Of ISIS, Mitfords and Brain Chemistry
Heard Dexter Filkins talk about the ISIS War on Terry Gross last night. Pretty amazing stuff. Nothing too surprising to us Winston P. Smith fans, though. When the U.S. pulled its ground forces out of Iraq – can’t remember the exact year -- the Iraqi army was some one million strong. Instantly, thing ...
Misunderstanding al Qaeda
This article was originally published at The Weekly Standard. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the US government announced that a new bombing campaign was under way in Syria. The Obama administration had been building the case for airstrikes for weeks. The president and his surrogates repeatedly highlighted th ...
UK lawmakers vote on joining Iraq airstrikes
ISIS presents a direct threat to the British people, Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday as he opened a debate in Parliament on whether Britain should join airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. The terror group is an organization of "staggering" bruta...
Dealing with Iraq / ISIS .. George Galloway vs Jacqui Smith vs Michael Portillo (26Sept14)
Respect MP George Galloway versus expenses fiddler ex-Labour MP Jaqui Smith, versus ex-Tory MP Michael Portillo on dealing with the ISIS terrorists in Iraq, idiots the West created. Recorded from BBC1 HD, This Week, 25 September 2014.
Cluster Munition Coalition Urges No Use of Cluster Munitions by US and Others in Syria and Iraq
Source: Cluster Munition Coalition Country: Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, United States of America (26 September 2014) The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) urges all states and specifically the 114 countries that have joined the Convention on Cluster Munitions to help ensure that these weapons are not ...
Comment on Why the West keeps getting it wrong on Iraq by Leon Wolfeson
You are confused. Your username is David Lindsay, not Leon, threat-monger. Mods? Are you there?
U.S. Hits ISIS in Syria and Iraq in New Strikes
It was the fourth day of the expanded American-led campaign. > > >
Asylum-seeker numbers rise by a quarter: UNHCR
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: World, Afghanistan, Australia, Eritrea, France, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United States of America 09/26/2014 11:17 GMT by Jonathan FOWLER GENEVA, September 26, 2014 (AFP) - The number of asylum-seekers in industrialis ...
10 things you need to know today: September 26, 2014
Eric Holder tears up as he steps down. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The Week Eric Holder resigns, Iraq warns of a possible terrorist plot to attack U.S. subways, and more 1. Eric Holder is resigning as head of the Justice Department Attorney General Eric Holder, a leading liberal voice in the Obama adminis ...
UK Parliament Debates Iraq Airstrikes as Frustration Grows over Islamic State Inaction
British parliamentarians were on Friday poised to approve airstrikes over Iraq as they gathered for an emergency debate amid frustration over the UK's reticence to intervene in the burgeoning crisis in the Middle East — but any action in Syria was kept ...
How Christians Can Help With the Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq
Crisis Response International has 'boots on the ground' in Iraq helping refugees displaced by the conflict with ISIS. (Crisis Response Int'l.) Q: How has this Iraq crisis been different from other crisis situations your teams have encountered? Sean Malone ...
David Cameron Calls for U.K. Parliament to Vote for Iraq Airstrikes on Islamic State
"Is there a threat to the British people? The answer is 'yes,'" said Mr. Cameron. Islamic State has already killed one British hostage; is threatening to kill two more; has inspired terrorist acts in Europe, such as the attack on the Jewish museum in ...
Denmark to send seven F-16s to fight IS group in Iraq: PM
COPENHAGEN: Denmark will send seven F-16 fighter jets to help combat IS militants in Iraq, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said on Friday (Sep 26). "I am very pleased that there now is a broad coalition, including countries in the region who want to..
Cameron urges parliament to back 'years' of Iraq action
London (AFP) - Prime Minister David Cameron warned that British military action against Islamic State militants could last for "years" as he urged MPs on Friday to vote in favour of joining US-led air strikes in Iraq. Cameron kicked off an emergency House ...
Iraq’s sectarian war rages on as world focuses on Isis
The irrigation canals that nourished farmland in the volatile Latifiya district until four months ago are now dry, the adjacent fields barren. The thousands of Sunnis who lived in the area have fled from threats, kidnappings, murders and home demolitions ...
British parliament set to approve air strikes against IS in Iraq
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron urged lawmakers on Friday to vote in favour of Britain joining U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq, hours ahead of a crunch parliamentary vote he is expected to win. Approval would ...
UK Parliament to vote on joining airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq
London (CNN)-- ISIS presents a direct threat to the British people, Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday as he opened a debate in Parliament on whether Britain should join airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. The terror group is an organization of ...
