The ISIS strategy simplified: Phase 1: Airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS). Already underway in Iraq, where U.S. aircraft have launched 143 attacks since August 8. US jets bombed ISIS targets in western Iraq for the first time on Sunday. Phase 2: The second phase involves an intensified effort to train, advise, and equip the Iraqi army, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, and any Sunni tribesmen willing to fight their ISIS co-religionists. This will begin sometime after Iraq forms a new government. Phase 3: Airstrikes against ISIS inside Syria. Last month, the government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus warned the Obama administration not to launch airstrikes against ISIS in Syria without its permission.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:22:36 +0000
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