Air Force tanker crews have logged more than 1,000 sorties to support airstrikes in Iraq
A U.S. fighter jet refuels from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during an Aug. 21 mission in northern Iraq. (Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel / Air Force) Air Mobility Command tankers have flown more than 1,000 missions in support of airstrikes against the Islamic State, AMC commander Gen. Darren McDew said ...
Traitors
Federal authorities have charged an upstate New York man with trying to persuade two others in the United States to join the Islamic State, or ISIS, the terrorist group wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria that U.S. officials have been outspoken about for weeks. Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, of Rochester, also plo ...
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Here's The Gruesome Way A Doctor First Proved The Heart Pumps Blood Chief rabbi says French society has turned indifferent to anti-Semitism ISIS targets evolution in Iraqi schools Syrian Opposition Blasts Reports It Signed a Truce With ISIS Turkey considers buffer zone with Syria and Iraq to contain ...
Someone’s Already Fighting ISIS: The Syrian Arab Army
Since 2011, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has waged a relentless war within Syrian territory against what it has said from the very beginning was an invasion of heavily armed, foreign-backed sectarian extremists. In retrospect, the transparently ludicrous nature of articles like the Guardian’s “ Syria’ ...
General Mike Hostage: ‘We Don’t Have a Replacement’ for A-10, U-2
U.S. Air Force Capts. Andrew Glowa, lead, and William Piepenbring, both with the 74th Fighter Squadron out of Moody Air Force Base, Ga., launch flares from two A-10C Thunderbolt II over the skies of southern Georgia, Aug. 18, 2014. The A-10’s primary functions include close air support, forward air ...
Rochester Man Indicted On Charges Of Attempting To Help ISIS
Mufid Elfgeeh, a 30-year-old Rochester, New York resident who was arrested earlier this year on illegal weapons charges, was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury for attempting to assist Islamic State militants, among other charges. >Elfgeeh, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Yemen, was arres ...
Dabiq: the smiling face of Iraq-Syria 'caliphate'
Pictures of smiling locals, tales of life-changing experiences, articles glorifying centuries of heritage and predicting a bright future: if the "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria had an airline, Dabiq would be its in-flight magazine. For now, global ...
Top general: US ground troops possible in Iraq
WASHINGTON — American ground troops may be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East if President Barack Obama’s current strategy fails, the nation’s top military officer said Tuesday as Congress plunged into an election-year debate of ...
US does not rule out sending ground troops to Iraq
Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that US ground troops could be called into battle against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria if circumstances require. So far, US President Barack Obama has deployed about 1,600 ...
Australia urged to embrace ‘mission creep’ in Iraq
A FORMER senior Australian Army strategist has urged the Abbott government to “embrace mission change” in Iraq, as Barack Obama’s top military officer raised the prospect of “close-combat” operations against Islamic State militants. The advice ...
Iraq’s Progress Overshadowed by War With Islamic State
While world attention remains fixed on battles with Islamic State in the deserts of western Iraq, the war against the jihadists may be won or lost in Baghdad. Although the country is threatened by Islamic extremists, ethnic resentments and sectarian ...
