US President Barack Obama has admitted that the US underestimated the threat posed by Islamic State militants.
He said that America failed to acknowledge that the civil war in Syria left allowed Islamist fighters to regroup and spread terror.
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Speaking to American television network CBS, he added that the US overestimated the Iraqi army's ability to tackle IS militants. This comes as fighting rages on to the west of Baghdad