Special to WorldTribune.com Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s elite Delta Force are on the ground in Iraq and have begun missions to capture or kill top Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) operatives. “The only thing I’ll say is the (Expeditionary Targeting Force) is in position, it is having an effect and operating, and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States says it “ought to do better” to fight Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) Internet propaganda machine. U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, speaking at Ecole Militaire military college in Paris on Jan. 21, said the terror group uses the Internet “to give encouragement or even instruction to people […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Two SIM cards from satellite phones were missing from the boats of the 10 U.S. sailors who were detained by Iran. In its first official account of the incident, the United States military on Jan. 18 released a timeline of the events of Jan. 12. The sailors were headed from Kuwait to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The 10 sailors detained by Iran were on two U.S. vessels that entered Iranian waters due to a “navigational error,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Jan. 14. “They did not report this navigational error at the time. It may be that they were trying to sort it out at the time […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Jan. 13 said the U.S.-led coalition has a plan in place to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) out of its strongholds in Iraq and Syria. “The specialized expeditionary targeting force I announced in December is now in place and is preparing to work with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The United States is deploying a special operations unit to Iraq that will look to “capture” Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) leaders and “will be in a position to conduct unilateral operations into Syria,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. Carter said the U.S. commandos would work with the Iraqi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkey needs to focus its military attacks more on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) instead of Kurdish opposition forces, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said. “We need it to do more within its own territory, so it controls its border, which it has not done effectively since ISIL first arose,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Not one living veteran of the Iraq war has been awarded the Medal of Honor during the Obama administration. Rep. Duncan Hunter would like to know why. “The fact that there’s not a single living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the war in Iraq is a mystery,” Hunter, a California […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The Obama Administration’s utter strategic confusion, particularly in foreign affairs, was nowhere more exhibited than in Sec. of Defense Ashton B. Carter’s recent statements at the Reagan Defense Forum. Irony was added to insult when Carter equated the Obama policies with those of President Ronald Reagan. How quickly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Air strikes alone are not enough to defeat Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and the United States is “looking to do more,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Nov. 7. “If you say, is it enough? I don’t think it’s enough,” Carter said during a defense forum at the […]