Defence chiefs describe militants as apocalyptic group that will need to be defeated but maintain limited strikes are sufficient
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Senior Pentagon officials described the Islamic State (Isis) militant group as an apocalyptic organisation that posed an imminent threat on Thursday, yet the highest ranking officer in the US military said that in the short term, it was sufficient for the United States to contain the group that has reshaped the map of Iraq and Syria.
Army general Martin Dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told reporters in a Pentagon briefing that while Isis would eventually have to be defeated, the US should concentrate on building allies in the region to oppose the group that murdered an American journalist, James Foley.
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