Western air operations have proven to be overwhelmingly successful in recent years – it’s only when we failed to recognise our limitations and tried establishing democracies that our problems began. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-02/stephens-bombing-islamic-state-is-our-least-worst-option/5784964
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
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group’s spokesman said its fighters are ready to battle a U.S.-led military coalition, casting it as a historic clash between Muslims and their enemies and calling for attacks at home and abroad. http://news.yahoo.com/france-threatened-coalition-civilians-113307178.html
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Australia’s defense minister David Johnston said on Monday during a visit to Baghdad that his country’s fighter jets will play a part in U.S.-led air strikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq. Johnston told reporters that up to eight Super Hornet aircraft will participate in a U.S.-led coalition “delivering air strikes to […]
Wisconsinites love their PBR and tech giants such as Microsoft, Google and Yahoo reign supreme on the West Coast, at least according to America’s Internet search histories. This map, created by finance company Direct Capital, shows the most-Google… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/most-googled-brands_n_5857916.html
A Pennsylvania state trooper who was injured when a gunman ambushed him and killed another trooper outside a police barracks is conscious and talking for the first time since he underwent surgery, a spokesman said Sunday. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/09/15/police-say-pennsylvania-state-trooper-injured-in-ambush-shooting-is-conscious/?intcmp=latestnews