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Sunday 15 Nov 2015 - 15:18 Makkah mean time-3-2-1437
Clinton during Saturday's debate (AFP image)
Des Moines (IINA) – White House hopeful Hillary Clinton called for global unity to crush the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as the carnage in Paris took center stage at Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate, AFP reported.
The three candidates – Clinton, liberal US Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley – began their debate with a moment of silence for the victims in France, bringing Friday’s horrific attacks an ocean away to the forefront of the White House race as they dominated the first half hour of the political showdown.
“We are not at war with Islam,” said Clinton, choosing her words with care as she warned ordinary Muslims should not be viewed as a threat. “We are at war with violent extremism.”
ISIS claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks on a Paris concert hall, restaurants and bars, and outside France’s national stadium – calling it retribution for French air strikes in Syria.
“It cannot be contained, it must be defeated,” Clinton said of the group which has overrun swathes of Syria and Iraq.
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