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Sen. Lindsey Graham has called on US President Barack Obama to authorize airstrikes in Iraq in order to halt the progress of al-Qaeda groups.
“There is no scenario where we can stop the bleeding in Iraq without American airpower,” Sen. Graham (R-S.C.) said after leaving a classified Senate Armed Services Committee briefing, The Hill reports.
“If American airpower is not interjected into the equation, I don’t see how you stop these people.”
Graham’s comments come as the Iraqi prime minister has asked the parliament to declare a state of emergency after al-Qaeda affiliated militants took control of the northern province of Nineveh …. http://www.presstv.ir