Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq
SHEKHAN: For Salah Paulis, it came down to a choice between his faith and his crop.A wheat farmer from outside Mosul, Paulis and his family fled the militant group Islamic State early last month. The group overran the family farm as part of its offensive ...
PM 'more trusted than Miliband' on dealing with Iraq
David Cameron is trusted by many more people than Ed Miliband to take the right decisions on how to combat Islamic State (IS), according to a new poll. Although 49% of those questioned said they do not trust David Cameron to make the right judgments on the ...
Kurds claim advances in Iraq as Britain joins fray
SALHIYAH, Iraq -- Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq captured a border crossing with Syria on Tuesday, expelling Islamic State militants in heavy fighting that ground down to vicious house-to-house combat and close quarters sniping. In neighboring Syria ...
As British jets join raids on Iraq - Protest against the war
British warplanes joined the third attack on Iraq in less than 25 years after a vote in Westminster on Friday of last week. MPs backed prime minister David Cameron’s proposal to launch air strikes by a majority of 524 votes to 43 after parliament was ...
As ISIS rises, Iraq splinters on ethnic lines
BAGHDAD – For millenniums, Iraq has been one of the Middle East’s most religiously and ethnically diverse lands. Its cities and villages are dotted with the decaying hallmarks of ancient Babylonian civilization, the mosques of the first Muslim empires ...
Misteri CIA dan Teori Konspirasi Kehilangan MH370
SUDAH 29 hari pesawat MH370 dalam penerbangan dari KLIA ke Beijing, China hilang dan dilaporkan berakhir di tengah Lautan Hindi. Bagaimanapun hingga kini belum ada sesuatu yang boleh dijadikan bukti. Kehilangan MH370 yang membawa 239 penumpang dan anak kapal sangat misteri kerana melencong jauh dari ...
Iraq’s Assyrian Christians Form Militia to Fight Islamic State
The Dwekh Nawsha militia. Photo: Facebook. JNS.org – Iraqi Assyrian Christians have formed the country’s first Christian militia to defend their ancient villages and to fight the Islamic State terror group. The militia, which calls itself Dwekh Nawsha—an Assyrian phrase meaning self-sacrifice—was fo ...
Baghdad car bombs kill 13: police
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Iraq 09/30/2014 22:33 GMT BAGHDAD, September 30, 2014 (AFP) - Three car bombs blasts killed at least 13 people and wounded 41 in Shiite-dominated neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital Baghdad Tuesday, police and hospital sources said. Twin car bombs rocked the Hor ...
ANOTHER Beheading (attempted). Where Is This Heading?
BEFORE we get to the heart of the matter, let’s be clear: prior to Oklahoma’s recent beheading, who recalls 2 beheadings in 2013, whereby a Muslim chopped off the heads of Coptic Christians in NJ? You guessed it, most haven’t heard a peep about it, but why would they? Aside from brief reportage on t ...
George Monbiot: Why stop at ISIS when we could bomb the whole Muslim world?
A U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft prior to strike operations in Syria in this September 26, 2014 photo released on September 29, 2014. REUTERS/Russ Scalf/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout Humanitarian arguments, if consistently applied, could be used to flatten the en ...
SKorea And NKorea To Square Off In Asian Games Soccer Final
by STEVE HAN South Korea edged out its rival Japan and weathered the storm against dark horse Thailand, reaching the men’s soccer finals at the Asian Games for the first time in 28 years. Awaiting the South Koreans in the finals is their arch-rival: North Korea. The two Koreas defeated Thailand and ...
World Must Understand That Anti-Semitism is a Universal Problem, Israeli Envoy Tells The Algemeiner (INTERVIEW)
Gideon Behar, Israel's Envoy for combating anti-Semitism, during his visit to New York. “Anti-Semitism is not a Jewish problem. It concerns Jews, but it’s a global and universal problem.” So says Ambassador Gideon Behar, the Israeli diplomat who is spearheading his country’s efforts to combat the re ...
Iran’s Strategic Calculus in the Broader Mideast Context
Iran’s steady emergence as an independent actor stands out in comparison with the rest of the Mideast – both distinctive by its efficacy and constituting one of perhaps four core trends in contemporary Mideast affairs. Beneath the distracting noise of harsh rhetoric, savage partisan warfare, and str ...
No Canadian combat in Iraq without MPs approval – Better Yet Not Ever
Will Stephen Harper send Canada’s troops into combat against a well-organized, well-armed terrorist militia just as Jean Chretien did in Afhganistan? Harper may indeed ask Canadian Forces personnel to take up arms against the terrorists in Iraq but not without consulting other leaders in the House o ...
Special Report: Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq - Reuters
Reuters | Special Report: Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq Reuters The United Nations estimates land under IS control accounts for as much as 40 percent of Iraq's annual production of wheat, one of the country's most important food staples alongside barley and rice. The militants seem intent not just on grabbing more ... ISIS Is Using Grain To Tighten Its Grip In IraqBusiness Insider all 21 news articles » |
