Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Are American Troops Already Fighting on the Front Lines in Iraq?


Are American Troops Already Fighting on the Front Lines in Iraq?


The Pentagon is denying that U.S. troops are fighting ISIS on the ground in Iraq—but eyewitness accounts and Kurdish officials tell a different story. ZUMAR, Iraq — The role of American Special Operations Forces in Iraq has remained hidden even while ...


Iraq and Syria: the Situation in Six Maps


In recent weeks the long-running Syrian civil war - which began after a brutal crackdown on protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - has grown into a larger conflict as Arab Sunnis in Iraq, deeply dissatisfied with the Iraqi government in ...


U.S. sending 350 more troops to Iraq


President Obama on Tuesday authorized sending some 350 additional U.S. military personnel to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel in Baghdad. The troops will not play a combat role, the White House said. The move is the latest in a series of ...


Iraq militants issue video of beheading of US hostage


The ISIL militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of a second American hostage, journalist Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over US air strikes in Iraq. A masked figure in the video ...


Australian PM Abbott doesn't rule out boots on ground in Iraq


SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday declined to rule out sending combat troops to support U.S. air strikes in Iraq, amid a growing confrontation with radical Islamists who have seized large swaths of that country and ...


Obama sending 350 more military personnel to Iraq


WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has authorized sending 350 more military personnel to Iraq protect U.S. facilities and personnel in Baghdad, the White House said Tuesday night. The moves comes at the recommendation of the Defense Department, but the ...


أمين عام المنظمة الأوروبية للأمن والمعلومات – “داعش” إستخدم غاز الأعصاب العميل 15 / Secretary General of the European Organization for security and information – “ISIS” Use nerve gas Agent 15


سياسة / أمين عام المنظمة الأوروبية للأمن والمعلومات – “داعش” إستخدم غاز الأعصاب العميل 15 – Agent 15 أعلنت المنظمة الأوروبية للأمن والمعلومات أن المجموعات المسلحّة التي تقاتل في سوريا والعراق وبشكل خاص ما يُسمى بالدولة الإسلامية لتنظيم “داعش” قد قام بتصنيع سلاح بيولوجي ( العميل 15 – Agent 15.) وهو م ...


Africa: A Pot of Gold for Dubai Investors


Trouble viewing this email ? Forward to a friend! Finance and economy Tech Energy Real Estate Transport and Tourism Media and Marketing Luxury and Lifestyle Finance and Economy Africa: a pot of gold for Dubai investors "The future of business in Africa is promising," reveals a Dubai Chamber of Comme ...


UK: Iran Looking to Recruit British Shi'ite Jihadists


By Samuel Westrop The horrors perpetrated by ISIS, captured on camera and propagated through social media, are distracting the West from the threat posed by the Iran and its proxies. Iran's attempts to woo British Shi'ites should not be dismissed, but monitored and fought.Officials of the Iranian re ...


Weapons market here is those who produce and those who buy


WHO WE GET FROM THE WARS? Weapons market here is those who produce and those who buy In 2011, Amnesty International published a report entitled "Arms Transfers to the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons for an effective treaty on the arms trade," in which the non-governmental organization examines ...


Shocking video:ISIS jihadists behead American Journalist Steven Sotloff


Sotloff, aged 31 disappeared in Syria in August 2013 American hostage Steven Sotloff has reportedly been executed by jihadist ISIS terrorist. Sotloff, aged 31 disappeared in Syria in August 2013. His abduction was not widely known until he appeared on a video released last month by ISIS. In the, now ...