BAGHDAD: US President Barack Obama was considering options short of sending troops to help Iraq to counter a Sunni militant onslaught as a leading cleric called Shiites to take up arms to defend the country.
The militants captured Iraq's second city of Mosul on Tuesday in a lightning offensive, before advancing south towards Baghdad, leading Obama to say he was "looking at all the options".
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