US military ramps up airstrikes in Iraq, weighs additional troops after execution video

[Valin]

Fox News:

August 20, 2014

FoxNews.com

 

U.S. fighter jets and drones stepped up attacks on Islamic State targets in Iraq and the Obama administration was weighing sending more boots on the ground -- even as the group released a graphic video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley.

 

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President Obama, speaking from Martha’s Vineyard where he's on vacation, responded to the online posting of the beheading video by calling for a “vigilant” and “relentless” effort against the group, also known as ISIS or ISIL.

 

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The Defense Department reported Wednesday afternoon that U.S. aircraft have conducted another 14 strikes near the Mosul Dam, which Kurdish and Iraqi forces recently re-took from Islamic militants. The latest strikes took out militants’ Humvees and other targets.

 

A senior U.S. official also told Fox News that military planners are weighing the possibility of sending more American forces to Iraq mainly to provide additional security “in and around Baghdad,” at the request of the State Department.

 

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This is not going to endear him to his base.