Iraqi leader asks US for more air power, weaponry

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday that his army is taking the offensive against the Islamic State group but needs more air power and heavy weaponry to prevail.

 

Hagel, who flew to Baghdad to get a first-hand report on progress against the Islamic State militants, held a series of meetings with top Iraqi government officials and conferred with American military commanders.

 

He met with al-Abadi at the prime minister’s office after addressing a group of U.S. and Australian soldiers at Baghdad International Airport.

 

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