3 terrorist attacks kill dozens on 3 continents. Source article on CNN.com (opens in new tab) Terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, & Tunisia killed dozens. In Tunisia, gunmen invaded a seaside hotel and shot 27 people. It is the deadliest attack ever on tourists in the Arab world. In Kuwait, ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb. The bomb went …
More Troops in Iraq
President Obama sends 450 more troops to Iraq. Source article on CNN.com 3,050 US troops are in Iraq advising & training Iraqi troops. 450 more troops will go train Sunni tribe soldiers to fight ISIS. Sunni Muslims used to thrive under Saddam Hussein. They have been marginalized since his overthrow. Which is why some Sunnis view ISIS (also Sunni) as …
ISIS Wins on 2 Fronts
ISIS has won 2 major victories in the last week. Source article from CNN.com (opens in new tab) ISIS captured 2 cities this week: one in Iraq and one in Syria. In Iraq, ISIS took control of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province. Ramadi is just 75 miles east of Baghdad. In Syria, ISIS took the city of Palmyra on Thursday. …
ISIS Captures Ramadi
Strategic city falls to ISIS after months of fighting. Ramadi is in central Iraq. It has a population of ~200,000. ISIS and Iraqi forces have been fighting over it for months. Thursday night, ISIS launched a massive offensive. It included suicide bombers in cars with explosives. The fighting continued through the night and into Friday. ISIS’s black flag has been …
Blogger Hacked to Death
Anti-religion, Atheist blogger murdered in streets. Anata Bijoy Das was an Atheist/humanist writer in Bangladesh. He wrote for a blog critical of extremism and religion. On Tuesday, 4 masked men hacked him to death in the streets. He is the 3rd writer this year butchered in public. 9 bloggers have been murdered in Bangladesh in 2 years. No terrorist organization …