Obama envoy admits administration strategy failing to stop ISIL advance on Baghdad

By World Tribune on October 17, 2014   BB Middle East, Exclusives, Iraq, Mideast, World Links  

Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, despite intensified air strikes, has acknowledged significant gains by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. President Barack Obama’s envoy to the anti-ISIL coalition said ISIL continues to advance in Iraq. [Ret.] Gen. John Allen said U.S. and coalition air strikes failed to stop ISIL in its […]