Maj. Gen Vallely: Saddam’s Right-Hand Man Is ISIS Ringleader
Photo Credit: Interdependent By Bill Hoffmann.
A ruthless ally of Saddam Hussein is one of the top ringleaders involved in the violent overtaking of key cities in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely has revealed.
“In the past 24 hours, the attacks coming out of eastern Syria and down toward Baghdad have all been conducted by Gen. Ibrahim al-Douri,” Vallely told “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV.
“He was the right hand man of Saddam Hussein. If you remember the conference tables in Saddam’s offices, al-Douri was the guy with the beret and the mustache and the red hair.”
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Photo Credit: APNancy Pelosi: Obama Doesn’t Need Approval for Iraq Airstrikes
By Todd Beamon.
President Barack Obama does not need approval from Congress to begin airstrikes to stem the Iraqi crisis, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
“The president does not need any additional congressional authority to act upon measures for our national security,” the California Democrat said, Politico reports.
She added that she, like Obama, did not support putting “boots on the ground.”
“Generally speaking, I think that you have to be careful about sending special forces, because it’s a number that has a tendency to grow, because I would like to see the context, purpose, timeline and the rest for anything like that,” Pelosi told Politico.
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