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| Iran sends forces to Iraq as ISIS militants press forward |
| 2014-06-14 |
| [CNN] Emboldened murderous Moslems, backed by Sunni tribal leaders, pushed toward Storied Baghdad on Friday as Iran sent troops to fight alongside government forces. In Washington, increasingly nervous U.S. officials mulled their limited options to help slow the murderous Moslems' advance. In recent days, Iran has sent about 500 Revolutionary Guard troops to fight alongside Iraqi government security forces in Diyala province, a security bigshot in Storied Baghdad told CNN. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier... Sunni tribal leaders have lined up in support of radical Islamists from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, making their push toward Storied Baghdad easier, a Saudi intelligence official told CNN's Nic Robertson. As Iraq further disintegrated, residents fled Mosul in droves. Militants captured the country's second-largest city this week after soldiers scattered, leaving their uniforms and weapons behind. Three explosions hit Shiite areas in the capital city Friday evening, killing one person and wounding 20 people, police told CNN. A car bomb also exploded in al-Tarmiya, a Sunni area about 37 miles (60 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding seven others, police officials in Baghdad told CNN. The spreading violence prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to say the beleaguered government required assistance, but he warned Friday that it would take "several days" for the U.S. to react. "This is not going to happen overnight," he told reporters. And, he said, the United States will need assurances from Iraq's government that it will work to find a political solution the crisis. A senior Obama administration official said Friday that the President has not yet made a decision on whether to act on any military options. But another senior administration official indicated that a decision could come as early as this weekend. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Bill, Nero fiddled, but, there are some who claim that he set the fire in the first place. That's closer to my feeling about the traitor in chief. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-06-14 12:01 |
| #5 The issue is not Shia vs Sunni, it is the leaders on both sides playing the "great satan" card on the US to deflect criticism of their incompetence, much as the empty suit blames Bush for everyone of his cockups. When they play the Great Satan card, we get some radical splinter group taking the leader on his word and creating some horrible terrorist attack somewhere. The greatest problem is Islam covers about 1/3 of the planet and has almost 2 billion followers. We cannot ignore this as strictly an internal struggle, at some point, it will boil over and the non-Muslim west will pay a price for treating it as a neighborhood problem. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-06-14 11:55 |
| #4 IMO, this shows that even an affirmative action POTUS can make right decisions. Let Sunni & Shia butcher each other to their hearts content. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-06-14 04:32 |
| #3 A mauve line has been drawn. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-14 01:52 |
| #2 Why again does he care about any constituency? He is never going to be elected dog catcher after his two terms. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-14 00:46 |
| #1 Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The empty suit, afraid of his anti-war constituency, wrings his hands as he sits on the floor under his desk and snivels at the few options he has. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-06-14 00:18 |