The full devastation wrought upon Iraq by the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, was detailed in a UN report published on Thursday, highlighting a “staggering array” of human rights abuses, including mass executions, the use of child soldi… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/02/un-report-details-10000-civilian-deaths-and-array-of-abuses-in-iraq_n_5921792.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Australian forces are expected to get the go-ahead today to join air strikes on Islamic State militants in Iraq. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/cabinet-expected-to-green-light-iraq-air-strikes/5787452
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament approved a motion Thursday that gives the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State group. http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-considers-iraq-syria-incursions-070254660.html
Ramadi (Iraq) (AFP) – The Islamic State group launched attacks on Iraqi bases in two western towns that left at least 17 members of the security forces and 40 jihadists dead, security and medical sources said Thursday. http://news.yahoo.com/40-jihadists-17-police-army-killed-iraq-clashes-105052658.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament approved a motion Thursday that gives the government new powers to launch military incursions into Syria and Iraq and to allow foreign forces to use its territory for possible operations against the Islamic State group. http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-considers-iraq-syria-incursions-070254660.html
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants launched an assault Thursday on a small town in western Iraq, a military spokesman said, as the United Nations warned that 10 months of violence in the country has taken a heavy toll on civilians. http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-forces-clash-group-over-small-town-130647339.html
If there’s one thing we should have learned over the past 13 years of war, it’s that war is good business for those in the business of war. Unfortunately, while profits for the Pentagon’s contractors increase, so does the cost to taxpayers in billion… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-hartung/who-will-profit-from-the_b_5915794.html
By Peter Cooney WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Texas man accused of breaking into the White House while armed with a knife is a U.S. military veteran who was decorated for his service in the Iraq war, the U.S. Army said on Sunday. Omar Gonzalez, 42, is expected to appear in court in Washington on Monday […]
The atrocious murder of David Haines puts the United Kingdom and in particular Prime Minister David Cameron front and center in the evolving battle against ISIS. It’s not as though he is short of work, with a referendum in Scotland this week and a problematic relationship with the European Union among current elections next year […]
The U.S. isn’t returning combat troops to Iraq, President Obama insists, despite his top general’s suggestion that the Pentagon could consider that option. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/17/politics/obama-isis/index.html?hpt=imi_c2
White House officials have claimed that Arab nations have offered to join the U.S. in airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria, though no countries were specifically named. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/15/white-house-claims-arab-nations-offer-to-join-airstrikes-against-isis-in-iraq/