Pentagon Chief Urges Allies To Defeat ISIS After Orlando Shooting

The US Defense Secretary said that the Orlando massacre, reportedly inspired by ISIS, underscores the great urgency needed to accelerate the military campaign against the terrorist group. Ashton Carter called on US military partners to do more to defeat the group. Press TV reports: The Pentagon chief reiterated that the threat of terrorism, specifically that of Daesh, is one of the top security challenges facing the United States. “Last week’s tragic shooting in Orlando underscores the urgency,” Carter said Monday. “It reminds us that ISIL not only tyrannizes the populations where it arose in Iraq and Syria, but it also wants to spread its evil ideology, and to plot or inspire attacks on Americans, including here at home.” “Orlando is a reminder that all nations must do more to defeat ISIL,” he said. “The sooner we deliver it a lasting defeat, the safer we’ll make our homelands and our people.” Armed with assault weapons, an alleged Daesh sympathizer opened fire at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others, before he was shot dead by police. The attack was believed to be the second mass shooting on US soil by a gunman [...]