Following an emboldened insurgency in Iraq by the extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -- U.S. President Barack Obama says he will not be sending U.S. troops back into Iraq.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYING:<br/> <br />"We have enormous interests there, and obviously our troops and the American people and the American taxpayers made huge investments and sacrifices in order to give Iraqis the opportunity to chart a better course, a better destiny, but ultimately they're going to have to seize it. As I said before, we are not going to be able to do it for them."<br/> <br />In Iraq -- Amateur video that Reuters cannot independently verify appears to show abandoned Iraqi army tanks.<br/> <br />An insurgency earlier in the week caused security forces to abandon their posts in the city of Mosul.<br/> <br />Some residents in Baghdad say they're leaving the city out of fear, as the extremist group presses on in its fight against the Shi'ite-led government.
