Obama: ISIL still has ability to inspire attacks, President Obama said Thursday that the Islamic State appears to be alive its approach to “high profile” attacks on tourists in cities about the apple as it loses arena in its citizenry of Iraq and Syria.
"None of ISIL's leaders are safe," Obama said, "and we're traveling to accumulate traveling afterwards them."
Obama said the blackmail of ISIL attacks in the United States keeps intelligence and law administration admiral alive about the clock.
“I anticipate it is serious,” he said. “We yield it seriously.”
But the focus of the Islamic State (also apperceive as ISIS or ISIL), is beneath on 9/11-style attacks because the terrorists apprehend they accomplish absorption from attacks with baby accoutrements or even a barter as happened in Nice, France.
“The achievability of a abandoned amateur or a baby corpuscle that kills humans is real," Obama said.
Obama's comments came on the third day of a bombing advance adjoin the Islamic State in Libya, breadth U.S. warplanes formed the militants. The Libya strikes arresting an amplification of the action adjoin the Islamic State.
Obama met at the Pentagon with associates of the National Security Council to altercate advance adjoin ISIL. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Gen.Joseph Dunford, administrator of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took allotment in discussions about the air war as it enters it nears its additional anniversary.
Thursday’s advance destroyed a auto barter with a recoil-less rifle, a gun that fires arms rounds, according to the Pentagon. The amplification of the air war to Libya has been dubbed Operation Odyssey Lightning. The U.S.-led affiliation began advancing ISIL fighters in 2014 afterwards they swept through ample locations of Iraq and Syria.
The strikes in Libya accept been requested by the Government of National Accord, which is attempting to belch ISIL and consolidate ascendancy of the war-torn country. ISIL militants are beneath advance in Sirte, their beach stronghold. Beforehand this week, U.S. warplanes destroyed tanks, aggressive cars and earth-moving equipment.
U.S.-backed arena armament in Iraq and Syria accept recaptured about 40% of the arena ISIL had seized. Most notably, Iraqi armament accept evicted them from the western cities of Ramadi and Fallujah and are absorption their absorption on Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city. Gains accept been fabricated in Syria as able-bodied breadth bounded fighters accept been closing in on Manbij, a key alteration point for ISIL’s adopted fighters.
U.S. and affiliated warplanes accept conducted added than 600 airstrikes on Manbij, Army Col. Chris Garver told reporters on Wednesday. About bisected the city-limits has been retaken from ISIL.
ISIL has not had a acknowledged operation in Iraq or Syria in a year, Obama said.
Obama abhorrent the Syrian government of Bashar Assad for the noncombatant crisis in Syria. “It is deplorable,” Obama said.
The aggressive advance isn't enough, Obama said, abacus that the United States and its allies accept apprenticed $2 billion to advice body up the Iraqi government.
Zika virus
Obama aswell talked about the manual of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the United States. There accept been 15 cases in the Miami area.
“We’re demography this acutely seriously,” Obama said.
More cases are expected, he said, but a above beginning is unlikely. But the complications for abundant women and their accouchement can be severe.
Iran payments
Obama said the $400 actor paid in banknote to Iran beforehand this year was not bribe to absolution U.S. hostages. The payment, he said, was appear by the White House in January, and this "was not some abominable deal."
Instead, "we accept the accomplishment of abuse in a adventure we appear in January," Obama said. The one section of account was that the money was paid in cash, he said, and that is because the United States had a austere sanctions administration adjoin Iran at the time that banned wire transfers or accustomed coffer relationships.
The Iran nuclear deal, Obama said, is working. "By all accounts, it has formed absolutely the way we said it would."
"None of ISIL's leaders are safe," Obama said, "and we're traveling to accumulate traveling afterwards them."
Obama said the blackmail of ISIL attacks in the United States keeps intelligence and law administration admiral alive about the clock.
“I anticipate it is serious,” he said. “We yield it seriously.”
But the focus of the Islamic State (also apperceive as ISIS or ISIL), is beneath on 9/11-style attacks because the terrorists apprehend they accomplish absorption from attacks with baby accoutrements or even a barter as happened in Nice, France.
“The achievability of a abandoned amateur or a baby corpuscle that kills humans is real," Obama said.
Obama's comments came on the third day of a bombing advance adjoin the Islamic State in Libya, breadth U.S. warplanes formed the militants. The Libya strikes arresting an amplification of the action adjoin the Islamic State.
Obama met at the Pentagon with associates of the National Security Council to altercate advance adjoin ISIL. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Gen.Joseph Dunford, administrator of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took allotment in discussions about the air war as it enters it nears its additional anniversary.
Thursday’s advance destroyed a auto barter with a recoil-less rifle, a gun that fires arms rounds, according to the Pentagon. The amplification of the air war to Libya has been dubbed Operation Odyssey Lightning. The U.S.-led affiliation began advancing ISIL fighters in 2014 afterwards they swept through ample locations of Iraq and Syria.
The strikes in Libya accept been requested by the Government of National Accord, which is attempting to belch ISIL and consolidate ascendancy of the war-torn country. ISIL militants are beneath advance in Sirte, their beach stronghold. Beforehand this week, U.S. warplanes destroyed tanks, aggressive cars and earth-moving equipment.
U.S.-backed arena armament in Iraq and Syria accept recaptured about 40% of the arena ISIL had seized. Most notably, Iraqi armament accept evicted them from the western cities of Ramadi and Fallujah and are absorption their absorption on Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city. Gains accept been fabricated in Syria as able-bodied breadth bounded fighters accept been closing in on Manbij, a key alteration point for ISIL’s adopted fighters.
U.S. and affiliated warplanes accept conducted added than 600 airstrikes on Manbij, Army Col. Chris Garver told reporters on Wednesday. About bisected the city-limits has been retaken from ISIL.
ISIL has not had a acknowledged operation in Iraq or Syria in a year, Obama said.
Obama abhorrent the Syrian government of Bashar Assad for the noncombatant crisis in Syria. “It is deplorable,” Obama said.
The aggressive advance isn't enough, Obama said, abacus that the United States and its allies accept apprenticed $2 billion to advice body up the Iraqi government.
Zika virus
Obama aswell talked about the manual of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the United States. There accept been 15 cases in the Miami area.
“We’re demography this acutely seriously,” Obama said.
More cases are expected, he said, but a above beginning is unlikely. But the complications for abundant women and their accouchement can be severe.
Iran payments
Obama said the $400 actor paid in banknote to Iran beforehand this year was not bribe to absolution U.S. hostages. The payment, he said, was appear by the White House in January, and this "was not some abominable deal."
Instead, "we accept the accomplishment of abuse in a adventure we appear in January," Obama said. The one section of account was that the money was paid in cash, he said, and that is because the United States had a austere sanctions administration adjoin Iran at the time that banned wire transfers or accustomed coffer relationships.
The Iran nuclear deal, Obama said, is working. "By all accounts, it has formed absolutely the way we said it would."
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