US President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he was
ready to launch air strikes in Syria against "ISIS", where he will
not allow any "safe haven" for this terrorist organization.
In a speech from the White House to reveal his strategy to
fight "ISIS": "Our goal is clear: we will weaken ISIS and
destroy it in the end through a comprehensive strategy and continuing to fight
terrorism," stressing that he will
pursue militants organization
"wherever they are."
Obama continued: "I will not hesitate to act against ISIS
in Syria, as in Iraq," revealing that American troops will expand raids in
Iraq which they have launched a month ago against the extremists.
He added: "in cooperation with the Iraqi government, we
will expand our work beyond the protection of our citizens and our mission’s
humanity, and will target ISIS to support Iraqi forces in the offensive."
Obama announced also send an additional 475 military
advisers to help the Iraqi forces, without having those combat missions.
He pointed out that "last June, it published a few
hundred military advisers in order to assess how to help the Iraqi security
forces. Has completed that team work and Iraq government was formed. Now we
will send 475 advisers additional, but as I said earlier, these forces would
not participate in combat operations, will not be entered to another war on the
Iraq ground, but they will provide assistance to the Iraqi and Kurdish forces
through training, intelligence and tools. "
In a related context, the American president revealed an
increase in military aid earmarked for the Syrian opposition.
Obama said: "in Syria we presented military aids to the
Syrian opposition. I called Congress tonight to give me additional powers and
resources for training and arming those fighters. to fight ISIS we cannot rely
on the Assad regime who terrorizes the people, that system will not regain
legitimacy it lost, instead of therefore we must strengthen the opposition to
confront extremists such as ISIS continue with diplomatic solutions necessary
to solve the Syrian crisis. "
Obama said: "We made it clear we will go after the
terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are ... This means I will not hesitate to take
action against the organization of the Islamic state in Syria and also in Iraq."
He continued: "This is a fundamental principle of my presidency: If you threatened
America, you would not find a safe haven."
In a related context, according to a note placed on the
White House Web site on the Internet that President Barack Obama agreed on
Wednesday on the "immediate military assistance" to the Iraqi
government and the Kurdistan Regional Government $ 25 million to assist in
military education and training.
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