European countries commit to anti-Islamic State campaign in Iraq
Beirut — American warplanes and drones hit Islamic State group tanks, Humvees, checkpoints and bunkers in airstrikes Friday targeting the extremists in Syria and Iraq, as the U.S.-led coalition expanded to include Britain, Denmark and Belgium. The ...
Australian SAS troops to come up against Islamic State terrorists in ‘hazardous’ Iraq mission
AUSTRALIA’S SAS troops will be on the ground advising Iraqi troops on all combat matters, risking “hazardous’’ contact with Islamic State terrorists. Air strikes in Iraq are now expected to commence within days, with 600 Australian personnel ...
UK military: Jets poised to strike in Iraq
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 Parliament ...
British warplanes take off for Iraq
BRITISH warplanes have flown their first mission over Iraq since being given parliamentary authority to strike at Islamic State jihadists, the Ministry of Defence in London says. ROYAL Air Force Tornado GR4 combat jets, armed with Paveway IV laser-guided ...
Poll: 70% of troops say no more boots on the ground in Iraq
As the tide of war rises again in the Middle East, the military’s rank and file are mostly opposed to expanding the new mission in Iraq and Syria to include sending a large number of U.S. ground troops into combat, according to a Military Times survey of ...
As airstrikes roll on, Army division HQ will deploy to Iraq
As U.S. strike aircraft continue to pound Islamic State targets in the Middle East, the Defense Department also is broadening its footprint on the ground, announcing that the 1st Infantry Division headquarters will deploy to Iraq in the coming weeks to ...
Squabble among aid agencies highlights rise in TB cases among Syrian refugees
This is an article that is mostly about money and aid agencies, but it interested me because I didn’t know that TB was prevalent in the Syrian refugee population flowing into surrounding countries. News about Tuberculosis among Syrian refugees in Lebanon. http://www.uossm.org/index.php/uossm-urge-th ...
Mark Reckless Defects to UKIP
A dream for headline writers everywhere. On the eve of Tory conference Mark Reckless has defected to UKIP. He was denying it less than 24 hours ago, but the clues were there in the Iraq vote: Notably @MarkReckless, close friend of @DouglasCarswell, is using the same language as @Nigel_Farage to just ...
Lebanon: The Forgotten Front
While the world's attention has been focused on the combined efforts of Arab and US forces attacking "Islamic State" (IS) positions in Iraq and Syria, there is unfolding in Lebanon, a third front in the war against this violent extremist group. This third front has received scant attention. Because ...
McCarthy: “You Haven’t Heard to the Khorosan Group Because There Isn’t One”
In the 2012 campaign, Barack Obama repeatedly claimed, “Al-Qaeda is on the path to defeat.” But it was a lie. Al-Qaeda was not on the path to defeat. In fact, several top Bin Laden lieutenants had relocated to the Middle East and Syria in the last few years. This year the Obama administration invent ...
Winning Heads and Minds
Winning Heads and Minds, Steyn on Line, Mark Steyn, September 26, 2014 French citizen Hervé Gourdel, a mountaineering guide from Nice, shortly before his beheading in Algeria last week Colleen Hufford was born in 1960. Life is full of grim twists and cruel vicissitudes, but in mid-20th century Ameri ...
Iran says it will strike if Islamic State nears border
Iran says it will strike if Islamic State nears border Military commander warns of attacks ‘deep into Iraqi territory’ unless militants keep their distance, as coalition strikes Syria By AFP and AP September 27, 2014, 3:17 pm via Iran says it will strike if Islamic State nears border | The Times of ...
