Draggingtree Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 American Thinker: August 10, 2014 New US airstrikes on ISIL as Kurds advance By Rick Moran US planes and a drone struck ISIL targets around the Kurdish capital of Irbil on Sunday, while the Peshmerga took back two towns on Irbil's periphery. It marked the third round of air strikes on ISIL by US planes flyiing off the carrier George H.W. Bush. The US also air dropped more supplies to the Yazidis trapped on a mountain. The UN says that 60 children have died on the mountain and that the humanitarian effort is not enough. In five hours the military struck five targets, including armed vehicles and a mortar position, U.S. Central Command said. The strikes began at 9:15 a.m. local time (2:15 a.m. ET), the military said. "All aircraft exited the strikes areas safely," Central Command said in a statement. Meanwhile, Kurdish forces recaptured two towns from ISIS, a senior Kurdish official said. "Mahmour and Gweyr are in Kurdish hands," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Kurdish forces retake 2 towns from ISIS in northern Iraq August 10, 2014 FoxNews.com Kurdish forces retook Sunday two towns from Islamic militants that have seized large parts of northern Iraq in one of the first victories for a military force that until now has been in retreat, a senior Kurdish military official says. Brig. Gen. Shirko Fatih said the Kurdish fighters were able to push the militants of the Islamic State group out of the villages of Makhmour and al-Gweir, some 27 miles from Irbil. (Snip) The United States announced a fourth round of airstrikes Sunday against militant vehicles and mortars firing on Irbil as part of its small-scale series of attacks meant to discourage the Sunni fighters from endangering U.S. personnel near the Kurdish capital. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Kurdish forces retake 2 towns from ISIS in northern Iraq August 10, 2014 FoxNews.com Kurdish forces retook Sunday two towns from Islamic militants that have seized large parts of northern Iraq in one of the first victories for a military force that until now has been in retreat, a senior Kurdish military official says. Brig. Gen. Shirko Fatih said the Kurdish fighters were able to push the militants of the Islamic State group out of the villages of Makhmour and al-Gweir, some 27 miles from Irbil. (Snip) The United States announced a fourth round of airstrikes Sunday against militant vehicles and mortars firing on Irbil as part of its small-scale series of attacks meant to discourage the Sunni fighters from endangering U.S. personnel near the Kurdish capital. (Snip) what O is during in really nothing, need to pick it up and put the fear of the United State's Military machine in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 @Draggingtree tree What he is doing is half measures...stupid. Which is one of the best way ever invented to lose.....though I doubt he cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Does this mean he has a new reason to blame Bush? F-18s from an aircraft carrier named Bush bomb Iraq on Obama's orders http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/08/f18s_from_an_aircraft_named_bush_bomb_iraq_on_obamas_orders.html Via TheoSpark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Iraq political crisis deepens as Maliki slams president, resists calls to resign August 11, 2014 FoxNews.com As Iraq's government forces continue to battle Sunni militants in the country's north and west with the help of American airstrikes, the country's parallel political crises deepened Sunday as embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki resisted calls to step down and accused the new president of violating Iraq's constitution. In a nationally televised speech Sunday evening, al-Maliki said he would file a legal complaint against the new president, Fouad Massoum, for neglecting to name a prime minister from Maliki's Shiite-dominated political bloc, which won the most seats in this past April's election. (Snip) Al-Maliki is seeking a third term as prime minister, but the latest crisis has prompted even his closest allies to call for his resignation. A parliament session scheduled for Monday to discuss the election and who might lead the next Iraqi government was postponed until Aug. 19. The Journal reported that al-Maliki had been urged to remove himself from consideration for a third term so that an alternate candidate from his National Alliance bloc could be chosen by the president. U.S. official told the Journal that consensus was building around an unnamed candidate whom Washington believes would be a better bet to unite Iraq's fragmented government. However, al-Maliki had not yet agreed to step aside. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 US sending arms to Iraq's Kurds in battle against militants, official says August 11, 2014 FoxNews.com The United States is sending weapons to Kurdish forces in Iraq who have begun to roll back gains made by Sunni militants, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News. A senior State Department official told The Associated Press that the Kurds are "getting arms from various sources. They are being rearmed." Providing weapons to Kurdish forces is a reversal of U.S. policy, which previously had only allowed for selling arms directly to the Iraqi government. In recent days, the U.S. military has been helping facilitate weapons deliveries from the Iraqis to the Kurds, providing logistical assistance and transportation to the north. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Iraq political crisis deepens as Maliki slams president, resists calls to resign August 11, 2014 FoxNews.com As Iraq's government forces continue to battle Sunni militants in the country's north and west with the help of American airstrikes, the country's parallel political crises deepened Sunday as embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki resisted calls to step down and accused the new president of violating Iraq's constitution. Iraq president names deputy speaker new PM SAMEER N. YACOUB and VIVIAN SALAMA Aug 11, 1:37 PM EDT BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's new president on Monday snubbed the powerful incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and nominated the deputy parliament speaker to form the new government, raising fears of more infighting in the government as country faces the threat of Sunni militants in the north. Al-Maliki's Dawa Party rejected the nominee, Haider al-Ibadi, as al-Maliki deployed elite security forces loyal to him in the streets of Baghdad to close two main avenues and hundreds of his supporters held a rally, raising fears that he may use force to stay in power. (Snip) Al-Ibadi was nominated for the prime minister's post Monday by the Iraqi National Alliance, a coalition of Shiite parties that includes al-Maliki's State of Law bloc. Then in a televised address, President Fouad Massoum officially picked al-Ibadi to form a new government, giving him 30 days to do so and present it to parliament for approval. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Defense official: US airstrikes unlikely to hurt Iraqi militants overall capabilities August 11, 2014 FoxNews.com A top Defense Department official acknowledged Monday that U.S. airstrikes in Iraq are unlikely to affect Islamic militants overall capabilities or their operations elsewhere in Iraq and Syria but rebuffed calls to expand the mission. Lt. Gen. William Mayville Jr., director for operations with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described a stay-the-course approach during a briefing with reporters Monday afternoon. He spoke four days into a renewed U.S. airstrike campaign in northern Iraq meant to drive back militants with the Islamic State (IS), the group formerly known as ISIS. Mayville said Air Force and Navy aircraft have conducted 15 targeted strikes to date and helped check IS advances around the cities of Sinjar and Irbil. He said the strikes have slowed the groups operational tempo and temporarily disrupted their advances towards the province of Irbil. However, he said, the strikes are unlikely to affect [iS] overall capabilities or its operations in other areas of Iraq and Syria. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Iraqi president names Haider al-Abadi new prime minister, defying Maliki By Loveday Morris August 11 at 9:08 PM BAGHDAD — Iraq’s president on Monday asked a veteran Shiite politician,Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government, setting the stage for a vicious political showdown in a country already struggling to contain an Islamist extremist insurgency. As his already limited political support crumbled, the incumbent prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, dug in for a fight. He argued that the appointment of the 62-year-old Abadi as prime minister-designate was legally invalid. The clash has raised deep concerns at home and abroad about Iraq’s teetering stability. Ominously, Maliki http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iraqs-political-situation-dire-as-maliki-digs-in/2014/08/11/1c70942a-213a-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Yazidis Suffered Under Rule of Saddam HusseinReports contradict claims that life was better for religious minorities under the former dictator BY: Daniel Wiser August 12, 2014 10:00 am Life was just as brutal for the Yazidis—a religious minority persecuted for decades in northern Iraq—under former dictator Saddam Hussein as it is now under the threat from Islamic militants, contradicting recent claims about the former Iraqi government. The plight of the Yazidis attracted international attention in recent days as thousands sought refuge from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), a jihadist group that has pledged to exterminate non-Sunni Muslims who do not convert. The potential for genocide prompted President Barack Obama to order airstrikes and airdrops of food and water. http://freebeacon.com/national-security/yazidis-suffered-under-rule-of-saddam-hussein/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Report: ISIS Selling Captured Young Girls Into SlaveryDaniel DohertyAug 12, 2014 (Snip) But the terrorist group’s propensity for barbarism is not merely exposed by their bloodlust and ideology. There have also been reports that many of these jihadists are kidnapping young girls and keeping them as sex slaves for themselves, or profiting off their innocence. Many of these reports are unsubstantiated, of course. But the anguish of one father who recently learned that his daughter will soon be sold into slavery underscores the depravity of IS and its evil tactics (via The Guardian): For the past week, Khandhar Kaliph's hands have trembled whenever his phone has rung. He nervously greeted his daughter, who had been kidnapped when the Islamic State (Isis) overran the Yazidi city of Sinjar. There was a minute of silence, before he broke down sobbing. "She said she is going to be sold as a slave this afternoon, for $10," Kaliph said, his tears dropping into the brown dust. "What can a father say to that. How can I help? We all feel so useless." Kaliph's daughter, who he did not want to name, had access to a group phone passed around between other girls imprisoned by the Islamic State in Bardoush prison in central Mosul. All face the imminent prospect of being married off. Or worse, being used by the jihadis as a sex slave. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 40 ISIS and al Nusra Fighters ArrestedIn Kosovo August 12, 2014 Police in Kosovo yesterday arrested forty young Islamic radicals who had fought in Syria and Iraq for ISIS or other extremist groups. * The Wall Street Journal reports: Kosovo launched a major operation Monday morning against suspected domestic militants who have fought in Syria and Iraq, arresting at least 40 people and seizing weapons and explosives in dozens of locations, authorities said. The move is the biggest action yet against suspected militants in Kosovo, where the government has long played down concerns about the threat posed by extremists However, a police statement said only that Mondays arrests targeted people who had fought in Syria and Iraq for the Sunni extremist groups A-Nusra Front, an al Qaeda affiliate that espouses global Islamic rule, and Islamic State, which has recently captured swaths of territory in Iraq. (Snip) * behind paywall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 Iraq conflict: David Cameron pledges to 'get these people off that mountain' David Cameron breaks off his holiday early as he suggests British military personnel could be involved in the rescue of refugees who are "exposed, starving and dying of thirst" By Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent 4:05PM BST 13 Aug 2014 David Cameron has raised the prospect of British helicopters being involved in the rescue of 30,000 refugees in Iraq as he vowed to "get these people off that mountain". The Prime Minister said that the refugees are facing a "desperate humanitarian situation" as they have been left "exposed, starving and dying of thirst" on Mount Sinjar in Northern Iraq. But he rejected calls from senior figures in all three parties and the former head of the British army to recall Parliament to debate whether Britain should join air strikes or supply Kudish forces with arms. Britain has sent a "handful" of Chinooks to Afghanistan and it is understood that they could be used to help transport refugees off the mountain and into camps. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11031661/Iraq-conflict-David-Cameron-pledges-to-get-these-people-off-that-mountain.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Iraq conflict: David Cameron pledges to 'get these people off that mountain' David Cameron breaks off his holiday early as he suggests British military personnel could be involved in the rescue of refugees who are "exposed, starving and dying of thirst" Barack doesn't need to interrupt his golf game to deal with these kind of minor annoyances. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 So now we will send combat troops to support the humanitarian rescue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 So now we will send combat troops to support the humanitarian rescue. Did they, are you just speculating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 So now we will send combat troops to support the humanitarian rescue. Did they, are you just speculating President Barack Obama may send ground troops into Iraq, a senior White House official said this afternoon. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters accompanying the president on his vacation that Obama would consider sending in troops to help save thousands of Iraqis trapped on a mountain if that was the recommendation of 130 Marines and special forces sent in Tuesday to access the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 If you are going to take Vienna....take Vienna No half steppin! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 If you are going to take Vienna....take Vienna No half steppin! Cool @Valin! 1683........Muslims stopped cold at the Gates of Vienna! Ottoman Turks never rebound! Croissants first baked to celebrate the Islamic loss! Muslim baggage trains left behind with buku coffee beans. First coffeehouses appear....selling pastries! Sobieski's Hussars run right over the 17th Century jihadi's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 @SrWoodchuck Definitely the last hurrah of the Turks/Muslims. The pendulum had swung toward Europe, and especially Western Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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