American leaders should reject any form of mission creep in the Middle East – including state building and countering Iranian influence in Iraq.

Last month’s raid In Iraq’s western Anbar Province resulted in the death of four top ISIS commanders, U.S. Central Command announced. The Aug. 29 mission, one of the biggest raids carried out under Operation Inherent Resolve, took out the terror group’s top commander in Iraq and 13 other fighters, and left seven American servicemembers injured.

According to the US Army, four leaders of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) were killed in western Iraq at the end of August. During the

The U.S.-Iraq joint military operation in Western Iraq killed four ISIS leaders last month, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed in a statement on Friday. The partnered raid, which took place on Aug.