Sep 16 Watch Dempsey leaves open possibility of U.S. military advisors in Iraq joining combat By PBS News Hour The use of American troops to battle the Islamic State has not been ruled out, according to Gen. Martin Dempsey during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel underscored that the U.S. air campaign… Continue watching
Sep 16 Hagel, Dempsey defend Obama’s plan to target Islamic State extremists By Donna Cassata, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military leader told Congress on Tuesday that if President Barack Obama’s expanded military campaign to destroy Islamic extremists fails, he would recommend that the United States consider deploying American ground forces to Iraq. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Can U.S. mobilize regional allies to fight Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill speaks with retired Col. Derek Harvey, a former Army intelligence officer, and Steven Simon, a former National Security Council staff member, about the challenges for the U.S. in establishing a coalition to fight the Islamic State extremists. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Dozens of nations pledge to fight Islamic State ‘by any means necessary’ By PBS News Hour Representatives from more than two dozen countries met in Paris to strategize against Islamic State extremists, who have taken over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. France has begun reconnaissance flights to set up its own airstrikes in Iraq, but… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Tactic of terror: What’s behind the gruesome strategy of the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Another video portraying the beheading of a foreign hostage was released Saturday by the Islamic State. What's behind this gruesome strategy? Tom Sanderson from the Center for Strategic and International Studies joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the issue. Continue watching
Sep 14 White House still seeking coalition to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria By Charles Babington, Lara Jakes, Associated Press The White House said Sunday it will find countries willing to send combat troops to fight Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, but it's too early to identify them. Continue reading
Sep 14 Islamic State group earning more than $3 million per day By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf donors for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, human trafficking, theft and extortion, according to U.S. intelligence officials and… Continue reading
Sep 13 Video purports to show beheading of British aid worker by Islamic State By News Desk Islamic State militants released a video on Saturday which purports to show the beheading of British aid worker David Cawthorne Haines, the Associated Press reports. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch How effective will airstrikes be against the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour As the administration rallies public support in the U.S. for conducting airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, how effective will strikes be without boots on the ground? Austin Long, Assistant Professor at Columbia University's School of International… Continue watching
Sep 13 Syrian extremists may pose more direct threat to US than Islamic State By Ken Dilanian, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press While the Islamic State group is getting the most attention now, another band of extremists in Syria - a mix of hardened jihadis from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Europe - poses a more direct and imminent threat to the United… Continue reading