CNN CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin June 27, 2014 19:34:00
Cause minimum casualties. but also not to be perceived as launching those air strikes on behalf of the shia-led government of prime minister nouri al maliki, because that would almost certainly further aggravate the situation on the ground. additionally, this is something that america has also been highlighting, you cannot militaritorily defeat an organization like isis, especially with the support of the sunni tribes and other groups. so there needs to be political developments first as sort of outreach to those various sunni leaders before any sort of air strike does, in fact, take place. ot...
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