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Kerry told reporters Mon-day that the new leadershipin Baghdad is the corner-stone of an internationalstrategy to defeat and de-

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He said the Islamic Stategroup is now facing a world-wide coalition of nations thatis determined to destroy it— whether by militarypower, or cutting off financial

support, or even counteringthe vicious propaganda thatlionizes the insurgents’ mis-sion.

Kerry will travel to theMideast on Tuesday, withstops planned in Saudi Ara-bia and Jordan.

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WASHINGTON — PresidentBarack Obama will go on the offen-sive against the Islamic State groupwith a broader counterterror mis-sion than he previously has beenwilling to embrace, U.S. officials saidMonday. The new plan, however, stillwon’t commit U.S. troops to aground war against the brutal insur-gency and will rely heavily for nowon allies to pitch in for what could bean extended campaign.

Obama’s more aggressive posture— which officials say will target Is-lamic State militants comprehen-sively and not just to protect U.S.interests or help resolve humanitar-ian disasters — reflects a new direc-tion for a president who campaignedto end the war in Iraq and has gener-ally been deeply reluctant to use U.S.military might since he took office in2009.

“Almost every single county onEarth has a role to play in eliminat-ing the ISIL threat and the evil that itrepresents,” Secretary of State JohnKerry told reporters Monday night,using an acronym for the IslamicState. He said nations around theworld are seeking to defeat the mili-tancy with a coalition “built to en-dure for the months, and perhapsyears, to come.”

The U.S. has already launchedmore than 100 airstrikes against mili-tant targets in Iraq, including a newseries that the military said killed anunusually large number of IslamicState fighters. A Central Commandstatement Monday said the strikeshit targets near the Haditha Dam,and a spokesman, Maj. Curtis Kel-logg, said 50 to 70 fighters were tar-geted and most were believed tohave been killed.

Now, after the beheadings of twoAmerican freelance journalists,

Obama is considering expanding theairstrikes campaign into Syria, wherethe Islamic State has a safe haven.Obama has long avoided taking mili-tary action in Syria, concerned aboutindirectly assisting President BasharAssad and his government in Damas-cus. But White House spokesmanJosh Earnest suggested Monday thatthe U.S. could be moving in that di-rection, saying Obama was willing“to go wherever is necessary tostrike those who are threateningAmericans.”

Obama is to describe his plans ina speech on Wednesday. By thattime, Kerry will be headed to SaudiArabia and Jordan to meet withMideast leaders and gauge their levelof commitment to a growing world-wide coalition that is uniting againstthe Islamic State. Kerry said nationsfrom Canada to Estonia to Kuwait toAustralia have already contributed amix of assistance.

As he weighs his next move,Obama was soliciting advice Mondayfrom prominent foreign policy ex-perts from across the political spec-trum over dinner at the WhiteHouse. Among the guests invited tojoin Obama and Vice President JoeBiden were former national securityadvisers from the Obama, George W.Bush, Clinton and Carter administra-tions, as well as Council on ForeignRelations President Richard Haassand former Acting CIA DirectorMichael Morrell.

In a call Monday evening, Obamacongratulated new Iraqi Prime Minis-ter Haider al-Abadi for the approvalof a new government. The WhiteHouse said al-Abadi “expressed hiscommitment to work with all com-munities in Iraq as well as regionaland international partners tostrengthen Iraq’s capabilities” tofight the Islamic State militants.

Yet beyond airstrikes, much ofthe international strategy against the

Islamic State covers the same groundas it has for the past several months.

Two senior U.S. officials said itwill continue to curb foreign fightersand funding flowing to militants, aimto persuade the new government inBaghdad that was seated Monday togive more power to its Sunni citizensin hopes of discouraging them fromjoining the insurgency, andstrengthen Iraqi government forcesand moderate Syrian rebels in theirrespective battles against the IslamicState.

Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and theUnited Arab Emirates have formonths worked to combat the Is-lamic State either by sharing intelli-gence, sending humanitarian aid,providing military assistance torebels, or punishing suspected for-eign fighters. Broadened U.S.airstrikes would help cover Iraqi mil-itary forces, particularly the Pesh-merga forces in the country’sKurdish north, and Western-backedelements of the Syrian opposition,aiming to help them make gainsagainst the militants.

But Western leaders still appeardivided on whether to launchairstrikes in Syria. U.S. officials saidObama is leaning toward doing so aspart of an international effort, andBritish Prime Minister DavidCameron last week said he has notruled them out. It’s likely that theairstrikes, if they occur, would aim toavoid any of Assad’s aircraft, landingstrips or other assets that are part ofDamascus’ campaign to attack Sunnirebel groups that include the IslamicState.

Obama is also expected to presscongressional lawmakers to approve

$500 million in lethal aid to the Syrianrebels. He proposed the aid earlierthis year, but his request has stalledon Capitol Hill.

The U.S. also has pressured Sunnirulers in Qatar to prosecute privatefinanciers in their nations who are be-lieved to be funneling money to themilitants. And the West is pressingTurkey to shut its borders with Syriaand Iraq to restrict the travel of Is-lamic State militants and keep foreignfighters from joining the battle.

In Cairo, meanwhile, the 22-nationArab League agreed to take urgentmeasures to combat the Islamic Statethrough political, defense, securityand legal means. A resolution outlin-ing the league’s intent did not specifyhow that might happen, and it did notexplicitly back American military ac-tion against the extremists.

The bulk of the strategy is ex-pected to be hammered out later thismonth at the annual meeting of theUnited Nations General Assembly,where a Western diplomat said it’spossible the world leaders will adopta new Security Council resolution onhow to deal with the Islamic State.That would give the Obama and hisallies the legal cover and broad inter-national backing they desire to launchairstrikes.

But two U.S. officials cautionedMonday that Obama may not waituntil then, and he has remained non-committal about the prospect of seek-ing congressional authorization for anexpanded mission. He also did notseek congressional approval for thestrikes underway in Iraq, citing a re-quest for military assistance from theIraqi government and the need to pro-tect U.S. personnel in the country.

Stagnant PayStill HurtingJob Market

WASHINGTON (AP) —The U.S. job market hassteadily improved bypretty much every gaugeexcept the one Americansprobably care about most:Pay.

The unemployment ratehas sunk to a nearly nor-mal 6.1 percent. Employershave added a robust 2.5million jobs the past 12months. Layoffs have tum-bled.

Yet most people are stillwaiting for a decent raise.Friday’s August jobs reportconfirmed that averagehourly pay has crept uponly about 2 percent a yearsince the recession endedfive years ago — barelyabove inflation and farbelow the gains in most re-coveries.

Just why pay has beenso weak and when it mightstrengthen are key issuesfor the Federal Reserve indeciding when to raise in-terest rates.

The trend has mystifiedanalysts.

“This is the primaryeconomic and policy puz-zle facing policymakersright now: Why have wagesremained so low in the faceof an improving economy?”said Joe Brusuelas, chiefeconomist at McGladrey, atax and accounting firm.

Some economists ex-pect pay to pick up eventu-ally as the job marketkeeps improving. Theythink wages have laggedbecause millions of peopleare still out of work —many of whom aren’tcounted in the unemploy-ment rate because they’reno longer looking for a job.

But others say they fearthat pay has stagnated be-cause of trends that willpersist even after the econ-omy has moved closer tofull health.

They note that compa-nies have been makingmore use of temporary andpart-time workers, usuallyat lower pay, to replacefull-time permanent jobs.And newer technologieshave enabled businessesto produce more withfewer employees.

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