Did the US
president actually said this?
“President
Barack Obama’s reference to US training 'ISIL forces' has raised
eyebrows, no less because of the White House’s odd edit in the
transcript of the president’s speech on confronting Islamic State.”
“After
getting briefed on US efforts to fight the self-proclaimed Caliphate
occupying large swaths of Syria and Iraq, Obama told reporters Monday
at the Pentagon that the US was ramping up the training of local
forces to complement airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition.”
“What
he actually said, however, was 'we’re speeding up training of ISIL
forces, including volunteers from Sunni tribes in Anbar Province.'”
“ISIL
stands for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and is the US
government’s preferred term for the group, also known as ISIS or,
more recently, Islamic State. The official transcript released by the
White House contains the word “Iraqi” in brackets following the
acronym ISIL.”
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