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CNN Poll: Majority of Americans Worried About ISIL

Americans still oppose using U.S. forces, but favor aiding soldiers fighting ISIL

September 8, 2014

A majority of Americans are worried about the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) and support military action against the terror group, according to a new CNN poll.
Seven in 10 Americans say they believe ISIL has the resources to launch an attack against the United States. Of those polled, 76 percent favor additional airstrikes against ISIL, and 62 percent favor providing military aid to forces fighting ISIL.
More still--83 percent-- say the United States should provide humanitarian relief to people fleeing ISIL. But despite widespread support for taking action against the terror group, 61 percent of Americans oppose using U.S. soldiers on the ground in Iraq and Syria to combat ISIL.
President Obama is scheduled to speak to the nation Wednesday, the eve of the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, regarding his strategy to combat the rising ISIL threat and respond further to the grisly killings of two American journalists.