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President Barack Obama said Thursday that Iraq will need more help from the United States as it seeks to push back a violent Islamic insurgency that has captured two key cities and threatens to press toward Bagdad.Obama did not specify what type of assistance the U.S. would be willing to provide but said he had not ruled out any options.We do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either Iraq or Syria, for that matter, Obama said during an Oval Office meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.Senior administration stanley cup officials said the U.S. was considering whether to conduct drone missions in Iraq but was not looking to put American forces on the ground. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter by name and requested anonymity.Iraq has been b stanley cup eset by resurgent violence since the last American troops withdrew in late 2011 after more than eight years of war. The violence escalated this week with an al-Qaida-inspired group capturing two key Sunni-dominated cities this week and talking of a march on Baghdad.Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders have pleaded with the Obama administration for more than a year for additional help to combat the growing insurgency, which has been fueled by the unrelenting civil war in neighboring Syria. Northern Iraq has become a way station for insurgents who routinely travel be stanley cup tween the two countries and are seeding the Syrian war violen Snyh Trump says new guidelines aim to lift some restrictions
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