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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, smoke rises after a shell lands in Kobani in Syria as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border. After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has so far hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group’s territory. The extremists’ grip on major cities across Iraq and neighboring Syria remains unquestioned. The campaign has brought some gains, with Kurdish fighters taking back towns on the fringes of the Islamic State group’s territory. But those successes only underline a major weakness: Besides the Iraqi Kurds, there are no forces on the ground ready to capitalize on the airstrikes. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

ANALYSIS: U.S.-led airstrikes produce few gains

By VIVIAN SALAMA - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2014 photo, motorists ride past a graffiti of the Islamic State group's flag in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia. The world's largest Muslim country is facing a new threat as security officials fear that militants who are joining the Islamic State could take part in terrorism acts on their return to Southeast Asia. (AP Photo)

Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Turkish Kurds watch the fighting over the border, as in the background Turkish army tanks hold their positions on a hilltop in the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani in Syria where fighting had ben intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Kurds repel jihadist attack on Syrian town

By Bassem Mroue - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Joe Biden, right, before signing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, bipartisan job-training legislation which aims to help job seekers gain valuable employment skills, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Obama still has confidence in Biden despite gaffes: White House

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

claim: Militants with the Islamic State plant a hilltop flag near the town of Kobani along the Syrian-Turkish border. (associated press)

Islamic State siege of Syrian border city tests Turkey’s allegiances

By Jacob Resneck — Special to The Washington Times

FBI Director James B. Comey speaks during a news conference in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Comey spoke after the sentencing in federal court of Mohamed Mohamud, who was convicted last year of a terrorism charge. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

FBI: Militants may be working on plan to strike U.S.

Associated Press

Vice President Joe Biden dons a Joplin High School baseball cap during a dedication ceremony for a combined high school and vocational school that replaces one destroyed by a deadly tornado more than three years ago, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Joplin, Mo. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Laurie Sisk)

Joe Biden apologizes for blaming Turkey, UAE for Islamic State

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Turkish military is fortifying its border as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State group in Kobani, which has been under attack for weeks. (Associated Press)

Islamic State withstands bombing campaign, plots Baghdad invasion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Smoke plumes are visible over buildings in the Iraqi town of Hit, in western Anbar province - 140 kilometers (85 miles) west of Baghdad - after an attack by the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State group, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. The Islamic State group stormed Hit on Thursday, its latest victory against the embattled Iraqi military in Anbar province. (AP Photo)

WILLIAMS: Obama once again leads us into a Mideast hellfire without a strategy

By Armstrong Williams

Vice President Joe Biden gestures during a speech in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Biden visited the area to talk about a new federal transportation grant. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Turkish president infuriated with Biden, demands apology over Islamic State remarks

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, addresses British troops, in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)

Cameron on Islamic State fight: ‘This is going to be our struggle now’

By Jon Gambrell and Shawn Pegatchnik - Associated Press

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - This undated image shows a frame from a video released Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, by Islamic State militants that purports to show the killing of journalist Alan Henning by the militant group. Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes. (AP Photo) ONLINE OUT

Video purports to show another Islamic State beheading

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This undated family handout photo shows British man Alan Henning, currently held hostage by Islamic State (IS) and whose life was threatened in the IS video in which they beheaded David Haines. (AP Photo/PA Wire)

Video: Islamic State group beheads British hostage

By Jon Gambrell and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 13, 2013, file photo, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during his last news conference as defense secretary at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Panetta: Obama vacillated on Syria

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama smiles at the wheel of a golf cart during golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, on Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Piers Morgan slams Obama for ‘shameless, reprehensible display of buck-passing’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 photo, Kurds from Turkey, left, and Syria break down the barbed wire at the Turkey-Syria border near Suruc, Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a "no-fly zone" should be created in Syria to protect part of it from attacks by Syria's air force. In his comments to reporters on his return from the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Erdogan did not specify where such a zone should be located. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey approves military operations in Iraq, Syria to fight Islamic State militants

By Suzan Fraser and Diaa Hadid - Associated Press

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens March 26, 2012, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

U.S. pushing for new ‘Sunni Awakening’ in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on Islamized women joining the ISIS cause by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CROWLEY: Men seeking women: Must love jihad

By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times