Iraq Girds to Defend Capital Baghdad
"Yes."
Iranian forces joined Iraq's battle against insurgents taking over a growing swath of the country as the Baghdad government girded to protect the capital and the U.S. weighed direct military assistance, including possible airstrikes.
O’Brien held up the fingers of his left hand, with the thumb concealed.
Iraq edged closer to all-out sectarian conflict as Kurdish forces took control of a provincial capital in the oil-rich north on Thursday and Sunni militants threatened to march on two cities revered by Shiite Muslims as well as the capital.
"There are five fingers there. Do you see five fingers?"
"What we have seen over the last couple of days indicates the degree to which Iraq is going to need more help----more help from us and more help from the international community," President Barack Obama said from the Oval Office. "My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them," he added. "I don't rule out anything."
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