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Militants fast approaching Iraq capital

Turning to the very serious turn of events in Iraq now. Sunni Islamist militants have been making lightening advances and are not far from the capital.
This radical militant group called “The Islamic State in Iraq and the Al-Sham” or ISIS is posing a major threat to the stability of the new Iraqi government that has held sole power of the country since the U.S. left in 2011. And now the U.S. is weighing it’s options for possible intervention, but there is concern in Iraq that any may come too late.
The situation in Iraq is near dire. This militant group ISIS is advancing and is only 65 kilometers away from the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Many in Baghdad are not sure they have several more days before the city could fall.
Mosques in the city centre have been putting out public calls telling people to come collect their weapons.
The Shiite religious authority has issued a Fatwa, a religious edict, telling people they should launch a war to defend the capital.
And young men are signing up to volunteer for service in the armed forces. But video has surfaced reportedly showing Iraqi tanks, abandoned by the army.
In the U.S. President Barack Obama said he needs several more days to consider any possible military action, but has ruled out soldiers on the ground: “We can’t do it for them. In the absence of this type of political effort short-term military action, including any assistance we might provide won’t succeed.”
He wants Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, to reach out to Sunni groups and to be more inclusive and to see a political framework that would allow this government to go forward: “This should be a wake-up call. Iraq’s leaders have to demonstrate a willingness to make hard decisions and compromises on behalf of the Iraqi people in order to bring the country together.”
Obama says they are not going to be dragged back in to a situation which would require a sacrifice by the U.S. only to have a problem like this re-emerge after they leave.