WSJ: Barack Obama sends secret letter of cooperation to Iran related to Islamic State; VOA: Barack Obama to request permanent air strike authorization against Islamic State

Refinery controlled by Islamic State, before and after USA bombing COGwriter The United States has decided to take additional steps to try to deal with the Islamic State: November 6, 2014 WASHINGTON—U.S. President Barack Obama secretly wrote Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the middle of last month and described a shared interest in [...]