International support for the U.S.-led military campaign against Islamic State gathered strength with the U.K. vowing to destroy the group after it killed a British aid worker, Arab States agreeing to participate in airstrikes and Australia pledging forces. British Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday his country will do whatever is needed to combat the threat posed by the extremist group operating in Iraq and Syria, reacting to a video released on Saturday that showed the beheading of Briton David Haines. Leading Middle East countries are prepared to join the U.S. in conducting airstrikes on militant targets in Iraq and Syria, according to senior U.S. and Arab officials. Though pledges of support are rolling in, the plan of action is still short on specifics, particularly on the next steps and the scale of military forces that various countries will commit. Islamic State, in the meantime, continues to hold vast tracts of land in Syria and Iraq and has built up a formidable financing structure that includes control of oil resources. I can tell you right here and now, that we have countries in this region, countries outside of this region, in addition to the United States, all of whom are prepared to engage in military assistance in actual strikes if that is what it requires, Secretary of State John Kerry told CBSs Face the Nation, from a stop in Cairo, Egypt, over the weekend.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:09:06 +0000
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