Tag: Iraq

Kristol Podcast: On the War on Terror, Obama Still in Denial

TWS Podcast · August 20, 2014 6:45 pm

Iran's Science, Research and Technology Minister Reza Faraji Dana speaks in his impeachment in an open session of the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. In a move led by hard-line lawmakers, Iran's parliament dismissed the science minister on Wednesday over his alleged support for pro-Western voices at universities, dealing a blow to moderate President Hassan Rouhani. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s parliament dismisses moderate minister

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · August 20, 2014 6:31 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told MSNBC's Chris Hayes Tuesday night that the execution of an American journalist and the victimizing of women and children shows that the Islamic State is the "personification of evil." (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images,)

Key Democrat: Islamic State forcing U.S. hand in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · August 20, 2014 6:18 pm

Appalling

William Kristol · August 20, 2014 5:45 pm

A frame from a video released by Islamic State militants Tuesday that purports to show the killing of journalist James Foley by the militant group. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo)

National Security

White House confirms authenticity of beheading video

Susan Crabtree · August 20, 2014 4:32 pm

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives back in Downing Street, London, after cutting short his vacation in Cornwall on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014.(AP Photo/Yui Mok/PA)

Beltway Confidential

David Cameron cuts his vacation short to deal with the Islamic State, as President Obama resumes his

Charles Hoskinson · August 20, 2014 4:12 pm

National Security

VIDEO: Islamist militants claim killing of American journalist

Ed Sykes · August 20, 2014 3:57 pm

Annihilate ISIS

William Kristol · August 20, 2014 2:54 pm

An internally displaced Iraqi woman holds her sister during a sandstorm at a new camp outside the Bajid Kandala camp in Feeshkhabour town, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Some 1.5 million people have been displaced by fighting in Iraq since the Islamic State's rapid advance began in June, and thousands more have died. The scale of the humanitarian crisis prompted the U.N. to declare its highest level of emergency last week. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Germany, Italy, ready to send arms to Iraq Kurds

Frank Jordans · August 20, 2014 2:03 pm

FILE - In this Friday, May 27, 2011, file photo, journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston. A video by Islamic State militants that purports to show the killing of Foley by the militant group was released Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Foley, from Rochester, N.H., went missing in 2012 in northern Syria while on assignment for Agence France-Press and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

National Security

British fighter appears to have role in beheading

DANICA KIRKAJILL LAWLESS · August 20, 2014 12:28 pm

An F/A-18C Hornet takes off for Iraq from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

National Security

Obama faces difficult decisions as airstrikes continue in Iraq

Susan Crabtree · August 20, 2014 9:00 am

Iraq Shiite fighters prepare to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Fighters of the voluntary armed group formed after the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to protect holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

National Security

Iraqis in besieged town appeal to army for help

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 7:34 am