Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Obama to address troops on IS plan


Obama to address troops on IS plan


US President Barack Obama is to address troops involved in his new strategy to "degrade and destroy" Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.


Clini: 2 ottobre riesame Bologna su domiciliari, legali chiedono documenti a MAE


Si discuterà il 2 ottobre prossimo al Tribunale del Riesame di Bologna il ricorso per la revoca dei domiciliari all'ex ministro dell'Ambiente Corrado Clini disposti dal gip nell'ambito dell'inchiesta ferrarese, trasferita poi dalla Procura generale della Cassazione a Roma. L'inchiesta vedeva Clini i ...


Scotland: The Referendum Is Important To Americans Pt 1


What is occurring in Scotland is of vital importance and relevance to American Progressives! First a confession. I am of of Scottish background! I am proud of my heritage! But I believe Americans with Scot roots have made their choice to live here and should respect those who have are closer to the ...


My tweets


Tue, 22:39: RT @ BarackObama: “The greatest responsibility I have as President is to keep the American people safe. That’s why I ended the war in Iraq.”…


Isis, nuovo video di minaccia agli Usa: “Obama, aspetteremo i tuoi soldati in Iraq”


Nel giorno in cui Barack Obama incontra i vertici dell’esercito in Florida per definire i dettagli dell’offensiva contro i jihadisti del Califfato, lo Stato Islamico risponde sul piano mediatico diffondendo un nuovo video. Un filmato di 52 secondi, dal titolo “ Fiamme di guerra“, il gruppo minaccia ...


(WCC) Displaced Iraqis appeal for security and tolerance


A briefing by Amnesty International, Ethnic cleansing on historic scale: the Islamic State’s systematic targeting of minorities in northern Iraq, calls the ISIS offensive a genocide, citing several examples of mass killings along with a wave of abductions. "The massacres and abductions being carried ...


Kurdish Forces Kill Senior Islamic State Commander in Iraq


Yasin Ali Suleiman Shlash blamed for mass-kidnapping of Yezidi women, many of whom were sold into sexual slavery.


New IS Video Warns U.S. Over Iraq Deployment


(BEIRUT)— The militant Islamic State group has released a video warning the United States that fighters await it in Iraq if President Barack Obama sends troops there, as he and his top general said may happen. The 52-second video entitled “Flames of War” shows militants blowing up tanks, wounded U.S ...


Scottish independence: catalogue of errors that has brought UK to the brink


Both sides of the independence struggle have failed to understand each other. The repercussions could affect millions ΠΟΛΥ ΚΑΛΟ ΑΡΘΡΟ Linda Colley The Guardian, Tuesday 16 September 2014 'If Scottish secession takes place, this will largely be because all of the main protagonists have failed fully t ...


Media’s anti-war contingent challenges Obama, downplaying ISIS threat


As the Obama administration gears up for war against ISIS, some media voices--a minority, to be sure--are raising objections and invoking the specter of Iraq.


Kurds Set Time Limit on Power-Sharing Negotiations With Iraq


The White House has pressed the Iraq’s Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish communities to unify against the Islamist militants under new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. The U.S. has also made the Kurdish military forces, called the Peshmerga, a cornerstone of its ...


US cools talk of combat role in Iraq


Washington: The White House and the US military on Tuesday scrambled to play down a suggestion by the nation’s top officer that deploying ground forces in Iraq to fight Isil militants was an option. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs ...


Kurds retake Christian villages from Iraq jihadists


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General: U.S. ground troops possible in Iraq


Members of the anti-war activist group CodePink interrupt a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept.