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air strikes on Syria would face formidable obstacles

officials say.

The Pentagon began preparing options for an assault on Islamic State fighters after the militants last week
cheap wholesale oakleys posted a gruesome video showing the beheading of American photojournalist James Foley. Deliberations by Obama’s national security team on expanding the campaign against Islamic State from Iraq into neighbouring Syria gathered pace in recent days, officials say.

While it is unclear how soon strikes might be launched, Obama’s go ahead for aerial reconnaissance over Syria has raised expectations he will approve the attacks rather than back off as he did last year after threatening to strike Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s forces.

Any air offensive would likely focus on Islamic State’s leadership and positions around the city of Raqqa in their stronghold of eastern Syria, and border areas that have served as staging grounds for Islamist forces that have swept into Iraq and taken over a third of the country.

But every option carries significant risk.

"There are all kinds of downsides and risks that suggest air strikes in Syria are probably
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Efforts to hit the right targets in Syria will be more difficult than in Iraq, hindered by a shortage of
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Of greater concern to Western military planners is anti aircraft
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cheap oakley sunglasses State fighters might have acquired. military as part of the CNA Corp think tank in Virginia. "There are more sophisticated air defences, some in the hands of ISIS," he added, using an alternative name for Islamic State.

In a recent report, Small Arms Survey, an independent research group based in Geneva, detailed a range of shoulder launched missile systems in the hands of the militants. special forces to rescue Foley in July.Articles Connexes：