The leader of the Iraqi popular mobilization forces in Anbar province says that ISIS militants are forcing their fighters to use narcotics and hallucination pills during cleansing battles in Fallujah.
An Indonesian fisherman recovered an inflatable doll that had washed up on the beach and mistakenly thought that he had been blessed by “a fallen angel.” Villagers from a remote island in Indonesia thought that the beautiful naked doll with its fair complexion and big green eyes was a blessing from above, an angel fallen from heaven. Until authorities find out that it was probably just a discarded sex toy from a passing ship and broke the bad news to the locals.
Authored by AP's Lolita Baldor, via Military.com,
No one disputes that U.S. military forces are fighting in combat in Iraq and Syria -- except maybe President Barack Obama and some members of his administration.
“The Only Democracy In The Middle East”
Today is World Press Freedom Day, a rare item in Israel.
Americans are forever told that “Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.” Actually, most
of Israel consists of occupied Palestine. The Israelis have succeeded in committing genocide against a country.
The only democracies in the Middle East are Syria, Iran, and perhaps Lebanon, and these are
the countries under attack by Israel and Washington.
Stephen Lendman reports on Israel’s lack of media freedom:
US "boots on the ground" on Iraq have just suffered their first casualty.
Moments ago US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the Islamic State killed the first U.S. serviceman in Iraq who was aiding Kurdish fighters near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, RT reports. A statement from the US-led forces in Iraq added the fatality was "a result of enemy fire." "It is a combat death, of course. And a very sad loss," Carter told reporters at a press conference in Germany.