Air strikes **t e**ugh to destroy Islamic State: U.S. general
 

By Adrian Croft WIESBADEN Germany (Reuters) - Air strikes alone will **t be e**ugh to destroy Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, and Baghdad will need training to rebuild ground forces capable of ?going after them and rooting them out,? the U.S. Army Chief of Staff said on Wednesday. Three years after U.S. forces pulled out of Iraq, President Barack Obama has ordered air strikes to halt Islamic State fighters who made rapid advances earlier this year as Iraqi forces melted away. General Ray Odier**, who commanded U.S. ...

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