Top US military commander
Gen. Martine Demsey confirmed in front of the US senators that they got a
request from the Iraqi government for air power.
Sunnie
insurgents attacked one of the largest oil refinery of Iraq at Baiji north of
Baghdad.
Iraqui Prime Minister Nouri Maliki asked its
people to unit and fight against the militant. Government forces are now
pushing back the Islamic state in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and its Sunni
Muslim partners in Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, after the rebels overran
the second city, Mosul, last week.
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama met
senior Congress member to talk about the matter concerning Iraq. The White
House said Mr. Obama had reviewed their efforts to increase the capacity of
security forces in Iraq to face the threat from ISIL [ISIS], including options
for increased security assistance".
Ahead of the briefing Senate leader Harry
Reid, a Democrat, said he did not support in any way, getting American troops
involved in the Iraqi civil war.
But Gen Dempsey told a Senate panel that it
was in America's national interest to counter [ISIS] wherever we find
them".
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