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U.S. Broadens Sanctions on Russia; Putin Places 65,000 Troops on Alert
Posted on Saturday, June 21, 2014
Over 65,000 Russian troops were placed on combat alert and ordered to take part in readiness drills by Russian President Vladmir Putin. Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions against seven separatists with broader measures being readied against…
Obama to Dispatch Military Advisers to Iraq
Posted on Friday, June 20, 2014
President Obama is preparing to send up to 300 military advisers to aid the Iraqi military. Along with the 275 Obama announced on Thursday, it could place close to 600 additional U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq.
ISIS Occupy Saddam Hussein’s Chemical Weapons Facility
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) occupy a chemical-weapons production facility built by Saddam Hussein, a complex U.S. officials said still contain a stockpile of old weapons, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Iraq Request U.S. for Air Support (Video)
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Iraq has requested the U.S. for air support to target the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said during a Congressional hearing yesterday.
American Trained Iraqi Divisions Dissolved, says Gen. Dempsey
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Roughly 60,000 American trained Iraqi troops threw down their "arms, and in some cases" colluded with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a Senate committee.
Obama Wants New Iraq Government, Without Maliki
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
The White House is convinced that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, is unable to reconcile the Islamic factions in the country and wants to see a new government installed without Maliki, The Wall Street Journal reported.
North Korea Reportly Has a New Cruise Missile
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Did you see that? A brief scene that lasts just over a second, buried within a North Korean military propaganda appears to indicate that the country has developed a new cruise missile, a Johns Hopkins university group announced.
War Between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq threatens the entire region
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Muslims fighting Muslims -- so who is to blame? Perhaps Allah! Both sides, Sunnis backed by Saudi Arabia and Shiites backed by Iran, are blaming each other as sectarian violence threatens "unpredictable consequences" for the region.
Drug Trafficking in Latin America Leads to Humanitarian Crisis
Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The rise of drug trafficking in Latin America has been neglected for so long, that it's creating an 'epic humanitarian crisis' on the border, creating a direct threat to national security, and threatens to destabilize the entire region,…
Refugee Camp: Survivors of ISIS Detail Carnage (Video)
Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) rapid advancement last week in the Nineveh province left thousands with broken lives who now live in U.N. refugee camps. Some of those survivors spoke with CBN's Chris Mitchell…
U.S. Trained ISIS at Secret Jordan Base
Posted on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The United States trained members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Greater Syria) (ISIS) at a secret base in Jordan to combat Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces in Syria. Now, those same forces are fighting…

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