A U.S. military service member has been killed in combat in northern Iraq, the Associated Press reports. The American, serving as an advisor to Kurdish Peshmerga troops, was killed by “direct fire” from Islamic State forces that had breached the Peshmerga’s forward line.
U.S. Military Attributes Doctors Without Borders Hospital Bombing to "Fog of War"

The Defense Department released today the findings of a investigation into the deadly U.S. airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that left 42 dead—including 30 civilians—this past October. The investigation concluded that the bombing was the result of the “fog of war.”
U.S. Military Plans to Release Findings of Investigation Into Doctors Without Borders Hospital Attack Later This Month
In response to a FOIA request, U.S. Central Command tells Gawker that it intends to release on April 29 the results of an investigation into the clusterfuck that resulted in an Air Force special ops AC-130 bombing a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last fall.
Should Twitter's New Anti-Violence Rule Only Apply to Terrorists?
After months of criticism that Twitter’s lax abuse policies have put women at risk and allowed ISIS to flourish online, the social network just updated (and broadened) its formal abuse policy. Now, merely “promoting” violence—just plain old violence, regardless of context or reason—is enough to get your feed axed. But…
Investigators Think This UK ISIS Defector Is Behind the CENTCOM Hack
Three years ago, Junaid Hussain was convicted of breaking into Tony Blair's online contact list and spreading it across the net—now, Reuters reports he's the top suspect behind the Islamic State fanboy "Cyber Caliphate" attacks.
ISIS Sympathizers Hijack U.S. Military Social Media Accounts
The official Twitter and YouTube accounts of CENTCOM—the Pentagon branch that oversees American military power in the Middle East—is now an unofficial propaganda machine of the ISIS "Cyber Caliphate."
Petraeus' Pal Jill Kelley Loaned $800,000 to Her 'Unstable' Twin Sister
Well, it looks like David Petraeus got himself wrapped up with some real fine folks when he befriended the Khawam family. Jill Kelley (nee Khawam) is the financially troubled Tampa socialite who went to the feds complaining of harassing emails from an anonymous tormentor who turned out to by Paula Broadwell. Her twin…