ISIL Update

     Intelligence reports that IS or ISIS captured a police station on Wednesday October 9th but the building was hit by coalition jets later that day, In the town of Kobani 11 IS fighters were killed by Kurdish fighters. So far today (October 10th) the U.S has conducted 9 airstrikes on Kobani destroying equipment and killing many troops, however IS still controls 1/3 of the town. Obama wrote in the Tampa Bay times that “Our intelligence community has not yet detected specific ISIL plots against America. But its leaders have repeatedly threatened America and our allies, and if left unchecked, they could pose a growing threat to the United States,” British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed British parliament stating that "ISIL is a terrorist organization unlike those we have dealt with before, their brutality is staggering." he continued to say that ISIL "is backed by millions of dollars and has captured an arsenal of the most modern weapons." Parliament the approved airstrikes against ISIL.

     A month ago the president addressed Americans updating the country on the recent events that have taken place. The president says that "ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple, and it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way." Obama also told the American people that ISIL will "kill children, [and] they enslave, rape, and force women into marriage." Recently two American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were beheaded by IS militants, Over 150 airstrikes have been carried out against ISIL in an affect to destroy them reports the president.  

            

ISIS

Islamic terrorists have been busy with mass executions, selling women as slaves, and using children to fight against enemy forces. It has been reported by the U.N that as many as “9,347 civilians” have been killed through September. U.N High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein said "The array of violations and abuses perpetrated by ISIL and associated armed groups is staggering, and many of their acts may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity," Terrorists are reportedly using buildings suck as schools to make IED's and plan attacks. The violence of this group knows no limits, they have been know to torture, behead, and sell their victims. 

The Middle East

The Middle East has long been in conflict with the United States and with itself. Since Russia invaded Iran in 1941 during World War Two the U.S has constantly had a military presence there and has defended their interests in surrounding countries. Starting in 2001 a war began in Afghanistan in the Ghalmin District where the Taliban began to rise up against the Afghan government. The Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan bombed places like the capital of Kabul or places like Camp Chapman in 2009.  In 2003 the U.s invaded Iraq and began a conflict that would not be resolved for many years. Now the U.S had been sending troops to fight in countries such as Libya, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.