Monday September 8, 2014

US Airstrikes Target ISIS Fighters Near 2nd Largest Dam in Iraq
• The main idea of this article is the US airstrikes against ISIS.
• The US got involved with the airstrikes because Iraq asked us to.
• The dams so important to ISIS because they’re a weapon that causes villages to flood. If they can control the dams, then they can control the people, and they also produce electricity, which allows them to steal the electricity and sell it.

Tuesday September 9, 2014

Obama: US is going to go on offensive against ISIS
• The main idea of this article expresses that Barack Obama will address the country Wednesday to explain to the nation what the game plan is to fight against ISIS.
• The US plan vs. ISIS is that they will gather information. They are gathering increased intelligence on ISIS, and using airstrikes to protect American personnel.
• The US didn’t take ISIS seriously a year ago because they weren’t originally a threat until now, so they did not take it seriously until now. (They referred to them as being a JV team before)

Wednesday September 10, 2014

UK PM to Scotland: Stick with us Cameron
• The main idea of this article is that UK doesn't want Scotland to leave the UK.
• Scotland wants to do this because they wanted more say in the government.
• Scotland is promised to be able to have more control over their own government if they stay.
• The rest of the UK doesn’t want them to leave because the UK would lose power in the EU.