Headline Roundup • August 8th, 2014
US Aircraft Strike in Iraq
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New York Times (News)
In sending warplanes back into the skies over Iraq, President Obama on Thursday night found himself exactly where he did not want to be. Hoping to end the war in Iraq, Mr. Obama became the fourth president in a row to order military action in that graveyard of American ambition.

Wall Street Journal (News)
President Was Early Opponent of Iraq War and Made a Campaign Pledge to End It

Washington Times
U.S. fighter jets have begun pounding artillery held by the al Qaeda-inspired militants in northern Iraq with laser guided bombs, a senior Defense Department official said Friday.
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