Obama says ready to launch air attacks on IS in Syria
US President Barack
Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in
Washington. (AP)
AFP
Published — Thursday 11 September 2014
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he is ready to launch air strikes
on Islamic State forces in Syria, expanding the campaign already
undertaken against the militants in Iraq.
"I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists
who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to
take action against ISIL in Syria, as well as Iraq," Obama said in a
televised address.
"This is a core principle of my presidency: if you
threaten America, you will find no safe haven."
He called on Congress to give him "additional
authorities and resources to train and equip" the Syrian opposition,
saying they were the "best counterweight" to IS fighters, who have
seized wide swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria.
"In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad
regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the
legitimacy it has lost," he said, referring to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Obama said the US would lead a "broad coalition"
to roll back the threat posed by IS, but insisted that US combat troops will
not be sent to fight on foreign soil as part of the operation.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Note:
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staffer,
and is a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is a friend of Michelle Obama, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and was Mayor Richard
M. Daley’s deputy chief of staff.
Richard M. Daley’s staffer was Michelle Obama, Valerie B. Jarrett was his deputy chief of staff, the Chicago (IL) mayor, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, William M. Daley’s brother, and a senior
adviser for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
William M. Daley is Richard M. Daley’s brother, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and the
chairman for the Midwest region of JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
James S. Crown is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
a director at JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), Amnesty International, the
Human Rights Watch, the NPR, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch,
and a benefactor for the NPR.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked Amnesty
International, the Human Rights
Watch, and the NPR.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and married to Asma al-Assad.
Asma al-Assad is married to Bashar al-Assad, and was a banker at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
James A. Bell is a
director at JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Glenn F. Tilton
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the chairman Midwest region for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mayer Brown was
the lobby firm for JPMorgan Chase &
Co.
Robert A. Helman
is a partner at Mayer Brown, a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, Richard M. Daley’s brother,
was the chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration, the chairman for the Midwest region of JPMorgan Chase & Co., and a partner
at Mayer Brown.
William M. Daley
Professional career
Daley returned to the practice of law, as a partner with the firm
Mayer
Brown (then Mayer, Brown & Platt) from 1993 to 1997.
Mayer Brown was
the lobby firm for JPMorgan Chase &
Co.
JPMorgan Chase
& Co. is a stockholder for the Tribune Media Co.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the bankruptcy adviser for the Tribune Media Co.
David D. Hiller
was the SVP for the Tribune Media Co., a partner at Sidley Austin LLP,
and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staffer,
and is a friend of Valerie B. Jarrett.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow
is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a friend of Michelle Obama, a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and
was Mayor Richard M. Daley’s deputy chief of staff.
Richard M. Daley’s
staffer was Michelle Obama, Valerie B. Jarrett was his deputy
chief of staff, the Chicago (IL) mayor, is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, William M. Daley’s brother, and a senior adviser
for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Asma al-Assad was
a banker at JPMorgan Chase & Co., and is married to Bashar
al-Assad.
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