Threat to Syrian town tests patience for U.S. strategy

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https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vviidqaFgBMwnH38a2RfRw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-09T012035Z_1_LYNXNPEA9801L_RTROPTP_2_MIDEAST-CRISIS.JPG (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/threat-syrian-town-tests-patience-u-strategy-000831757.html)By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat from Islamic State fighters to the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani is an early test of the U.S.-led coalition's patience for a military strategy that at the moment can**t hold ground in Syria. As President Barack Obama met with top brass at the Pentagon on Wednesday, his administration sought to set low expectations for what U.S.-led air strikes could accomplish in Syria's ground war, and ack**wledged Kobani may fall into the clutch of Islamic State, also k**wn as ISIL, in the days ahead. ...




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