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The Economist's New Cover Says What Everyone Is Thinking About Obama Now
The Economist has a new issue with President Barack Obama in an airman's uniform and details how the president defined by reluctance to engage abroad is now back in a Middle East war that will define...
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Incredible Picture Shows The Inside Of An F-22 Cockpit After Syria Strikes
The photo in this post shows an F-22 Raptor of the 1st Fighter Wing, refueling after a mission over Syria. The mission was the stealth fighter jet's baptism by fire as it operated alongside other US...
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Here Are The ISIS-Controlled Oil Refineries In Syria That The US Bombed
Earlier today the Department of Defense tweeted images of the aftermath from coalition attacks on ISIS-controlled oil refineries in eastern Syria. The Pentagon's Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby...
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The FBI Has Identified The ISIS Executioner Who Killed 3 Hostages
The man who murdered James Foley, Steven Sotloff and David Haines has been identified by FBI officials.Thus far, the executioner has been known only as "Jihadi John." He was known to intelligence...
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Here's A Breakdown Of The Oil Assets ISIS Now Controls
For the first time since the Unites States and five Arab countries started bombing positions of the Islamic State group in Syria, oil installations under control of the militants were targeted...
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US Airstrikes Are Pressuring Al Qaeda's Syria Group To Rejoin ISIS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, is facing mounting pressure from its own members to reconcile with its rival Islamic State and confront a common enemy after U.S.-led...
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Assad Has Good Reason To Be Happy About US-Led Airstrikes
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, President Obama painted a gruesome picture of what was now taking place in the Middle East. “Mothers, sisters and daughters have been...
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Meet The Khorasan, The Terrorist Group That's Suddenly A Bigger Threat Than ISIS
Up until late last week, no US official had ever publicly mentioned the terrorist group known as the Khorasan. On Monday night, the US carried out unilateral airstrikes against the previously unknown...
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Meet The 'Invisible General' Leading The War On ISIS
A man who was once described as an "invisible general" who holds master's degrees in both education and business management is in charge of the military operations against the jihadist group Islamic...
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Obama Throws America's Spies Under The Bus
In a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday night, President Barack Obama placed blame squarely at the foot of the US intelligence community for the rise of the Islamic State, the extremist group also known as...
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ISIS Fighter Calls US Airstrikes Totally Ineffective
In an exclusive interview with CNN, a Syrian fighter with the group known as the Islamic State or ISIS said they were prepared for US airstrikes within Syria and the damage done against the...
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Israel Is Facing A Major Strategic Dilemma Along Its Northern Frontier With...
The US air campaign in Syria this past week overshadowed what would have otherwise been big news on the Syria-Israel border last Tuesday: the Israelis shot down a Syrian Su-24 jet that strayed into...
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A Major Syrian Kurdish City Is About To Fall To ISIS — And A Massacre Could...
PARIS (Reuters) - A Syrian Kurdish leader called on Tuesday for Western states to provide weapons to his forces fighting Islamic State in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani, warning that his...
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US 'Not Aware Of Any' Civilian Casualties From Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria
Despite multiple reports civilians have been killed in American airstrikes launched against the jihadists group Islamic State and the Khorasan Group, a spokesman for US Central Command told Business...
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US Airstrikes In Syria Are Based On Startlingly Little Intelligence
The Pentagon is grappling with significant intelligence gaps as it bombs Iraq and Syria, and it is operating under less restrictive targeting rules than those President Barack Obama imposed on the CIA...
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Kurds And US-Led Airstrikes Are Trying To Save A Key Syrian Town From ISIS
Kurdish fighters backed by US-led coalition air strikes were locked in a fierce battle Wednesday to prevent a key Syrian border town from falling into the hands of jihadists.The heavy clashes in Ain...
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Watch An F-15 Sniper Wipe Out An ISIS Compound Through The Plane's 'Advanced...
Several US and foreign attack planes, including the B-1B “Lancer” and the F-15E Strike Eagle, are equipped with the Lockhhed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP).The pod has a laser designator...
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Here's How Much The War On ISIS Is Costing The US
Ongoing operations in Iraq and Syria to confront the extremist group calling itself the Islamic State cost an estimated $7 million to $10 million per day, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. "We're...
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Kurds Warn Turkey: If ISIS Overruns Syrian Town, Peace Talks Are Over
Islamic State insurgents pushed on with their assault on a Syrian border town on Thursday despite coalition air strikes meant to weaken them, sending thousands more Kurdish refugees into Turkey and...
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Some Al Qaeda Jihadists Have Proposed A Truce With ISIS After US-Led Airstrikes
Leading jihadist ideologues, including several openly allied with al Qaeda, have proposed a truce between the Islamic State and its rivals. The initiative, which is being promoted on Twitter, aims to...
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