British fighter jets fly over Iraq, no air strikes yet
RAF AKROTIRI Cyprus (Reuters) - Two British fighter jets flew over Iraq on Saturday on their first mission since the UK parliament authorised bombing missions against Islamic State militants, but they did not carry out any air strikes, the Ministry of ...
British jets complete first combat mission over Iraq
The first British jets authorised for air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State (Isis) militants have returned to base in Cyprus. It was unclear whether the two RAF Tornado GR4 fighter bombers attacked any targets on the ground. The planes returned to ...
Fresh US-led airstrikes hit IS targets in Syria, Iraq: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) - The Pentagon confirmed Saturday a fresh round of air strikes by the US military and coalition partners against Islamic State group targets in Syria and Iraq. The strikes hit seven targets in Syria, US Central Command said, including an ...
Defense ministry: UK jet fighters ready to strike in Iraq
(CNN)-- British jet fighters have been sent to fly over Iraq and "are now ready to be used in an attack role as and when appropriate targets are identified," the UK Ministry of Defence said Saturday. The deployment of the fighter jets is the first since ...
Raw: Navy jets participate in Iraq missions
Raw: Navy jets participate in Iraq missions Video released by the U.S. Navy shows F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers returning to and launching from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Gulf. (Sept. 27) Check out this story on USATODAY ...
Iran vows to attack jihadists in Iraq if they near border
Tehran: Iran will attack Islamic State group jihadists inside Iraq if they advance near the border, ground forces commander General Ahmad Reza Pourdestana said in comments published today. "If the terrorist group (IS) come near our borders, we will attack ...
RAF completes first Iraq combat mission
British RAF aircraft have completed their first combat mission against Islamist militants in northern Iraq, without carrying out any air strikes. Two Tornado GR4 bombers supported by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft were reported to have taken off ...
British fighter jets fly over Iraq, ready to strike - ministry
RAF Akrotiri, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Two British jets were flying over Iraq and were ready to hit targets on Saturday, their first mission since parliament authorised strikes against Islamic State militants, Britain's Ministry of Defence said. A Reuters ...
UK Approves Strike Against ISIS In Iraq
LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Britain's parliament approved air strikes against Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Iraq by a decisive margin on Friday, paving the way for the Royal Air Force to join U.S.-led military action with immediate effect. Six Cyprus ...
UK Parliament votes to authorize airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
London (CNN)-- British lawmakers meeting in emergency session approved a motion Friday to participate in airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq. The 524-43 vote came after Prime Minister David Cameron told Parliament that the country had a "duty to take ...
When Did Police Start Looking Like Soldiers in a Combat Zone? No, You're Wrong. It Wasn't in the Aftermath of Iraq.
Lyndon Johnson hitched his War on Poverty to a War on Crime that combined community outreach and “get-tough” policing.
Link of the Day: Sept 27 2014: Saudi Arabia, US ally, No 1 in the decapitation business
English: Execution by decapitation (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The main partner of the US as it tries to spread its version of democracy through the Middle East is Saudi Arabia,which would surely rank in the view of most Westerners as the most horrific regime on earth. James Petras, in a salutary piec ...
Gilad Atzmon denounces America's Wars in Syria & Iraq
Gilad Atzmon On Muhammad and Friends ( Nation of Islam TV) Gilad Atzmon, saxophonist, novelist, social analyst, ex-Israeli, describes himself as "a proud self-hating Jew" is another Spinoza, giving fits to the Jews. Atzmon's book explicates this self-description. Gilad maintains that Jews... > ...
Iraq Reveals Troops And Equipment Start Arriving To Speicher Base In A Few Days
England and Wales are now reporting stagnate housing prices. 1 in 4 Americans are not working in America. Moody warns that public pensions funds face a 2 trillion shortfall. Western countries consider truthers domestic terrorist. Illegals will now serve in the military and the Pentagon will... >
Airstrikes, Beheadings, Ebola, and Our Common [In]Humanity
Commentary By Charles Quist-Adade, PhD.* What have airstrikes, beheadings, and Ebola got in common? Of all the reports that have dominated the international media during the past few months, perhaps the fearsome Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa, the gruesome beheadings of three Western citizens ...
ISIS tortures and executes Iraqi women’s-rights activist
I meant to post this yesterday, but there is so little time. . . But it must be recorded so that the full horrors of ISIS’s behavior can be known. Both Thursday’s New York Times and Reliefweb (summarizing a condemnation by a UN envoy) reports that an Iraqi lawyer, Sameera Salih Ali al-Nuaimy, was ta ...
British warplanes attack in Iraq - The Australian
The Australian British warplanes attack in Iraq The Australian BRITISH warplanes flew their first mission over Iraq last night since being given parliamentary authority to strike at Islamic State jihadists. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 combat jets, armed with Paveway IV laser-guided bombs, took off f ...
Lista aviación británica para atacar a Estado Islámico
Seis cazas Tornado G4 se encuentran en la base aérea chipriota de Akrotiri para desde allí trasladarse a Iraq y realizar ataques con misiles contra el movimiento radical sunita
RAAF on brink of strikes against Islamic State in Iraq - The Australian
The Australian RAAF on brink of strikes against Islamic State in Iraq The Australian AUSTRALIAN airstrikes against Islamic State terror fighters in Iraq are expected to start within days, as the Abbott government leaves open the option of air attacks in “ungoverned areas” in Syria, using the interna ...
