Same as the coalition in the fight against global warming.
Via The Telegraph
Iraqi forces started a full-scale offensive to free the besieged town of Amerli, where Shia Muslim residents have been threatened by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), as public support swelled for an international military campaign against the group.
Amerli had been cut off by jihadists since June, with its residents facing shortages of food and water. Had the town been overrun by Isil, its occupants were likely to face death because of their Shia faith, which jihadists consider heresy.
Lt Gen Abdulamir al-Zaidi said the operation to free Amerli from the jihadists had been launched by troops south of the town, with support from Iraqi aircraft, as Shia militias attacked from the north.
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, called for the formation of a “global coalition” as King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia separately urged “rapid” international action against Isil.
Mr Kerry said military action was not enough in a piece for the New York Times: “What’s needed to confront [Isil’s] nihilistic vision and genocidal agenda is a global coalition using political, humanitarian, economic, law enforcement and intelligence tools to support military force.”
Such a coalition would likely have to include Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries, which, plagued by diplomatic rivalries between themselves, make unlikely bedfellows.
“It is no secret to you, what [Isil] have done and what they have yet to do,” King Abdullah said. “I ask you to transmit this message to your leaders: ‘Fight terrorism with force, reason and speed’.”