Obama says he would order U.S. troops into ISIS territory - if they get a nuclear weapon

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'I would order it': Speaking in Australia, Obama said he would send in the army if ISIS got nuclear arms

Barack Obama has said he would order the U.S. army into ISIS territory if they got a nuclear weapon.

The President and Commander-in-Chief was adamant that ground troops would be necessary if the United States were to discover the terror group had nuclear capabilities.

Obama conjured the nightmare scenario to illustrate that circumstances do exist in which the United States military would enter a ground war with ISIS.
Previously the President - along with other military figures - has been keen to downplay the prospect of a 'boots on the ground' situation in Iraq of Syria.
But, speaking at a news conference in Australia today, the President insisted he would personally order the operation should the U.S. uncovering the terrifying intelligence.

He said: 'There are always circumstances in which the United States might need to deploy U.S. ground troops.

'If we discover that ISIL had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then yes, you can anticipate that not only would Chairman Dempsey [the top U.S. general] recommend me sending U.S. ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but I would order it.'

ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) is the White House's preferred way of referring to ISIS.
Around 1,500 U.S. troops are due to be deployed in Iraq already, but their duties are only to 'advise' Iraqi forces, and they are not expected to get involved in actual combat.

Obama says fight against ISIS remains difficult (archive)

Condition: Obama made clear that circumstances when the U.S. would enter a ground war with ISIS do exist. Pictured is Raqqa, ISIS's stronghold in Syria, where militants were parading a missile launcher and tanks

General Martin Dempsey said last week that military chiefs are 'considering' recommending that the President send combat troops in.

The President's words follow confirmation yesterday that ISIS killed another American hostage - Peter Kassig - in its latest propaganda video.

Responding to news of the former U.S. Army Ranger's death, Obama said he 'was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity'.

He said the terror group, which calls itself the Islamic State, 'revels in the slaughter of innocents, including Muslims, and is bent only on sowing death and destruction.'

Source:DailyMail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ightmare-scenario-justifies-boots-ground.html
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Iraqi Intelligence Report: U.S. Airdropping Supplies to IS Militants
By wmw_adminonNovember 17, 2014
News Brief — Nov 17, 2014
Iraqi intelligence sources disclosed that US military planes have been supplying Islamic militants with weapons and foodstuff under the guise of air raids on militants’ positions.
The Iraqi forces have found out that the US aircraft usually airdrop arms and food cargoes for ISIL militants who collect them on the ground, Fars News Agencyquoted Iraqi army’s intelligence officers as saying.
“The Iraqi intelligence sources reiterated that the US military planes have airdropped several aid cargoes for ISIL terrorists to help them resist the siege laid by the Iraqi army, security and popular forces,” added the report.
US weapons drop falls into the hands of Isis. click to enlarge
The Pentagon has admitted that U.S. planes air dropped supplies which fell into the hands Islamic militants, but blamed a sudden change in the wind for blowing the supplies away from the intended drop zone.
Zionist media outlet SITE, which specialises in disseminating disinformation, carried video of Islamic militants with the U.S. weapons drop after a sudden change in the wind blew it off course. In other words it was an unintended accident, allegedly.
However, last Saturday Iraqi security sources disclosed that the Islamic militants are using the state-of-the-art weapons which are only manufactured by the US and which fires bullets costing thousands of dollars.
“What is important is that the US sends these weapons to only those that cooperate with the Pentagon and this indicates that the US plays a role in arming the ISIL,” an Iraqi security source told FNA.
The source noted that the most important advantage of the US-made weapons used by the ISIL is that “these bullets pierce armoured vehicles and kill the people inside the vehicle”.
He said each of such bullets is worth $2,000, and added, “These weapons have killed many Iraqi military and volunteer forces so far.