Middle East Eye | Arab states willing to join air fight against Islamic State in Iraq, US ... Washington Post PARIS — Several Arab states have offered to conduct airstrikes against militants in Iraq alongside the efforts of the United States, U.S. officials said Sunday as the Obama administration sought to bolster its case for action against the Islamic State ... France, Iraq leaders host conference to divide tasks in IS fight Iran's Participation in Meeting to Aid Iraq Is 'Not Appropriate,' Says Kerry US banks on strong Iraq coalition, but allies are hesitant |
Columbus Dispatch | White House: Iraq War Vote Obama Opposed Could Be Used for ISIS Strikes TIME President Barack Obama won the White House largely on his opposition to the Iraq War and was re-elected in 2012 on having ended the conflict. But his Administration is using the never repealed authorization vote as a supplementary legal justification ... Like predecessors, Obama drawn back into Iraq Obama strategy in Iraq conflict promising, but risky Barack Obama and Islamic State |
NPR | US Call To Fight Militants Stirs Bitter Memories For Iraq's Sunnis NPR If President Obama's plan to battle Islamic State militants by bringing Iraq's Sunnis on board to fight sounds oddly familiar, that's because it is. When the U.S. faced a raging insurgency by Sunni militants — then called al-Qaida in Iraq — seven ... |
Sky News Australia | Abbott 'won't put time limit on Iraq' Sky News Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott won't put a time limit on Australia's commitment to the fight against Islamic State extremists, saying its deployment to the Middle East could last 'many, many months'. Combat aircraft and special forces advisers will be sent ... Australia in Iraq: A brief history of Australia's involvement from 1991-2014 PM sends 600 to take on jihadis Australian forces could face heavy burden in Iraq |
The Daily Star | Airstrikes Have Halted Islamic State, US Says Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—A five-week campaign of U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq has forced them to conceal their movements and blunted their acquisition of territory, U.S. officials said. However, the reaction of the group's fighters ... Iraq plans a new force to counter Islamic State. Here's why some say it's doomed. ISIS executes eight Sunnis in northern Iraq Militants in Iraq said to kidnap at least 50 Sunni tribesmen |
BBC News | Iraq's Falluja hospital 'hit by shelling' BBC News IS, also often referred to as Isil or Isis, has since taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria and declared the land it controls a "caliphate". A medical source at Falluja hospital told BBC Arabic it was hit by four missiles launched from a military ... Iraq PM says will protect civilians after US-Iraq air strikes against IS Iraq Is Desperate For American Help--But Are The Two Countries On The Same ... Iraq leader orders his air force to not bomb civilian areas |
Wall Street Journal | French President in Iraq to Rally Support for Western Air Strike Efforts Wall Street Journal The French leader has been closely watched for signs of how deeply he is willing to involve France in a U.S.-led military campaign to combat Islamic State, which has taken over swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, threatening the region's stability ... Iraq premier says France to join airstrikes effort France Says It's Ready to Participate in Iraq Airstrikes France Ready to Participate in Iraq Airstrikes |
Telegraph.co.uk | Scottish independence: 'Yes campaign every bit as dodgy as Iraq dossier' Telegraph.co.uk And just as in 2003, Scotland is also being asked to tackle another problem that is real and does exist – but in a way that will only make that problem worse, for itself, and for all of us. Back then, we were told that invading Iraq would protect us ... |
Antiwar.com | Obama Sees Iraq Resolution as a Legal Basis for Airstrikes, Official Says New York Times WASHINGTON — The White House believes that Congress's 2002 authorization of the Iraq war — and not just the 2001 authorization to fight Al Qaeda — provides a legal justification for President Obama's air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq ... White House Relies on 2002 Iraq Authorization—But What's the Theory? Obama Administration Claims that 2002 Iraq Resolution is a Legal Basis for Air ... Retired colonel takes aim at past, present U.S. policies in Iraq |
US Is Ramping Up Support In Iraq, But So Is Iran NPR KATE BRANNEN: In Iraq, they are openly providing weapons to both the Iraqi security forces and to Kurdish forces. They're providing intelligence. They're providing military advisers. So in many ways, it's similar to what the U.S. is doing. But there's ... |