Special to WorldTribune.com Guy Taylor, Washington Times U.S. fighter jets have begun pounding artillery held by the Al Qaida-inspired militants in northern Iraq with laser-guided bombs, a senior Defense Department official said Friday. “At approximately 6:45 a.m. EDT, the U.S. military conducted a targeted airstrike against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is battling to win Qatar’s multi-billion-dollar fighter-jet competition. Industry sources said the administration of President Barack Obama has been lobbying the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate to select a U.S. warplane for Doha’s largest combat air project. The sources said the administration has succeeded in delaying Qatar’s tender, […]
