Accused White House intruder is decorated Iraq war veteran
The Texas man accused of breaking into the White House while armed with a knife is a U.S. military veteran who was decorated for his service in the Iraq war, the U.S. Army said on Sunday. Omar Gonzalez, 42, is expected to appear in court in Washington on ...
Australian ex-PM Howard 'embarrassed' by 2003 Iraq war dossier
Sydney (AFP) - Former Australian leader John Howard has said he was embarrassed that the US intelligence on weapons of mass destruction he used to send troops to Iraq in 2003 proved to be unfounded. But he denied that the conflict which toppled Saddam ...
US bombs IS positions in Iraq's Sinjar region
Baghdad, Sep 22 (IANS/EFE) US combat aircraft Sunday bombarded positions of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist group in the Sinjar region of Iraq's Nineveh province, Kurdish sources said. A Kurdish leader of the so-called Sinjar Defense Force, Daud ...
Alleged White House intruder is decorated Iraq combat vet
The Texas man accused of dashing through the White House front door Friday with a folding knife is a decorated Army veteran and marksman who served in Iraq, the U.S. military said Sunday. Omar Jose Gonzalez, who is being held in connection with illegally ...
Australia Targets Fighters Returning From Iraq, Syria With Anti-Terror Law
Australia will introduce legislation this week to curb the threat posed by foreign fighters returning from Iraq and Syria, after foiling an alleged Islamic State beheading plot. The Foreign Fighters Bill will probably be introduced in the Senate on Sept.
US aircrafts bombard Islamic State pockets in Iraq's Sinjar region
Baghdad: US combat aircraft on Sunday bombarded positions of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist group in the Sinjar region of Iraq's Nineveh province, Kurdish sources said.A Kurdish leader of the so-called Sinjar Defense Force, Daud Yendi Kalu, said ...
Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops in Iraq
BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday said Germany would not be involved in air strikes or any ground offensive in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq. As part of the US-led international coalition formed to stop ...
Arab nations need to help in Iraq, says US General Dempsey
Zagreb, Croatia: The US-led military campaign plan to retake Iraqi territory held by the Islamic State group calls for attacking the extremists from several directions simultaneously, and its success depends on getting more Arab help, the top American ...
Accused White House intruder Omar Gonzalez is a decorated Iraq war veteran
The Texas man accused of breaking into the White House while armed with a knife is a US military veteran who was decorated for his service in the Iraq war, the US Army said on Sunday
Heresy & Superheroes: Broken legs, death threats and fatwas: the trials and tribulations of THE 99
By Naif Al-Mutawa Many years ago, I was the volleyball counsellor at a summer camp in New England. It was 1990 and I was fit for five minutes. It seems there’s always an injury I can blame my (lack of) fitness on. That summer was no different. Running into the lake, I slipped. My hands instinctively ...
Syrian and American Illusions
Ross Douthat rightly pours cold water on the fantasy that arming and training a few thousand rebels in Syria will have the desired effect in combating ISIS: If our failure to build an army capable of stabilizing Iraq after our departure looks like a pure tragedy, then the arm-the-rebels gambit in Sy ...
“… if we’re all just nice to each other, and stop worshipping God, then terrorism will disappear…”
Clueless Dalai Lama Defends Islam’s “True Jihad” “True Jihad” means eliminating the unbelievers. His Holyness is confused. “Killing in the name of faith is unacceptable,” the Nobel Pease prize winter told a meeting of India’s religious leaders … More jihad against truth and reality at On Islam thank ...
Pentagon Determined to Keep Ground War Option Open in Iraq
Desperate to keep public sentiment from rising against his new war on ISIS, President Obama has repeatedly ruled out the use of ground combat troops in Iraq and Syria, albeit with some administration efforts to redefine what that actually means. The Pentagon’s not at all keen on this “ruling out” of ...
AP Photos: Scenes from Iraq's Mosul then and now
CAIRO (AP) — Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, is locked under the rule of extremists from the Islamic State group trying to purge it of everything they see as contradicting their stark vision of Islam. More: continued here
Howard partly to blame for Islamic State rise: Wilkie
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says John Howard should be "deeply ashamed" for sending Australian troops to Iraq in 2003, adding that the military action allowed for the rise of groups like Islamic State.
