US, allies conduct 26 strikes against Islamic State: US military

The numbers are constantly changing, but it is estimated that there are up to 200,000 people involved in ISIS. She said there’s something else to think about: if Congress declares war against ISIS, the terrorist group could actually use that to bolster its PR campaign.

A German court has convicted two men of membership in a terror organization for joining the Islamic State group in Syria. Over 100 of these victims were killed in France, 224 in a Russian plane above Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, more than 100 in Turkey and nearly 40 in Beirut. But several reports, citing unnamed officials, say investigators are looking into whether Malik radicalised her husband. ISIS has settled in areas where locals are more cooperative with the group and has built relations of convenience. Most news organizations use the term ISIS because it’s the name that most people recognize. One of the primary reasons ISIS formed was because of ancient disagreements between the Shia and Sunnis. Paul also believes leaders of the Sunni battalions should be chosen from the various tribal towns they retake from ISIS. War is not going to solve the feud.

Speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Monday, Bush said the US should “absolutely” reinstate the NSA’s bulk data collection.

I understand that terrorists do want to attack this country, but we have a democracy only if we wish to keep it. The last remnants of this democracy must not disappear.

But the word daesh in Arabic commonly means “a bigot who imposes his view on others” or “to trample and crush”. That we have always met challenges – whether war or depression; natural disasters or terrorist attacks – by coming together around our common ideals. But so far Russia’s involvement there has worked at cross purposes to the U.S.-led coalition. Above all, ISIS is waging a war against the Islamic world.

About 3,500 United States troops are now “advising and assisting” Iraqi forces in the fight against Daesh terrorists.

But some commonality can be seen in legislation to tighten up a visa waiver program that made it too easy for passport holders from 38 countries to travel to the United States. This controversial imperialism has embroiled us in many engagements that were not only bad ideas, but immoral. It has spread its influence across nations through both threats and propaganda.

Muslim residents of Kansas City took to the streets on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 to declare that ISIS is not representative of Islam.

We need to encourage mainstream Muslims to speak out against those who have adopted a version of Islam that encourages the killing of innocent people.

Muslims around the world share an overwhelming disdain for ISIS, according to a recent Pew study. It flowered under a U.S.no-fly zone known as “Operation Provide Comfort” that started in 1991.

The U.S.-led Combined Joint Task Force coordinating coalition activities against the Islamic State group said in a statement that the alliance carried out four airstrikes exclusively against the wells in Deir el-Zour province, all of them some 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of Ayyash.

In Iraq, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned that the deadline for the withdrawal of additional Turkish forces from Iraq’s north expires Tuesday, after which Iraq will bring the matter before the United National Security Council.

Obama opposes the bill and stands behind America’s 18- to 24-month vetting process. But we must choose to act differently. It’s whether the US takes refugees at this time under these conditions. Sure, the partisanship heightens, but I believe all sides are mostly genuine in their convictions. She said, in order to minimize ISIS’ rhetoric of legitimacy, any declarations of war should include language that emphasize the illegitimacy of ISIS, and America’s relationship with other legitimate states in the region fighting against the terrorist group. The people feel dispossessed and disillusioned, disgusted with the autocrats who ruled them before and the religious fanatics who want to rule them today.