Britain gifts £1.6million worth machine guns and ammunition to Kurdish forces in Iraq

Britain is gifting heavy machine guns and ammunition worth nearly £1.6million to help Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Iraq dailymail.co.uk. This is based on deliberations at the NATO summit in Wales where Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama had prepared the ground for multi-national air strikes against Islamic State and for sending troops to form a NATO training force in Iraq.
Moreover, in Britain, cross-party support for joining US military action was increasing.The weapons being gifted would be used by the Kurdish forces to battle the extremist army, which is believed to include hundreds of Britons.
In the opinion of Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, the Kurdish forces are comparatively less well equipped than the ISIS, hence Britain is trying to help them defend themselves, protect citizens and push back advances.
This gifting of military equipment to the Government of Iraq (GoI), including the Kurdish regional government, is being undertaken at the request of the GoI.
David Cameron has said if President Obama announces further military action against the jihadists beyond the air strikes that have taken place and Britain is required to join in that action, the British MPs would have to a vote on the decision. However, the Government could take action without the approval of Parliament in case of an immediate humanitarian catastrophe or if British interest are threatened or needs urgent protection.
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US carries out air strikes on ISIS near Haditha Dam in western Iraq

In order to protect its interests and those of Iraq, the US has now carried out a series of air strikes on Islamic State militants close to the vital Haditha dam in western Iraq bbc.com.
These are among the more than 130 air strikes carried out since early August.
The latest US strikes, the first in the area, were to protect the Iraqi forces and Sunni tribesmen in control of the dam. The Islamic State fighters have targeted a number of dams in their offensive and have captured the facility at Fallujah.
A US official has clarified that the strikes were carried out at the request of the Iraqi government and in keeping with the US mission to protect its personnel and facilities in Iraq.
The Pentagon's press secretary, Rear Admiral John Kirby, has added that these strikes were meant to prevent terrorists from further threatening the security of the dam, which remains under control of Iraqi security forces, with support from Sunni tribes.
The US has carried out a number of air strikes to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces as they try to halt the advance of the IS militants in the north and west.
The IS militants had taken the largest dam, at Mosul, but US air strikes helped force them out and it had attempted to capture Haditha dam, on the Euphrates valley in western Anbar province – this is Iraq's second largest dam.
Incidentally, IS also controls other key national assets like several oil and gas fields in western Iraq and Syria.
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IS militants demanded ransom of $132.5m for release of American journalist James Foley, US refused to pay, and the militants beheaded James Foley and publicized their actions via the internet news.sky.com.
This has sent jitters to Americans and US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has admitted that the airstrikes by US on selected ISIS targets have checked the IS advance, but has also cautioned that IS would regroup and stage a new offensive. In his opinion, it is more than a simple traditional "terrorist group" because it appears to be better armed, trained and funded than any recent threat.
In his words, they have combined ideology and a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess and are tremendously well funded.
It seems Islamic State (IS) fighters who beheaded American journalist James Foley had demanded $132.5m for his release. Two anonymous American officials have indicated that the ransom demands were sent via emails to the family of James Foley in Rochester, New Hampshire.
It has also transpired that the US - unlike several European countries that have given millions to the terror group to spare their citizens - refused to pay resulting in the gruesome murder. The beheading was captured on a video and the group says it was acting in retaliation for US airstrikes in Iraq.
Despite the threats of ISIS that they would kill a second US captive if attacks go on, American airstrikes have continued against IS forces in northern Iraq. US Navy fighters and drones have extended air cover to Iraqi and Kurdish forces to try and retake and maintain control of the strategically important Mosul Dam. Incidentally, the US has carried out 90 airstrikes in Iraq since August 8, with 57 of them in support of Iraqi government forces near the dam.
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