Iraqi forces on Monday began a major offensive on the ISIS-held city of Fallujah, using US-led airstrikes to kick off a harsh battle against the group that has held the city since January 2014. US airstrikes began pounding the city on Sunday, hitting a weapons facility, improvised weapons factory, three bunkers, and two tunnel entrances, US Central Command announced. The ground operation to “tear down the black flags of these despicable strangers” who took the city, is being led by Iraqi forces, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday, according to Al Jazeera. Some US military leaders have said Iraqi forces were moving too slowly to retake the city and lacked capability. However, CENTCOM Commander Army Gen. Joseph Votel said during a weekend visit to Iraq the country’s army is “achieving objectives that they set out to attain here.”
US Space Command Should Always Be Led by a Guardian
Sept. 12, 2026
General Stephen Whiting took command of U.S. Space Command in January 2024, and if customary three-year tenures hold, his tour would end in January 2027. The question now before the President and Senate is who should follow him? Whoever they choose, it has to be a Guardian—and so should every successor…
