MESOP SHORT CUTS TODAY : Airstrikes Continue / INSIGHT NEWS
U.S. aircraft conducted six airstrikes on Thursday (al-Jazeera), continuing their assault on ISIS militants in Iraq in a push to maintain control over the Mosul Dam. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said in a press conference Thursday that the threat posed by ISIS was imminent, and that the war would be “a long contest.” (DW)
CFR Military Fellow Clint Hinote discusses the ISIS video and military strategy in Iraq.