- 46 nurses stuck in the hospital in Iraq are in delicate situation as there has been bombing and firing in the vicinity of the building
- Nurses have pleaded authorities to secure their escape as it is getting very difficult staying there further
- The nurses have sought refuge in the basement of the hospital building and have informed Iraqi authorities of their location and hoping they will be able to bring them out safely
- Indian authorities offered the nurses in Bagdad to move to safe location by bus but they declined the offer since insurgents of ISIS had guaranteed their safety and promised to secure their back wages
- The government has purchased 233 tickets to felicitate Indians, who wish to come back, around 1000 Indianswant to come back and similar number wanted to stay back for various reasons
- Iraq’s Ramzan counter-offensive has made little progress and the Iraq military has taken control on highway running north through Tikrit, from Baghdad to Mosul but is not able to take over the city
- Iraq has thus soared from zero to nearly 800 U.S troops to aid Iraqi security forces, Mr.Obama ordered into Baghdad to defend the American embassy
- President remained uncomfortable with his remarks regarding his administration’s refusal to put American boots back on the ground in the troubled country by the ISIS groups
- Further Mr.Obama will send 300 military advisers to take action in the future and he added that the American troops will not be fighting again in Iraq
- In his letter he has informed the leaders in both Houses of Congress that 200 additional Armed Forces personnel would arrive in Iraq to support the U.S.Embassy, Baghdad airport
- They would comprise of security forces, rotary-wing aircraft, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nurses-trapped-in-tikrit-plead-for-help/article6168072.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/indian-nurses-in-delicate-situation/article6168062.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/200-more-us-troops-for-iraq/article6168054.ece