Obama: ‘Every Day ISIL Leaders Wake up and Understand that It Could Be Their Last’

“As we ve seen ░░░░░░░░ tragically from Brussels to ░░░░░░░░ to Iraq where ISIL ░░░░░░░░ children watching soccer these ░░░░░░░░ terrorists still have the ░░░░░░░░ to inflict horrific violence ░░░░░░░░ the innocent to the ░░░░░░░░ of the entire world ░░░░░░░░ attacks likes these ISIL ░░░░░░░░ to weaken our collective ░░░░░░░░ Once again they have ░░░░░░░░ Their barbarism only stiffens ░░░░░░░░ unity and determination to ░░░░░░░░ this vile terrorist organization ░░░░░░░░ the face of the ░░░░░░░░ Today on the ground ░░░░░░░░ Syria and in Iraq ░░░░░░░░ is on the defensive ░░░░░░░░ 66 member coalition including ░░░░░░░░ partners is on the ░░░░░░░░ We have momentum and ░░░░░░░░ intend to keep that ░░░░░░░░ Our air campaign more ░░░░░░░░ 11 500 strikes so ░░░░░░░░ continues to pound ISIL ░░░░░░░░ It s harder than ░░░░░░░░ for them to move ░░░░░░░░ for them to mass ░░░░░░░░ When they try we ░░░░░░░░ them out ISIL still ░░░░░░░░ managed to advance in ░░░░░░░░ areas of Syria and ░░░░░░░░ but it has not ░░░░░░░░ a single successful major ░░░░░░░░ operation on the ground ░░░░░░░░ since last summer So ░░░░░░░░ s been nearly a ░░░░░░░░ since they were able ░░░░░░░░ mount a major successful ░░░░░░░░ operation We continue to ░░░░░░░░ out their leaders their ░░░░░░░░ and those plotting terrorist ░░░░░░░░ For ISIL s leadership ░░░░░░░░ has been a bad ░░░░░░░░ months Coalition forces captured ░░░░░░░░ Dawud a leader of ░░░░░░░░ chemical weapons program giving ░░░░░░░░ critical information that s ░░░░░░░░ us to unleash more ░░░░░░░░ against those sites We ░░░░░░░░ removed Abu Sarah an ░░░░░░░░ financier in Iraq Haji ░░░░░░░░ their finance chief Ezat ░░░░░░░░ Jabouri an ISIL figure ░░░░░░░░ northern Iraq not to ░░░░░░░░ a number of top ░░░░░░░░ terrorist fighters They are ░░░░░░░░ the field And in ░░░░░░░░ days and weeks ahead ░░░░░░░░ intend to take out ░░░░░░░░ Every day ISIL leaders ░░░░░░░░ up and understand that ░░░░░░░░ could be their last.”