Monday, September 29, 2014

Iraq crisis: ‘Every single Christian wants to leave’


Iraq crisis: ‘Every single Christian wants to leave’


Canon Andrew White is the vicar of the only Anglican church in Iraq Christians in the Nineveh region of northern Iraq are unable to celebrate communion for the first time in two millennia, after Islamic State militants captured the area and took over the churches. Canon Andrew White, vicar of the on ...


ISIS also recruiting from western countries – Hisham


TAIPING: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sparks a new phenomenon when it not only recruited members from Islamic countries but also from western countries, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said threats from the militant group currently affected the United King ...


Nuestra guerra ajena


La última obra de Castro Caycedo muestra cómo el conflicto colombiano es consecuencia de los vicios de otros, que permearon las esferas de nuestra comunidad. Germán Castro Caycedo, prolífico escritor, probablemente el mejor periodista investigativo que actualmente hay en el país, es uno de los autor ...


Syrian Rebel Group: U.S. Weapons Great, Airstrikes Bad


ISIS fighting in Syria Photo: screenshot A group that reportedly has been supplied with American anti-tank guided TOW missiles has issued a statement condemning the U.S.-led airstrikes against ISIS terrorists in Syria. In an Arabic language social media post Tuesday, the rebel group Harakat Hazm sai ...


U.S. Reportedly Strikes Islamic State-Controlled Oil Refinery in Syria


An F16 fighter jet. CBS – Residents of a Turkish border town say that U.S.-led coalition warplanes have struck an oil refinery controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They say the airstrikes hit the Tel Abyad refinery in the early hours of Sunday, a few hundred yards from the Turkish town ...


Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, September 28th, 2014


Yes, it is Sunday again, and it is time for my usual weekly rant… First, I figure I would clear up a few issues that arose over the last week… One was the comment I made in last Monday's Turbulent Times show where I stated that PressTV out of Iran was one of the last truthful news networks left in t ...


Continued Onslaught: Airstrikes Hit ISIS Oil Refinery


The weekend airstrikes also destroyed ISIS armed vehicles and Humvees in Syria, and an ISIS safe house and checkpoints in Iraq, officials said. > > >


Bloomberg’s Gun Control Is Backfiring


With the midterms just over a month away New York City’s former mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending at least $50 million to make his gun-control agenda part of this election. His gun-control group Everytown for Gun Safety has endorsed more than 100 federal and state candidates. They are also running ...


Psihopati criminali


Marea Britanie ameninţă că va bombarda Iraq-ul, Siria, Libia, Nigeria, Yemen-ul şi Somalia! Cine sunt adevăraţii psihopaţi criminali: teroriştii islamişti sau liderii occidentali!? Spuneam încă de săptămâna trecută într-un articol publicat pe site ( Adevărul şocant despre organizaţia teroristă ISIS: ...


Isis / Clan ripudia Mariam, prima top gun araba a bombardare jihadisti: “Noi con l’Is”


La trentacinquenne Mariam Al Mansouri è l’unica donna degli Emirati a far parte della squadra di piloti che partecipano ai raid aerei contro obiettivi dell’Isis, in Siria. E questa scelta, che Mariam dichiara di aver fatto “per amore del suo Paese”, è stata punita dal suo clan, che ha deciso di ripu ...


U.S. may have ‘no choice’ but to put troops on ground in Syria, Iraq: House Speaker John Boehner


The U.S. may have “no choice” but to put troops on the ground in Syria to fight bloodthirsty Islamist militants there, House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday. "At the end of the day, I think it's gonna take more than airstrikes to drive them outta ...


Details of mission against Syria, Iraq militants


Latest update from U.S. Central Command on the military action by the U.S. and its allies against Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq. The Syria action began Sept. 21; the Iraq action Aug. 8.


Air strikes: UK warplanes make first sorties over Iraq - live updates


My colleague Ed Pilkington reports that a senior Republican is putting pressure on President Obama to commit American troops against Isis. Here is an extract. The Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, on Sunday ramped up the ...


Obama: U.S. underestimated rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria


President Obama acknowledged that the U.S. underestimated the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also called ISIL) and overestimated the ability of the Iraqi military to fend off the militant group in an interview that will air Sunday on 60 ...


Deputy national security adviser says countering Islamic State is nothing like wars in Iraq and Afghanistan


Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken went on most of the Sunday shows this weekend as discussions turned nearly exclusively to international affairs after Congress left town to campaign. He made sure to reiterate how the United States planned to ...


Armed British warplanes flying 'daily' over Iraq


London (AFP) - Armed British warplanes are flying daily missions over Iraq and would launch air strikes if called in by local forces on the ground, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Sunday. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 combat jets have been flying from ...


Top Obama Official: This Will Not Be Another Iraq War


President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser on Sunday dismissed comparisons between the ongoing campaign against the Islamic State and the United States' long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "What we’re doing is totally different," Tony ...


Britain’s Parliament Votes for War in Iraq, and also Syria


Britain’s parliament has voted by a massive majority to support British air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL or ISIS). MPs were recalled from a recess to hold a token debate, as the leadership of the three official UK parties ...


China hopes for Iraq's early return to security, stability: FM


UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Saturday that China hope security and order can be restored in Iraq as soon as possible. Wang made the remarks during talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on ...