According to a senior U. WASHINGTON (AP) — American fighter jets and drones continued to pound Islamic State militants in Iraq on Wednesday, and military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional U. The airstrikes came in the hours after militants released a gruesome video Tuesday showing U.

officials said, even as the insurgents threatened to kill a second American captive in retribution for any continued attacks. official, the number of additional troops currently under discussion would be fewer than 300, but there has been no final decision yet by Pentagon leaders. President Barack Obama approaches a podium in Edgartown, Mass.

Obama said the entire world is "appalled" by Foley's killing. Officials said that the forces were requested by the State Department and, if approved, accounts would mainly provide extra security around Baghdad. journalist James Foley being beheaded and underscored President Barack Obama's vow Wednesday afternoon to continue attacks against the group despite its threats.

The strikes, which now total 84 since operations began, have helped Iraqi and Kurdish troops reclaim the dam from the insurgents. The militants threatened to kill Steven Sotloff, an American journalist who is also being held captive, if the U. The president says he spoke Wednesday with Foley's family and offered condolences. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The 14 latest airstrikes were in the area of the Mosul Dam and were aimed at helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces create a buffer zone at the key facility.

20, 2014, to address members of the media about the killing of American journalist James Foley by militants with the Islamic State extremist group. It was not clear Wednesday if Obama would have to adjust his recent notifications to Congress under the War Powers Act to accommodate the higher U.

The president said the US will continue to confront Islamic State extremists despite the brutal murder of journalist James Foley. troop level in Iraq if more soldiers and Marines are deployed. Currently there are about 748 U. continued to conduct airstrikes.

The officials were not authorized to discuss the ongoing operations publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. forces in Iraq, in addition to the approximately 100 troops that have routinely been assigned to the Office of Security Cooperation in Baghdad. Foley, a 40-year-old journalist from Rochester, New Hampshire, went missing in northern Syria while freelancing for Agence France-Presse and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost.

Under the current war powers resolutions sent to Congress, Obama authorized up to 775 U. Officials have said the video appears authentic. troops for security assistance, assessment teams, and advisers at two joint operations centers in Baghdad and Irbil. Sotloff was kidnapped near the Syrian-Turkish border in August 2013 and freelanced for Time, the National Interest and MediaLine.

Foley's name appears in both English and Arabic graphics on screen. After the captive makes a statement, the masked man is shown apparently beginning to cut at the neck of the captive. Released on websites Tuesday, the video shows a man in an orange jumpsuit kneeling in the desert, next to a black-clad militant with a knife to his throat.

At the end of the video, a second man — identified as Sotloff — is shown and the militant warns that he could be next captive killed.

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