Retaking territory held by Islamic State militants (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria is a necessary first step to the group’s ultimate defeat, though the multi-national coalition fighting the terrorists is widening its approach beyond military confrontation, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said July 25.“The defeat and destruction of ISIL in Iraq and Syria is necessary…because we need to destroy the idea and the fact that there can be a state based upon this ideology,” Carter said.Iraqi security forces and other…
Campaign To Destroy ‘Idea’ Of Islamic State Could Expand With More Airstrikes, Coalition Contributions
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Dan Parsons
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