The U.S. use of torture when interrogating prisoners captured in its "war on terror" has damaged the country's moral high ground and set back the global fight against the condemnable practice, a UN human rights expert said Thursday.
Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al- Obiedi said on Tuesday his country rejected the entry of foreign ground troops to fight against terrorism, stressing that the Iraqi army will be able to expel the Islamic State militant group from Iraq.
Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that American ground troops could be called into battle against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria if circumstances require.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday at a Senate hearing that boots on the ground may be needed in Syria if chemical weapons were to fall into wrong hands, a scenario representing a clear danger to the United States and its allies.
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