US sending up to 450 more troops to Iraq, White House says
President Obama on Wednesday ordered the deployment to Iraq of up to 450 military personnel to help train Iraqi forces in their fight against Islamic State. "To improve the capabilities and...
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Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press 7:21 a.m. EDT June 10, 2015 In this photo taken May 6, 2015, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The...
View ArticleObama set to boost army forces in Iraq
US President Barack Obama appears poised to approve the deployment of hundreds more US training personnel to Iraq, in a bid to reverse gains by the Islamic State group. Officials said Obama is...
View ArticlePrime Minister Tony Abbott blows hot air over wind farms
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View ArticleAustralia's Abbott Warns of Islamic State's 'Global Ambitions'
VOA News Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Thursday of the Islamic State group's "global ambitions" and said more must be done to combat the organization's extremist mass appeal. Abbott was...
View ArticleUS to send more 'military advisers' to Iraq to fight Islamic State
Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units deploy in the city of Baiji, north of Tikrit, as they fight alongside Iraqi forces against Islamic State militants to try to retake the...
View Article'Noisy compared to what?': Tony Abbott's claim wind farms awful and noisy...
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View ArticleWhite House expected to announce U.S. will send 500 more troops to Iraq
The White House is expected to announce a new Pentagon plan today to set up a new training base and send hundreds of troops to advise Iraqi security forces in their fight against the Islamic State...
View ArticleU.S. troops will train Iraq to fight Islamic State
U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of the U.S. Central Command, second right, meets with Iraq's Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, third left, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (The...
View ArticleUS orders more troops to Iraq, but no overhaul of strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq on Wednesday in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State, an...
View ArticleMore troops headed to Iraq, but there's no strategy overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq on Wednesday in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State, an...
View ArticleUS orders more troops to Iraq to aid Sunni integration
Amid persistent setbacks in the fight against the Islamic State, President Barack Obama turned his military's focus to the Sunni-Shiite divide, ordering hundreds of troops to Iraq to better integrate...
View ArticleReport: US to send hundreds more trainers to Iraq in effort to retake Ramadi
Shifting gears to fight back against the Islamic State, the White House plans to create a military base in Iraq where it will send hundreds of additional American military trainers to help retake the...
View ArticleUS to send more troops to Iraq for expanded training mission
JERUSALEM (AP) — An expected White House decision to send several hundred more troops to Iraq to expand training of Iraqi forces in Anbar province is not a shift in U.S. strategy but is aimed at...
View ArticleUS to announce plans to deploy more troops and add military base in Iraq
The Obama administration is planning to send several hundred more troops to Iraq to expand training of Iraqi forces, a move that’s intended to help them retake the provincial capital of Ramadi from the...
View ArticleIraq Militias Threaten U.S. Over Friendly Fire Incident—but Did It Ever Happen?
While Obama talks up increased security cooperation and mulls sending more troop trainers, Iran-backed militias are vowing revenge over an explosion they say was a U.S. airstrike. There were two rumors...
View ArticleObama expected to announce increase in U.S. troops in Iraq
An expected White House decision to send several hundred more troops to Iraq to expand training of Iraqi forces in Anbar province is not a shift in U.S. strategy but is aimed at helping Iraq retake the...
View ArticleWhite House boosts troops, shifts tactics in Iraq
Pentagon officials have warned for months that Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group that President Obama initially dismissed as a “JV team,” is nimble, aggressive and unlike any previous terrorist...
View ArticleBandidos bikie Bogdan Cuic charged in Serbia over Jack 'Jei' Lee's 2012 murder
Australia will undertake extradition process after Cuic arrested and charged while living with his grandparents in Serbia ...
View ArticleTony Abbott warns Islamic State militants have global ambitions
The Prime Minister has opened a two day regional summit on countering violent extremism with a warning that Islamic State militants have global ambitions. Tony Abbott hasn't committed to sending more...
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