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   From: swift@swift.com   
      
   The militant Islamic State group released a video warning the   
   United States that its fighters are waiting for it in Iraq if   
   President Barack Obama sends troops there, as his top general   
   said may happen if the current strategy of airstrikes fails.   
      
   The slick 52-second video entitled "Flames of War" shows   
   militants blowing up tanks and images of wounded U.S. soldiers.   
   It then shows a clip of Obama saying that combat troops will not   
   be returning to Iraq, ending with a text overlay that reads   
   "fighting has just begun."   
      
   The video's timing, released late Tuesday, suggested it was a   
   response to Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint   
   Chiefs of Staff, who said in testimony to the Senate Armed   
   Services Committee that if the current Iraq strategy doesn't   
   prevail, he may recommend the use of ground troops.   
      
   "To be clear, if we reach the point where I believe our advisers   
   should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific ISIL   
   targets, I will recommend that to the president," Dempsey, the   
   chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declared in testimony to   
   the Senate Armed Services Committee. He referred to the   
   militants by an alternative name.   
      
   The video was released by the Islamic State group's Al Hayat   
   media center and was portrayed as a trailer for a longer video   
   to follow. The group operates a sophisticated propaganda machine   
   with slick production techniques, using social media to   
   broadcast a stream of battles, bombings and beheadings to a   
   global audience.   
      
   The strategy is aimed at terrorizing opponents at home and   
   winning recruits abroad. The group recently released three   
   videos showing the beheading of two American journalists and a   
   British aid worker.   
      
   http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/video-warns-us-   
   iraq-deployment-25558603   
      
       
      
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