As the world's attention this past month has been on the valiant defense by Kurds of the Syrian border town of Kobani, ISIS forces in Iraq have been gobbling up Anbar province in Iraq and now, according to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Martin Dempsey, the terrorists are threatening Baghdad itself. Haaretz: “I have no doubt there will be days when they use indirect fire into Baghdad,” said Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, President Barak Obama's top military adviser, said in an interview on ABC's "This Week." While he doubted the Islamist militants would make a direct attack on Baghdad, he did say he expected fighters from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, to infiltrate areas near the capital. According to the New York Times, the Islamic State has already carried out suicide bombing attacks in Baghdad. The adviser also said that fighting the Islamic State would remain a "very challenging task" until the Sunni...(Read Full Post)