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.