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the pentagon<u+2019>s plan to launch an offensive against the daesh (isil) terrorist group in syria is only aimed at undermining a successful attempt by the syrian government and its allies to defeat the terror group, says james petras, an american political commentator. 




us defense secretary ashton carter told nbc news on wednesday that the pentagon is planning a ground offensive to oust daesh from the syrian city of raqqah, the terror group<u+2019>s stronghold in the country. 




carter, who was in iraq earlier this week amid the ongoing battle to retake the city of mosul from daesh, said the raqqah offensive would begin when iraq<u+2019>s second largest city is cleared. 




he claimed that us forces won<u+2019>t be directly involved in any of the operations. 




<u+201c>this is a ploy to have the us in northern syria,<u+201d> petras said, arguing that the us was seeking to undermine international efforts to defeat daesh in a bid to reinforce its own foothold in the conflict-ridden country. 




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