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March 18, 2016

John Kerry: ISIL Committing Genocide
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Secretary of State John Kerry says that ISIL is committing genocide
against Christians, Yazidis and Shiite Muslims in Iraq and Syria. This
comes less than a week after the U.S. Central Command chief, General
Lloyd Austin, told Congress the Pentagon wants more resources in the
fight against ISIL, though he stopped short of explicitly calling for
more U.S. troops to be deployed to Iraq and Syria. There are currently
more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq and at least 50 U.S. soldiers in
Syria.
Topics:Iraq Syria

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