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11-06-2014, 01:31 PM #1
Obama to Ask Congress to Authorize Fight Against Islamic State
Obama to Ask Congress to Authorize Fight Against Islamic State
FILE - A Syrian shows a paper found amid debris after a reported US-led coalition airstrike against the headquarters of al-Nusra Front 25 km from Aleppo, Sept. 25, 2014.
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VOA News
Last updated on: November 06, 2014 10:14 AM
When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Friday with congressional leaders about their legislative plans, he said he’ll seek specific authorization for the airstrikes being conducted by a U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
The air campaign against the insurgents began in September.
Initially, Obama used congressional permission granted by the 2001 Authorized Use of Military Force. Then-President George W. Bush cited that law more than a decade ago to retaliate against al-Qaida after its 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
But at a post-election press conference Wednesday, Obama said it’s time "to right-size and update" that war authorization to "suit the current fight rather than previous fights."
He said the U.S. military force needs both White House and congressional support.
"The world needs to know we are united behind this effort, and the men and women of our military deserve our clear and unified support," the president said.
A deadly airstrike
On the war front, an airstrike Thursday by coalition forces killed at least six Nusra Front fighters operating from a base in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Reuters reported.
The news agency cited information from the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has been monitoring the ongoing conflict in Syria. The Observatory said overnight airstrikes by the coalition shifted off the Islamic State group, instead targeting the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front and another militant group. That second hard-line Islamist group is Ahrar al-Sham.
The Observatory said attacks from Wednesday to Thursday hit the Nusra Front in northwestern Syria's Idlib province. The airstrikes mark only the second time the al-Qaida-linked rebels have been targeted since the anti-Islamic State attacks began in September.
Reuters provided minimal details about the deadly attack on the Nusra Front.
Earlier, it had reported that a strike targeted a car used by Nusra commanders in the Idlib town of Sarmada near the Turkish border, according to residents. The news agency, which said the vehicle reportedly was carrying ammunition, did not indicate whether anyone was injured.
But Reuters reported that residents of neighboring Harem said an airstrike had killed at least four children and injured dozens. The residents blamed the coalition for the strike.
Nusra Front bested Western-backed moderate rebels in the same area last week.
The first strikes against Nusra Front in September targeted a militant cell that the United States called the Khorasan group, alleging the militants had "imminent" plans to attack Western targets.
Strike near border
The Observatory also reported early Thursday that Ahrar al-Sham was hit for the first time near the northwest Bab al-Hawa crossing along the Turkish border.
Daily coalition airstrikes have largely focused on Islamic State targets in northern and eastern Syria.
A fractured Syria, already in a three-year civil war, faces an encroaching Islamic State group as the ultra-radical Islamist group fights to expand its reach through Syria and Iraq.
Iraqi television station showed footage late Wednesday of government forces fighting IS militants in the restive city of Beiji, north of Baghdad. The city is home to Iraq's largest oil refinery, which has been under militant control since June.
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