Defense

ISIL down, but not out

The US has been pounding ISIL in Iraq with 500 lb. bombs and drone strikes. "What I expect ISIL to do is look for other things to do, to pick up and move elsewh...

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August 12, 2014 8:48 am

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The US has been pounding ISIL in Iraq with 500 lb. bombs and drone strikes. “What I expect ISIL to do is look for other things to do, to pick up and move elsewhere,” says Lt. Gen. William Mayville, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. However, he told reporters at the Pentagon that ISIL is still a problem. “I in no way want to suggest that we have effectively contained or are somehow breaking the momentum of ISIL,” said Mayville.