Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery

2014/06/19 23:12:12 @Reuters: World News

TIKRIT Iraq (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the Iraqi crisis as government forces battled Sunni rebels for control of the country's biggest refinery.
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