Friday, August 5, 2016

Obama: Defeating ISIS on Battlefield Not Enough; Warns IS Will Focus on Worldwide Terror Attacks

President Barack Obama has hailed the progress the United States and its allies have made in the military campaign against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), the Euro News website reports today (August 5, 2016).

But -- speaking after a security briefing at the Pentagon yesterday -- Obama warned of the risks of attacks abroad by the radical group, as it shifts its strategy faced with its defeat in Iraq and Syria.

He warned that more than military victory is required for the Islamic fanatics to be crippled in performing terrorist activities.

Obama asserted, "So long as their twisted ideology persists and drives people to violence, then groups like ISIL will keep emerging, and the international community will continue to be at risk..."

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