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Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:23
On Saturday, Oct. 4, day 58 of the American campaign against the Islamic State, U.S. aircraft carried out nine strikes inside Iraq and Syria, destroying two tanks, three Humvees, one bulldozer, and an unidentified vehicle. The strikes also hit several teams of Islamic State fighters and destroyed six of their firing positions.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:21
The Subcommittee asked me to address several specific issues relating to Iran’s expanding influence in the Western Hemisphere, each of which is complex, and the threat that this influence might present to the U.S. Homeland
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:19
As noted on Checkpoint earlier this morning, President Obama visits the Pentagon today, two months after the United States began launching airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq. Those strikes have since been expanded into Syria, where they have been carried out regularly since Sept. 23.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:17
With terrorist threat and tactics becoming more complex and diverse, the project works to foster public discourse, provide expert analysis, and develop proactive policy solutions on how best to respond to emerging challenges.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:14
This research has taken me to 15 countries throughout the Hemisphere on fact-finding trips
documenting numerous eyewitness accounts, collecting investigative records of various
countries in the region, and analyzing confidential reports produced by sources developed from
over a decade of work in Latin America.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:12
To date, there have been approximately 240 coalition air strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria since air operations began nearly a month ago. On the first night of operations against ISIS in Syria, the U.S. put most of its best assets into the fight, employing more than 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles along with F-22 Raptors, F-15 Strike Eagles, F-16s, B-1 bombers, EA-18G Growler electronic warfare planes and drones. U.S. Navy F/A-18E/Fs and coalition partners including the U.K., France, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE and Qatar have participated in air operations too.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:07
To properly grasp the challenge posed by Iran’s activities in the Western Hemisphere, they need to be understood in proper geopolitical context: as part of a larger “peripheral strategy” on the part of the Iranian regime.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:07
U.S. aircraft struck Islamic State targets Wednesday inside Mosul, the heart of militant operations in Iraq and the country’s second most populous city, the Defense Department said.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:05
Insurgents from the Islamic State militant group shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday near a refinery town, killing two onboard, Iraqi military officials said.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 09:04
The top diplomats of the United States, Iran and the European Union will meet in Vienna next week, accelerating efforts to clinch a long-elusive deal to end a dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme by a Nov. 24 deadline.