Pentagon: ISIL ‘Stretched’ in Iraq

Senior U.S. military leaders say Sunni militants creeping closer to Baghdad are stretched thin and that Iraqi security forces could hold the capital if attacked.   But as far as U.S. help in striking back against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the officials warn the U.S. is not there yet. The offensive was rapid and overwhelming - militants fighting under ISIL’s banner taking over town after town in northern Iraq. Now, they are meeting with more resistance in...

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