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Published September 05, 2014

This March 25, 2014 file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., leaving a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP

A top House Republican is urging the Obama administration to consider sending U.S. ground forces as part of its strategy against the Islamic State, saying we will have to risk Americans" to defeat the terrorist group.

The call by Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers R-Mich., puts him out in front of even his Republican colleagues, many of whom echo the administration line that the U.S. should not commit boots on the ground in Iraq.

Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated that stance on Friday in Wales ahead of a meeting among allies on how to address the Islamic State threat.

I think thats a red line for everybody here, no boots on the ground, Kerry said.

But Rogers, in a forceful op-ed published in Time, said the U.S. must not let the standard trope that there be no boots on the ground become a mantra of self-defeat or a definition of intelligence operations and special capabilities.

The column comes as even Democrats take a tougher stance toward ISIS. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., while not supporting U.S. boots on the ground, plans to introduce a bill authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Syria.

Rogers, who also supports taking the fight to Syria, stressed that American infantry and tanks rolling back into Iraq or Syria are not needed. But it is not enough simply to send a few hundred troops to defend American diplomatic compounds, Rogers wrote.

This is a terrorist organization that has an army, and we need to treat it that way. To defeat this enemy, we will have to risk Americans who will be operating in the fight. But lets be clear, American lives around the world are presently at risk from ISISs brutality, Rogers said.

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Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's grandson, Anandraj Ambedkar, is planning to ally with hardline All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by the Owaisi brothers for the assembly elections.

Anandraj, who leads Republican Sena, is the younger brother of former Lok Sabha MP Prakash Ambedkar, who heads Bharatiya Republican Paksha-Bahujan Mahasangh (BRP- BMS).

We are testing the waters. Our party may put up candidates in 50 to 60 seats, said Anandraj, confirming alliance with AIMIM and smaller fronts like those led by former high court judge BG Kolse Patil, former MP Sudhir Sawant's Shivarajya Party and social organisations to form 'Samvidhan Morcha.'

It's true the Owaisis are extremists, but they have mass base among Muslims, said Anandraj, adding that if AIMIM leaders make statements that go against the Constitution (and law), action should be taken against them.

Anandraj said he would not contest elections, but focus on campaigning. Samvidhan Morcha is also exploring tie-up with the Left Front. We are trying to create a third force, he added, stating that their manifesto would reflect issues related to the lives and livelihood of people.

AIMIM, led by MP Asaduddin Owaisi and Telangana MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, burst on to the political scene netting 11 seats in the 2012 Nanded civic polls. Nanded in Marathwada is the stronghold of former CM Ashok Chavan, who is one of the only two Congress nominees from Maharashtra to have been elected to the lower house.

In Nanded, AIMIM contested in alliance with Samvidhan Party, which picked up two seats. AIMIM, has its roots in Razakars, who supported Nizam of Hyderabad and resisted that state's integration into India. In Nanded it campaigned on issues like Muslim youth from Marathwada being picked up on terror charges and the anti-Muslim violence in Assam.

The Buddhist-Dalit dominated Republican Party of India (RPI) has already split into various factions with an amoebic intensity, beginning with 1957, the very next year it was formed. The crisis has been further compounded by the apathy of the educated Dalits who seem estranged from politics.

Buddhists-Dalits form the militant section of the community and are in a majority in the community (8% of the 14% Dalits in the state).

The Ambedkarite community is gradually polarising and will support Republican Sena, said Anandraj. It was Republican Sena workers who had occupied the Indu Mill land at Dadar in 2011 to highlight the long-pending demand for a memorial to Dr Ambedkar.

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