Monday, August 18, 2014

New US Airstrikes in Iraq

Apparently, Obama ordered the strikes and then informed Congress. That's nice of him.
President Obama formally notified Congress on Sunday that he had authorized “limited” air strikes in Iraq to help the Iraqi Security Force combat the expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).

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National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said in a statement that Obama’s authorizations, which were done at the request of the Iraqi government.

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The air strikes in Iraq were meant to help the ISF re-establish control over the Mosul Dam, an important site in the battle against the Sunni militant group.

  Time
What? Not “humanitarian”?

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