Over 40 dead in Iraq Sunni mosque attack, officials say
Militants targeted a Sunni mosque in a province next to the Iraqi capital during weekly prayers on Friday, killing at least 46 people and wounding over 50 as members of the Islamic State group continue to push through the area, officials said. An army ...
Pope's Iraq Envoy: Minorities Need to Be Defended
Pope Francis' envoy to Iraq says religious minorities being attacked by Islamic militants need to be defended and protected so they can return home in security, reinforcing the Vatican's position that military force is justified in this case. Francis has ...
Gunmen Massacre More Than 50 Sunni Worshipers in Central Iraq
BAGHDAD — More than 50 Sunni worshipers were killed during a militant raid on a mosque in central Iraq on Friday in an attack that security officials said appeared to be revenge for a number of deadly bombings earlier in the day. The violence in a group ...
'Just a few strikes': Iraq militia wants help from old US foe
Jurf al-Sakhr (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraq's Mahdi Army fought US troops to the death in past years, but now some members of the rebranded Shiite militia say they could do with a little help from their old foe. Jurf al-Sakhr is a sprawling patchwork of orchards and ...
Iraq promised to free Saddam Hussein's defence minister - report
In an interview with the London-based Asharq al-Awsat, Deputy Prime Minister Minister Saleh Mutlaq did not say why the promises to free Sultan Hashem, who was sentenced to death, and other Sunni military and political leaders were made. The issue could be ...
The U.S. Is Following Iran's Lead In Both Syria and Iraq
U.S. President Barack Obama pauses while speaking from the Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. See Also Here's The Aftermath Of The Battle With ISIS Over The Dam That Could Flood Baghdad [PHOTOS] 3 Things The US Can Do To Further Counter ISIS ...
Amid U.S. air strikes, Iraq struggles to build own air force
Iraq had only a fledgling air force when the United States withdrew in 2011. Washington has agreed to bolster Iraqi air power by selling Baghdad 36 sophisticated F-16 multi-role jet fighters and 24 Apache helicopters. But lengthy contract negotiations ...
Iraq's Mosul dam remains volatile and unstable
For more than a week, Nawar and Tayseer Adnan remained in their family home, avoiding the Islamic State militants who had seized their village, and secretly feeding intelligence to Kurdish Iraqi troops plotting a way to retake it. When the offensive ...
Krauthammer: Debate over American boots on the ground in Iraq a 'red herring'
Charles Krauthammer said Thursday on "Special Report with Bret Baier" that controversy surrounding the idea of putting American troops on the ground in Iraq is a "red herring," adding the U.S. needs to instead launch an air war against the Islamic State ...
Hail Holy Queen!
Happy feast of the Queenship of Mary!! Our Queen mother is so awesome and I pray that all who read this will take her as their mother. May we take her as our Mother just as Jesus gave her to John the beloved disciple at the foot of the cross. Here's a fun video of the song "Hail Holy Queen" that hav ...
Pentagon Bombing Again : Yahoo
Just when the Pentagon thought it would have to sit out the war in Iraq things changed.An American reporter was beheaded and the monkeys at the Pentagon are loading the bombs and making plans for more boots on the ground in Iraq.Gingerbread decorated General Martin Dempsey, Chairman Of The Joint Chi ...
Can A Former AF Tea Bagger Even READ Properly?
Seems another would -be, wannabe warrior, flashing his badges of security all around (doubtless to gain some kind of credibility, despite minding a coding and intercept facility in Brindisi, Italy over 1969-71), thinks I was wrong in my suggestion of using Sarin on the ISIS vermin. According to 'Mr. ...
Syria asks UN why its warnings on ISIL were ignored for 3 years
POSTED New York, SANA – The Security Council on Friday evening adopted resolution no. 2170 on preventing the supporting, funding, and arming of the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Jabhat al-Nusra and preventing the flow of terrorists to Syria and Iraq. The Council urged ...
ISIS Hands On Oil
We liberated Iraq from a vicious dictator, only to have the uber-left Democrat President lost it to the very jihadists we sought to defeat – Now it’s not oil for food, it’s oil for jihad. The Islamic State now controls seven oil fields and two small refineries in northern Iraq, bringing in as much a ...
Iraq – Giordania 2-0 – Qualificazioni Olimpiadi 1988 – 2° gruppo eliminatorio asiatico
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Iraqi government rejects Nagorno-Karabakh’s offer to house Yazidi refugees
Iraqi Yazedis appeal to Europe to open their borders. IMAGE: pamelageller.com The Iraqi authorities have today confirmed that they have rejected the offer from Nagorno-Karabakh’s government to house Yazadis currently fleeing Northern Iraq. The offer was made earlier this week, by the office of Karab ...
Netanyahu Draws Criticism For Tweet That Includes James Foley Picture
Netanyahu Draws Criticism For Tweet That Includes James Foley Picture Netanyahu Draws Criticism For Tweet That Includes James Foley Picture The Huffington Post | By Eline Gordts Posted: 08/21/2014 6:32 pm EDT Updated: 08/21/2014 6:59 pm EDT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the med ...
UK - Fracking - the bubble waiting to burst.
The shale boom is a bubble waiting to burst as economics of extraction falter and the trickle of bad environmental news starts to swell Jeremy Leggett Monday 18 August 2014 theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/aug/18/uk-energy-dependence- THE FIVE HIDDEN COSTS OF F ...
