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The US has announced that Nato allies have agreed to form a coalition to fight the Islamic State, with Barack Obama stating the group’s “savage nihilism” must be confronted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The US president said on Friday that the US and its key allies would be mount a sustained effort to push back the group, formerly known as ISIL, which he said posed a significant threat to Nato countries.<\/span>
There would also be efforts to include Middle Eastern nations in the coalition, a concerted effort to cut the group’s funding, and help those groups which reject the “nihilism” it has spread through Syria and Iraq.<\/span>
The announcement was made at the conclusion of a Nato summit in Wales, after high-level talks to agree a plan by the time the UN general assembly meets this month.<\/span>
The coalition comprises the US, the UK, France, Australia, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Denmark.<\/span>
Obama said it would stand ready “to confront this terrorist threat with military, intelligence, law enforcement as well as diplomatic efforts”.<\/span>
“I did not get any resistance or push back to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organisation that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of Nato members,” he said.<\/span>
“So there’s great conviction that we have to act, as part of the international community, to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL, and that was extremely encouraging.”<\/span>
Laying out a strategy for Iraq, Obama hinted at a broader military campaign, likening it to the way US forces pushed back al-Qaeda along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, taking out the group’s leadership and shrinking the areas it controlled.<\/span>
In Syria, he noted that moderate Syrian rebels fighting both the group and the government of Bashar al-Assad were “outgunned and outmanned” and needed aid.<\/span>
Obama pressed Arab allies to reject the violent “nihilism” projected by the group.<\/span>
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, will travel to the Middle East next week, where he expects to expand the coalition beyond Western nations.<\/span>
Said Obama: “I think it is absolutely critical that we have Arab states – and specifically Sunni-majority states – that are rejecting the kind of extremist nihilism that we’re seeing out of ISIL,… join us actively in the fight.”<\/span>
“What we can dismantle this network, this force that has claimed to control this much territory, so that they can’t do us harm,” Obama said.<\/span>
In a meeting with the foreign and defence ministers from the coalition countries, Kerry said leaders need a clear idea about what they could contribute. Those not offering military assets could instead provide intelligence, equipment, ammunition or weapons.<\/span>
The French president, Francois Hollande, said France was discussing with allies what type of action might be taken. <\/span>
Georgia, which is not in Nato but has previously sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq, was quick to offer its support.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Aljazeera<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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