Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, concerned over Islamic State of Iraq and Levant infiltration, has bolstered force protection in Iraq. Officials said the military, supported by President Barack Obama, has requested additional forces to protect the U.S. presence in Iraq. The officials said the troops would be required to secure the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com BAGHDAD — Iraq has acquired an advanced Russian attack helicopter. The Defense Ministry said the Iraq Army has accepted delivery of the Russian-origin Mi-28 helicopter. The ministry said the Mi-28 would be deployed against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the north. “A number of Mi-28s has arrived and entered […]
By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — In what can only be described as a plague on both your houses, an UN investigative panel has issued a specific and sickening verdict on the ongoing violence in Syria’s civil war. The report blames both sides in the conflict, the Assad family regime, as well as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has sanctioned an Al Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip that early this year declared support for the ISIL. The State Department has announced sanctions on the Mujahadin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem. The department identified Mujahadin as the focus for jihadist militias in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Much has been spewed forth about the seemingly inexorable and sudden rise, steeped in blood, of a chimeric new “state”, the so-called Islamic Caliphate. It has occupied land seized from Syria and Iraq, both states conveniently presently divided, distracted, and ripe — at least for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has reported a failed military operation in Syria. The White House said U.S. special operations forces were sent to Syria to rescue American hostages of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Officials said the U.S. forces, directed by President Barack Obama, were unable to find the hostages, […]
By John J. Metzler VIENNA, Austria–The countdown started in Sarajevo in June 1914, the conflagration followed in August. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serb nationalist set in motion a series of events in which the great European powers marched, with near lockstep, into a war which would devour seventeen million people, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, with control over large parts of Iraq and Syria, has set its sights on North Africa. Islamist sources said ISIL has intensified recruiting in several countries in North Africa. They said the recruitment was now meant to help establish sleeper and operational cells in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. energy producer has suspended drilling operations in Kurdistan. Hess Corp. was said to have suspended operations and evacuated non-essential staff from the autonomous region in northern Iraq. Hess has been operating the Dinarta and Shakrok fields, 16 percent of which owned by minority partner Petroceltic. The Kurdistan Regional […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto President Barack Obama’s tortured foreign policy has brought war and devastation to Iraq. The Noble Peace Prize winner tried to end American military involvement in Iraq by a premature withdrawal of our troops and an incessant attempt to appease our mortal enemies. Yet, all of his pandering to the […]