Pentagon Chief Eyes Rules of Engagement in Fight Against ISIS

By Published on November 19, 2015

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday that the U.S. is prepared to loosen the rules of engagement against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

“We’re prepared to change the rules of engagement,” Carter said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, noting that the U.S.-led coalition is now also going after different types of ISIS targets.

“We’ve changed tactics, as we just did in the case of the fuel trucks,” he said.

The coalition targeted 116 ISIS fuel trucks earlier this week. Defense officials attributed the success to better intelligence collection, adding that there is now a greater willingness to inflict greater damage on infrastructure targets.

 

Read the article “Pentagon Chief Eyes Rules of Engagement in Fight Against ISIS” on thehill.com.

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