As The Islamic State Continues To Win On The Battlefield, Is The Coalition Starting To Panic?

From:	War News Updates Editor

A U.S.-led coalition aircraft flying over Kobanii, as seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Coalition In Urgent Push As Jihadis Threaten Key Positions In Iraq, Syria -- The Australian/AP/AFP

THE US-led coalition bombarded Islamic State targets in the Syrian town of Kobane overnight and Washington put plans into place to send an army headquarters to Iraq in an increasingly urgent push to defeat the militants on two crucial fronts.



As the jihadis, who have surrounded Baghdad surged toward the Iraqi capital, Washington said it would establish a divisional headquarters in Baghdad, for the first time in three years.

The decision came as President Obama met military chiefs from 22 nations, including Australia, in Washington for emergency talks on how to defeat IS.

 The war on the ground has clearly accelerated in the past few days ... and I do sense an urgency from the White House (and from the Middle East as a whole) that many are now feeling that they have lost control of the battlefield .... and that the Islamic State has created an environment and the necessary momentum to carve out their Islamic State in the heart of the Middle East.