PHOTOS: President Obama vows taking ISIS fight into Syria, Kerry visits Iraq
September 10, 2014
US President Barack Obama delivers a prime time address from the Cross Hall of the White House on September 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. Vowing to target the Islamic State with air strikes "wherever they exist", Obama pledged to lead a broad coalition to fight IS and work with "partner forces" on the ground in Syria and Iraq. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 533283315 )
A US State Department helicopter flies over Baghdad on September 10, 2014. US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to the Iraqi capital to hold talks with Iraq's new leaders on their role in a long-awaited strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOLBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533257992 )
US Secretary of State John Kerry (2R) arrives at Baghdad Airport on September 10, 2014. Kerry is visiting Iraq to hold talks with the country's new leaders on their role in a long-awaited strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOLBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533257990 )
US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference at the US Embassy in Baghdad on September 10, 2014. Kerry is visiting Iraq to hold talks with the country's new leaders on their role in a long-awaited strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI/ POOLBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533259271 )
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: The White House is lit at dusk shortly before U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the nation September 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama is expected to speak on military measures the United States intends to conduct to combat Islamic militants "wherever they exist." (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) ( 455203822 )
US President Barack Obama delivers a prime time address from the Cross Hall of the White House on September 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. Vowing to target the Islamic State with air strikes "wherever they exist", Obama pledged to lead a broad coalition to fight IS and work with "partner forces" on the ground in Syria and Iraq. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 533284201 )
US President Barack Obama delivers a prime time address from the Cross Hall of the White House on September 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. Vowing to target the Islamic State with air strikes "wherever they exist", Obama pledged to lead a broad coalition to fight IS and work with "partner forces" on the ground in Syria and Iraq. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 533284137 )
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Barack Obama is watched on a television screen at a nail salon as he delivers a speech on his strategy to combat the terrorist group ISIS on September 10, 2014 in San Francisco, California. President Obama delivered a short prime time televised speech to the Nation to outline his strategy to combat the terrorist group ISIS following the beheadings of two American journalists. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) ( 455210372 )
US Secretary of State John Kerry looks out over Baghdad from a helicopter on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq today for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/POOL/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253658 )
Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribesmen stand next to their vehicles as smoke billows after a mortar round attack that targeted a military post during the visit of Ahmed al-Dulaimi, the governor of Iraq's Anbar province on September 7, 2014 on the road between Barwanah and Haditha in Anbar province, west of the provincial capital Ramadi. Dulaimi was injured during the attack, which also wounded Abdulhakim al-Jughaifi, the administrative official responsible for Haditha, and seven soldiers, shortly after the town of Barwanah was retaken from militants, an AFP journalist said. A suicide bomber then struck the convoy carrying Dulaimi toward Haditha for treatment, killing one soldier and wounding six. AFP PHOTO / AZHAR SHALLALAZHAR SHALLAL/AFP/Getty Images ( 533163343 )
Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribesmen stand next to Ahmed al-Dulaimi (C), the governor of Iraq's Anbar province, laying on the ground after he was injured during an attack at a military post he was visiting on September 7, 2014 on the road between Barwanah and Haditha in Anbar province, west of the provincial capital Ramadi. Dulaimi was injured during the attack, which also wounded Abdulhakim al-Jughaifi, the administrative official responsible for Haditha, and seven soldiers, shortly after the town of Barwanah was retaken from militants, an AFP journalist said. A suicide bomber then struck the convoy carrying Dulaimi toward Haditha for treatment, killing one soldier and wounding six. AFP PHOTO / AZHAR SHALLALAZHAR SHALLAL/AFP/Getty Images ( 533163527 )
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Islamic-State (IS) militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak, a strategic point taken 3 days ago, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul on September 9,2014. Kurdish forces in the north have been bolstered by US strikes and took control of Mount Zardak, a strategic site that provides a commanding view of the surrounding area, a senior US officer said. AFP PHOTO/ JM LOPEZJM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 533220583 )
A member of the Iraqi security forces monitors the site of a car bomb explosion in the New Baghdad district, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens on September 10, 2014, as US Secretary of State visited the Iraqi capital for talks on combating jihadists. A suicide car bombing followed by a car bomb struck near a police checkpoint in a crowded area of eastern Baghdad, officials said. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEAHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images ( 533260284 )
Women Peshmerga recruits, some of whom are volunteers, parade as they take part in a military training at a base near the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya on September 10, 2014. Arab nations are rallying behind US efforts to form a broad coalition against jihadists in Iraq and Syria as Kurdish and Iraqi forces continue to fight Islamic State (IS) militants. AFP PHOTO / JM LOPEZJM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images ( 533266963 )
A wounded Syrian boy cries as he looks for his father at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus on September 9, 2014, after reported airstrikes by Syrian government forces that killed over 10 people and wounded dozens. Douma is a rebel bastion northeast of Damascus, which has been under suffocating army siege for more than a year. Syria's war has killed more than 170,000 people, and forced nearly half the population to flee their homes. AFP PHOTO/ABD DOUMANYABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images ( 533215532 )
Wounded Syrian men wait for treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma near Damascus on September 9, 2014, after reported airstrikes by Syrian government forces that killed over 10 people and wounded dozens. Douma is a rebel bastion northeast of Damascus, which has been under suffocating army siege for more than a year. Syria's war has killed more than 170,000 people, and forced nearly half the population to flee their homes. AFP PHOTO/ABD DOUMANYABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images ( 533215521 )
Delegates and ambassador speaks prior to the opening of the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council on September 8, 2014 in Geneva. The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating "a house of blood", the UN's new human rights chief said Monday. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINIFABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533164329 )
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, says it's time for President Barack Obama to "exercise some leadership in launching a response" to the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington following a GOP caucus meeting. From left are, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the Republican Policy Committee chairman, McConnell, and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. McConnell spoke in advance of a White House meeting this afternoon between the president and congressional leaders from both parties. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( Congress Obama Islamic State )
Iraqi lawmakers attend the session to approve the new government in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Iraq's parliament officially named Haider al-Abadi the country's new prime minister late Monday and approved most of his proposed Cabinet amid calls by the Arab League for its members to combat the Sunni militant group violently advancing across Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool) ( Mideast Iraq )
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) shake hands after a meeting on September 10, 2014 in Baghdad. Kerry flew into Iraq today for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/POOL/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253733 )
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, walks with National Intelligence Director James Clapper on Capitol Hill following a closed-door briefing, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, as President Barack Obama prepares to go on the offensive against the Islamic State terror group. Obama told congressional leaders at the White House Tuesday that he has the authority he needs to carry out a broader campaign to root out the violent extremists in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( Congress Obama Islamic State )
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) looks over papers while flying from Jordan to Iraq on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq today for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against Islamic State jihadists to be unveiled by President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images ( 533253504 )
US President Barack Obama departs after delivering a prime time address from the Cross Hall of the White House on September 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. Vowing to target the Islamic State with air strikes "wherever they exist", Obama pledged to lead a broad coalition to fight IS and work with "partner forces" on the ground in Syria and Iraq. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 533284183 )
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