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The President of the United States noted that the IG has lost more than half its controlled territory.

The mistakes the United States during the military operation in Iraq, became one of the reasons for the emergence of the terrorist organization “Islamic state”. On Tuesday, December 6, said the American President Barack Obama, the press service of the White house.

“We refused to repeat some of the mistakes of the 2003 invasion, which initially contributed to the growth of the organization, which became known as ISIL,” Obama said at the base of the us air force in Florida.

He recalled that in 2014, the United States created the coalition, which includes about 70 countries, and began to fight with terrorists in Syria and Iraq, but not American forces battalions, and local groups that Washington supported with equipment and special forces .

Obama said that the coalition has inflicted on the terrorists more than 16 thousand air strikes, and ISIS has lost more than half its controlled territory.

“Ultimately, the backbone of the IG is broken”, – said the President of the United States. However, he acknowledged that the fight against extremism in the middle East may last for several generations.

Recall, Obama said that terrorists do not threaten the existence of the United States.