the objectives of the IS at the same time that the Iraqi forces are launching their offensives," he explained in a speech that lasted barely 15 minutes
Within the framework of these efforts, Obama has delegated to his Secretary of State, John Kerry, the authority to make use of a US $25 million donation in military articles and services to immediately help the government of Iraq and the Kurdish forces against the advance of the I S, the Department of State reported a little before the speech.
The United States has hoped to expand its campaign in Iraq to the formation of a new government in Iraq, headed by the Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi.
Support for Syrian rebels
Obama also asked the Congress to grant him authority to train and equip moderate elements of the opposition in Syria in order that this opposition serves as "the best counterweight" to the jihadists.
"Tonight I am asking Congress to give us more authorities and resources to train and equip the combatants" of the Syrian opposition, he said.
"In the fight against the IIS, we cannot rely on the regime of Al Assad which terrorizes its people, a regime that will never recover the legitimacy that it lost," he noted.
In a White House speech to the nation, Obama underlined that in no case does this operation require combat troops on Iraqi soil. "We will not let ourselves be dragged into another ground war in Iraq, but our soldiers are necessary to support the Iraqi and Kurdish forces," he said.
The United States will extend its campaign, until now concentrated on the IS positions in the north of Iraq, to those places that are an objective of the jihadists that need to be knocked down so that the Iraqi and Kurdish forces can recover ground lost in the I S advance.
"We will conduct a campaign of systematic attacks against those terrorists. Working with the government of Iraq, we will expand our efforts beyond the protection of our personnel there and the humanitarian missions, so that we will attack the objectives of the IS at the same time that the Iraqi forces are launching their offensives," he explained in a speech that lasted barely 15 minutes
Within the framework of these efforts, Obama has delegated to his Secretary of State, John Kerry, the authority to make use of a US $25 million donation in military articles and services to immediately help the government of Iraq and the Kurdish forces against the advance of the I S, the Department of State reported a little before the speech.
The United States has hoped to expand its campaign in Iraq to the formation of a new government in Iraq, headed by the Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi.
Support for Syrian rebels
Obama also asked the Congress to grant him authority to train and equip moderate elements of the opposition in Syria in order that this opposition serves as "the best counterweight" to the jihadists.
"Tonight I am asking Congress to give us more authorities and resources to train and equip the combatants" of the Syrian opposition, he said.
"In the fight against the IIS, we cannot rely on the regime of Al Assad which terrorizes its people, a regime that will never recover the legitimacy that it lost," he noted.
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