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From Townhall: ISIS encroached on the outskirts of Baghdad today when three militants, disguised as Iraqi military, attacked a government office in Amiriyat Al-Falluja. The attack involved a suicide bombing and took the lives of at least eight people,...
- Isis Fighters Now ‘at The Gates Of Baghdad’
From the Daily Mail: Fierce fighting has been reported on the outskirts of Baghdad where ISIS militants are attempting to seize control of the Iraqi capital – despite ongoing Western airstrikes against the terror group. The fighting...
- Isis Loses Control Of Mosul Dam, Bombed By Us And Syria
From Jawa Report As the week continued ISIS continued to lose ground, suffering losses from US airstrikes and losing control of Iraq's largest dam to Kurdish forces.An offensive to wrest control of a critical dam in northern Iraq from Sunni militants...
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Iraq war to be rebranded 'Operation New Dawn': memo WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s administration plans to rebrand its military operation in Iraq “Operation New Dawn,” beginning September 1, a Pentagon memorandum shows....
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Airstrikes undertaken as US re-engages in Iraq
From the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama's promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and Americans still stationed there.
Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said that two F/A-18 jets dropped 500-pound bombs on a piece of artillery and the truck towing it. Kirby said the fighters had taken off from the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush in the Persian Gulf to conduct the mission. He said it wasn't clear how many militants might have been killed in the strike.
The Pentagon said the militants were using the artillery to shell Kurdish forces defending Irbil. For the United States, it was a re-engagement in the long sectarian war from which American combat forces had been withdrawn — on President Barack Obama's orders — in late 2011.
In a televised speech Thursday night, Obama threatened to renew U.S. military involvement.
At the same time, he announced that U.S. military planes already had carried out airdrops of food and water, at the request of the Iraqi government, to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities atop a mountain surrounded by militants and desperately in need of supplies.
"America is coming to help," Obama declared.
- Isis On The Threshold Of Baghdad
From Townhall: ISIS encroached on the outskirts of Baghdad today when three militants, disguised as Iraqi military, attacked a government office in Amiriyat Al-Falluja. The attack involved a suicide bombing and took the lives of at least eight people,...
- Isis Fighters Now ‘at The Gates Of Baghdad’
From the Daily Mail: Fierce fighting has been reported on the outskirts of Baghdad where ISIS militants are attempting to seize control of the Iraqi capital – despite ongoing Western airstrikes against the terror group. The fighting...
- Isis Loses Control Of Mosul Dam, Bombed By Us And Syria
From Jawa Report As the week continued ISIS continued to lose ground, suffering losses from US airstrikes and losing control of Iraq's largest dam to Kurdish forces.An offensive to wrest control of a critical dam in northern Iraq from Sunni militants...
- Airstrike Kills Isis Terrorists Responsible For Recent Slaughter Of Yazidis
You'll notice there are no airstrikes against those killing the Christians in Iraq, Syria, or Nigeria. Yeah, none of those. But hey, any little bit helps. It's better than nothing. From Fox News: The U.S. military conducted new airstrikes against...
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Iraq war to be rebranded 'Operation New Dawn': memo WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s administration plans to rebrand its military operation in Iraq “Operation New Dawn,” beginning September 1, a Pentagon memorandum shows....