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to defence officials.Other non-combat support includes increased intelligence sharing with Iraq and more assistance with operational planning and advisory for top Iraqi military chiefs.Airstrikes This option remains on the table. USS George HW Bush is currently based in the Arabian Sea and may be sent to the Persian Gulf to strike Isis targets.One stumbling block could be the Congressional approval that any potential airstrikes would require. Also, US military leaders are concerned that air strikes may not be taken advantage of by the Iraqi army, who have been deserting their posts in northern Iraq.Cruise missile strikes Two US destroyers equipped with Tomahawk missiles are currently stationed in the Persian Gulf while other destroyers and cruisers that could strike Iraq are based in the Mediterranean, Red and Arabian seas.Drones Unmanned predator drones, if utilised, offer the benefit of no US lives being lost. A full air assault requires Congressional approval while drone strikes do not.The US has a network of drone bases in close proximity to Iraq,Black Nike Air Max 2015 Shoes, specifically Incirlik in Turkey, Udeid in Qatar, and al-Dharfa in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).They also have bases capable of launching drone strikes in Kuwait (Ali al-Salem and al-Jaber airbases) and Oman (Seeb).Special force advisers US military planners have been drawing up an option to send special force advisers on the ground with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, a defence official told the Wall Street Journal. This would improve the efficiency and capabilities of the Iraqi forces on the ground but will be viewed as a time-consuming measure.Targeted Assassinations As with Osama bin Laden, US special forces could launch covert attacks against high-level Isis targets such as Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the man leading the Sunni insurgents, who is being called the next bin Laden.While risky, striking Isis at the top of the organisation would hinder the group's cohesion and make al-Maliki's struggle to hold on to Baghdad much easier.RelatedIraq Crisis: Britain to Give ??3m Emergency AidIsis Insurgents Tweet Picture of Beheaded Man: 'This is our ball. It's made of skin WorldCup'Isis Militants 'Kill 30 People' in SyriaIsis Uprising in Syria: Militants Execute Displaced Arab FamiliesIraq Crisis LIVE: Barack Obama Rules Out US Boots on the Ground  <div
Iraq Crisis: What Would it Take for Britain to Intervene?By Nigel WilsonJune 17, 2014 17:59 BSTVolunteers, who have joined the Iraqi security forces to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis).(Reuters)The emergence of Tony Blair into the media spotlight last week prompted a fierce debate about, among other things,Air Max 2015 Men Nike UK Running Shoes Black Green, whether the UK should intervene in Iraq.With a coalition of Sunni extremists, led by the breathakingly brutal Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,) seizing territory across Iraq's northern region, the United States and its old ally Britain are frantically working on a plan of action.The former British Prime Minister's message was clear: the ongoing trouble in Iraq will someday present a threat to British national security and inaction would endanger the West, he said.In an essay posted on his website, he picked a fight with "Islamist extremism", saying the West is involved in a generation-long global war against the ideology. Britain,Nike Air Max 2009 Mens uk, he argued, should intervene in Iraq accordingly.However familiar Blair's argument, Britain's position on Iraq is no longer dictated by what the former Prime Minister says.Firstly, it is important to note that the Britain will be led by the United States on foreign policy decisions.With Barack Obama's growing reputation for isolationism, it is easy to forget that the US President has made foreign policy plays based on the kinds of arguments espoused by Mr Blair in recent days.In Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan, Obama has signed off on hundreds of drone strikes and special-forces raids against targets that the administration believes posed a threat to the US's national security. When asked about the possibility of using drones against Sunni militants in Iraq on Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that every option was being vetted.While the White House has buffed up its naval and air force presence in the region over recent days, as it mulls the prospect of an aerial campaign, President Barack Obama hastily ruled out the prospect of a large-scale military deployment on the ground.British and American leaders are certainly jittery about the advance of the ultra-violent Isis but any decision to intervene will be determined by events on the ground in Iraq.RelatedIraq Crisis: Thousands of Shiite Volunteers Join Army to Fight IsisIraq Crisis: Shia Militia 'Execute 44 Detained Sunni Militants'Iraq Shuts Biggest Oil Refinery and Evacuates Foreign Staff as Isis Closes InIraq Isis Crisis Special Report: Thousands Race for Border as Civil War Fears RiseThe coalition of Sunni extremists, cobbled together and led by Isis,Nike Air Max 2014 Men UK Black Jade Green, has lost the momentum that saw it sweep through Mosul, Tikrit and Baiji in a matter of days.As the group advance