US Drones Strikes Militant Strongholds in Pakistan
The US has resumed its drones program in Pakistan, with two strikes on militant strongholds in the North Waziristan tribal region overnight, the BBC reported.
Obama Administration Released Jihadist Responsible for Current Iraq Crisis in 2009
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), was released from US custody four years ago, according the UK Telegraph.
In Extremist’ Rise in Iraq, America’s Legacy in Iraq Being Defined
First Falluja, then Mosul, and now the oil-refinery town of Bayji. The rapid advance of Al Qaeda-inspired militants across the Sunni heartland of northern and western Iraq has been stunning and relentless—and utterly predictable. Here’s a forecast: the bad news is just beginning.
Terrorists “Praise Allah” for Twitter
Jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq have “thanked Allah” for the existence of Twitter, the social media platform, as a means of advertising their “victories in battle.”
Iraq Sought U.S. Strikes in March and Again in May Against Terrorists
As the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) threatened Western Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki secretly asked the Obama administration to consider carrying out air strikes against the terrorist organization, according to the New York Times.
Jihadists Seize Saddam Hussein’s Hometown of Tikrit (Video)
Sunni jihadists pushed in a lightening offensive from northern Iraq and seized Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, just 80 miles north of Baghdad.
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