A.M. Links: Obama to Use Iraq War Authorization to Justify ISIS Airstrikes, U.S. to Deploy Troops in West Africa to Combat Ebola, Queen of England Warns Scotland About Voting for Independence

President Obama is looking to use the never
repealed authorization of the use of military force in Iraq
to justify airstrikes on the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has meanwhile
released video purporting to show the beheading of another British
hostage. Prime Minister
David Cameron vowed to hunt the killers down, but has not yet
committed the United Kingdom to joining in on airstrikes against
ISIS.
The White House is expected to announce a plan to deploy
military personnel in
Liberia to combat the outbreak of Ebola.
Hillary Clinton and her husband were in
Iowa this weekend. So was
Bernie Sanders.
Queen Elizabeth II warned voters in
Scotland to “think carefully” about this week’s referendum on
independence.
Hurricane Odile is threatening
Baja California with winds upward of 100 miles an hour.
There are a record high 60,000 centenarians in
Japan, 90 percent of whom are women, according to the country’s
health ministry.