Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki Formally Asks US To Launch Airstrikes On ISIS While White House Debates Move

Iraq has renewed its plea for help and formally asked the U.S. to launch airstrikes in the region to fight off the Sunni Islamist group, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, which attacked the country's largest oil refinery on Wednesday, and has taken over large swathes of northern Iraq over the past few days.