Obama Connects ISIL, Terror Threats at Home

U.S. President Barack Obama says terrorist-fueled militancy in Iraq and Syria is boosting an already-omnipresent threat to America’s security at home. Iraq’s beleaguered military launched an offensive against Sunni extremists in the northern city of Tikrit, as a shipment of Russian military jets arrived in the country that could give the armed forces a tactical edge going forward. While the bloody sectarian conflict rages on, President Obama said the Islamic State of Iraq and the...

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