Iraq Sunnis Skeptical About U.S.-Led War on Islamic State
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As a U.S. offensive against Islamic State in Syria gets under way, six weeks of American strikes across the border in Iraq show the limits of air power.
Over 190 U.S. strikes in Iraq have contributed to militants abandoning some territory they have seized since June, according to figures released by the Pentagon. Yet Iraq’s government is struggling to win over enough Sunni tribal leaders to support the air campaign and deliver the militants a major defeat, said Michael Knights, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.