Kurdish forces make gains on ISIS in Iraq as NATO leaders promise help
(CNN)-- Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air cover made gains Friday against ISIS fighters in Iraq's Mosul province as NATO leaders concluded a summit in Wales, pledging to help defeat the radical Islamic forces. The Kurdish fighters, known as the Peshmerga ...
U.S. says forms 'core coalition' to counter Iraq militants
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) - The United States said it had created a "core coalition" on Friday to battle Islamic State militants in Iraq, calling for broad support from allies and partners around the world but ruling out committing ground forces. President ...
UN races to shelter refugees in Iraq before winter
Geneva (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people who have fled to northern Iraq to escape jihadist fighters are in desperate need of housing, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. "Time is of the essence," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told ...
Obama says key allies ready to join U.S. action in Iraq
President Barack Obama said key NATO allies stood ready to join the United States in military action to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq as he vowed to 'take out' the leaders of a movement he said was a major threat to the West. Obama said the ...
Survivors demand justice after Iraq massacre
DIWANIYA Iraq (Reuters) - No one disputes the horrific outcome: Iraqi military recruits were led off their base unarmed and murdered in their hundreds, machine gunned in mass graves by the Islamic State, whose fighters boasted proudly of the killings on ...
ISIS-affiliated militants kidnap dozens in Iraq
BAGHDAD --Militants affiliated with the extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, abducted dozens of men from a Sunni village north of Baghdad Thursday, residents said, as two separate car bombings killed 23 people in the capital.
Ravages of War
RAVAGES OF WAR — The life of Sergeant Ray McDonald BY DARRELL JACKSON, Staff Writer Thirty-one year old Sergeant Ray McDonald of Glendale did four tours of duty in Iraq, and since he has returned he has found that his life will never be the way it was. “Have you ever seen a human head explode from a ...
So what are ISIS, Hamas and Boko Haram
So there's a lot in the news lately and once more it has come to my attention that I don't fully understand it, and neither do most of my friends. So I took the liberty of stalking the internet and finding some information which will hopefully make it a little easier to understand. I've taken three ...
Cartoons: Taking another look
These cartoons speak for themselves, but I've included links to related news articles because they present some interesting, and perhaps useful, information. First of all, I like Obama and think he's dealt in a measured, well-considered way with the tremendous challenges the presidency has given him ...
British hostage in Iraq: What are the UK’s options to secure the release of David Haines?
British hostage in Iraq: What are the UK’s options to secure the release of David Haines?.
Democrats Sad Cycle of Failure
Liberals used to delight in pointing out how stupid and out of touch George W. Bush was supposed to be yet somehow he knew the danger that we're facing now from an Iraq that was abandoned to soon. Yet they still believe that rainbows and unicorn farts is the best way to deal with the savagery and br ...
Sierra Leone: solo il Centro di EMERGENCY garantisce cure ai bambini, l'ospedale pediatrico pubblico e' chiuso per l'emergenza Ebola
Problemi di visualizzazione? Versione online Dona ora EMERGENCY.IT SIERRA LEONE: A FREETOWN ANCORA CHIUSO L'OSPEDALE PEDIATRICO PUBBLICO, SOLO IL CENTRO DI EMERGENCY GARANTISCE CURE AI BAMBINI "L’ospedale di Emergency รจ l’unico ancora completamente funzionante a Freetown. Gli altri ospedali sono chi ...
