U.S. Air Force bombed yesterday positions terrorist militia Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) near the Haditha Dam in Anbar province in western Iraq, the Pentagon said. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday setting out its strategy in the fight against terrorist militia, which would spread to Syria.
As for the bombing, the dam was in danger from the attacks of ISIS, said spokesman John Kirby. Apparently he was the first American attack in Anbar since August 8 began the air campaign against the jihadists in the north of the country.
According to the government station Al Irayika, USA held at least four positions ISIS attacks near the dam. The independent news site "Al Sumaria News" said that the attacks had killed dozens of fighters ISIS.
"If the prey falls to the ISIS or is destroyed, the damage would be very significant," for its part argued Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, to justify the attack. The bombing around Haditha exceeds the area in which hitherto operated USA, helping Iraqi troops and peshgmergas (Kurdish military) recover enclaves taken by ISIS in August offensive. Since Obama authorized a limited campaign of air strikes, there have been over 130 bombing.
The Haditha Dam is about 200 km west of Baghdad in Anbar province. There is the second largest hydroelectric plant in the country, behind the Mosul Dam.
Moreover, it is a strategic location for water supply in Iraq. In August and had been forced to retreat ISIS fighters who controlled Mosul Dam.
It was also reported that Iraqi troops backed by US warplanes, yesterday regained control and Barwana Jfayiya districts, according to the governor of Anbar, Ahmed al Delmi. "Security forces killed at least 60 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, including Afghans and Arabs," said the official.
For his part, President Obama announced yesterday that exposed the day after tomorrow, in a speech, his strategy in the fight against terrorists ISIS. Without giving details, he hinted that this is a broader offensive led by their country. But he insisted he did not send ground troops to fight against the jihadists. "I want the public understands the threat and what we do against it," Obama said in an interview broadcast by the station NBC News. "We will systematically reduce their capabilities, will reduce the area they control and in the end we will defeat them," said the head of the White House.
Some American analysts interpreted the announcement of discourse as a possible indication that Obama is close to making a decision on the possible extension of the Syrian air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Members of the American Army indicated that ISIS could not be defeated if the foundation is not attacked in Syria, something that Obama has refused so far.
Meanwhile, the Arab League in Cairo yesterday condemned the atrocities committed by the ISIS in Iraq, which come to be, in his opinion, "war crimes".
The head of the Arab League, Nabil al Arabi, called on Arab states to "take a clear and firm decision for full political and military confrontation with terrorism" governments.
The terrorist militia hostages considered as traitors who deserve the death penalty. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria had caused worldwide revulsion with the recent publication of two videos showing the beheading of two separate American journalists.
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