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Twitter is trying to block the spread of gruesome images of the beheading of journalist James Foley by Islamic State militants, while a movement to deny his killers the publicity they crave is also gaining momentum.

President Obama says U.S. aircraft are positioned to strike any ISIS forces that threaten Erbil in Northern Iraq. In a statement from Martha's Vineyard, Obama said some of the Iraqis who were trapped by ISIS fighters on Mount Sinjar have been able to escape their situation...

Iraqis are welcoming the U.S. airlift of emergency aid to thousands of people who fled to the mountains to escape Islamic extremists. And now, for the first time, U.S. forces are directly targeting the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq...

The Pentagon is releasing some details on the new air campaign against ISIS militants in Iraq.  Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby tweeted this morning that U.S. military aircraft conducted a strike on a militant position near U...

Over 250 military personnel are going to Iraq. President Obama told Congress today the troops will be supporting U.S. personnel and the embassy in Baghdad. The administration's also said to be considering drone strikes as militant insurgents continue to take over key cities...