Saturday, January 4, 2014

Deadly Storm Plunges Temperatures in the US and Canada

Fourteen people are dead due to the frigid storm hitting most of the US and all of Canada.

Eleven of those died in accidents, caused by the storm, while three froze to death.

Subzero temperatures are currently being felt in seven states, with windchills making it feel that way in a dozen more.

Only Florida, Hawaii, and Louisiana have so been able to stay above freezing.

Some states are expecting to break their record low temperatures, as the coldest storm in decades freezes the country.

The storm is expected to last several more days, bringing snow to most of the states and ice to others.

Dozens of flights have been cancelled, with many others delayed, thanks to the storm.

Syria's Rebels Declare War on Al Qaeda Forces

Syria's civil war has officially gone three sided.

After two days of fighting between rebel forces and Al Qaeda's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant a new war has been declared.

Rebel forces have joined under the banner of the Army of Mujahideen and declared a new revolution against the ISIL.

The ISIL, which is active in Iraq as well, is known for having an extremely violent form of shariah law.

Leaders of the Army of Mujahideen say that they can no longer tolerate the ISIL's violence and intolerance.

It is unclear how the new war will alter the war against the Assad regime.

Al Qaeda Takes Control of Fallujah

Al Qaeda forces have conquered the city of Fallujah, in Iraq, as well as most of Ramadi.

They have already begun enacting an extremely harsh version of shariah law.

The Al Qaeda resurgence seems to have caught the government off guard.

Military forces have surrounded both cities, but have yet to fight for the cities.

Reports of artillery being used against Al Qaeda positions, in Fallujah, are the only ones coming of the military actually taking action.

In Iraq, Al Qaeda forces mostly consist of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The ISIL also is active in the Syrian civil war.

NATO Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

A NATO soldier was killed on Saturday morning, in Afghanistan.

Six Taliban suicide bombers attacked a NATO base in Nangarhar province.

Five of them were shot and killed before they could explode themselves.

However the sixth was successful in detonating his explosives and killed a NATO soldier.

The nationality of the soldier was later announced to be American.