Middle East

DoD’s Carter: ISIL Prison Raid Saved Lives, Bagged Intelligence Info

By Terri Moon Cronk, DoD News, Defense Media Activity Defense Secretary Ash Carter today said he made the decision that U.S. Special Forces would assist Iraqi peshmerga partners in yesterday’s raid on an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant prison in Iraq to rescue 70 hostages after intelligence indicated a mass execution was imminent. ...

By Weblord | 23 October, 2015 | Categories: Policy, South & Central Asia | Tags: Carter, ISIL, Middle East, midest, prison, raid

Targeted Operations Against ISIL

The president has authorized U.S. Central Command to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes of Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. For details see the Department of Defense Targeted Operations Against ISIL .

By Weblord | 15 August, 2014 | Categories: Policy | Tags: DoD, ISIL, Middle East

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