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Yahoo! News: Iraq


US eyes Somalia strategy as model for Islamic State destruction

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:39 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on September 11, 2014Nairobi (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has ordered a "relentless" war against the Islamic State, and has cited the ongoing intervention in Somalia as a model for intervention in Syria and Iraq.


US and France ramp up anti-jihadist efforts

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:32 PM PDT

French president Francois Hollande (R) walks with Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on September 12, 2014France's president travelled to war-torn Iraq and Washington's top diplomat to neighbouring Turkey Friday, ramping up efforts to address what they now see as the global threat posed by jihadists. Francois Hollande was the first head of state to visit Iraq since jihadist-led militants seized large parts of it in June, and he said France is ready to step up its military involvement. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry was in neighbouring Turkey, which many observers see as holding one of the keys to turning the tide on the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group's expansion in Iraq and Syria.


Clinton wants more done to halt kidnappings

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:32 PM PDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, takes a question from Lissa Muscatine, proprietor of the Politics and Prose bookstore, during a discussion on the empowerment of women and girls at the Ford Foundation, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, in New York. The discussion was part of a two-day conference assessing the progress of women's empowerment since a similar conference took place in Beijing in 1995.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged the United Nations to come up with a more robust strategy to combat the growing use of kidnappings of girls and women as a war tactic across the globe.


Boehner promises support to new Iraqi leader

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014 file-pool photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Baghdad, Iraq. House Speaker John Boehner is telling Iraq's prime minister that the House will ensure that the new government has all the U.S. support that it needs to combat Islamic militants. Boehner made the comments in a letter to Haider al-Abadi on Friday. In an unusual move, the prime minister wrote to the speaker two days ago. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, File-Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker John Boehner on Friday promised Iraq's prime minister that the House will provide the new government in Baghdad the U.S. assistance necessary to defeat Islamic militants.


US Congress wary of greenlighting 'Iraq 2.0'

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:46 PM PDT

Mindful of the risks of war in the Middle East, Congress will rally to an embattled commander in chief's strategy to defeat the Islamic State extremist group, but seek to keep his war powers in checkUS lawmakers will likely give President Barack Obama authority to train Syrian rebels to combat jihadists, but Democrats and many Republicans are wary of repeating America's Iraq war debacle. Mindful of the risks of war in the Middle East, Congress will rally to an embattled commander in chief's strategy to defeat the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, but seek to keep his war powers in check. This has led to an introspective mood in Washington, where lawmakers have only a few days before hustling home to hit the campaign trail, essentially leaving the US Capitol empty until after November's congressional election. Republican Senator Mark Kirk reflected the mood of many, saying he supports a swift vote backing Obama's effort to train and arm vetted, moderate rebel forces in Syria as a key plank in battling IS.


Obama says need to 'snuff out' militant groups like Islamic State

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:44 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference on the second and final day of the NATO summit at the Celtic Manor resort, near NewportBy Steve Holland BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday the goal of an international coalition he is helping to form is to "ultimately snuff out" the type of extremism demonstrated by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It is a "sobering time," said Obama at a Democratic fund-raising event in Baltimore following his decision to authorize U.S. The threat from Islamic State has had an important silver lining, he said. It has focused the world's attention on the need to "ultimately snuff out this particular brand of Islamic extremism that really has no place in the 21st century." Obama is leading an effort to form a coalition of Western allies and Gulf Arab states to take on the extremist group, whose savage methods have included beheading two American journalists.


US stocks retreat despite strong Apple launch, data

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:37 PM PDT

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of September 5, 2014Wall Street stocks took a breather this week, finishing down from record levels despite solid US economic data and a successful products launch by Apple. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, bolstered by a 2.8 percent gain in Apple, declined a relatively modest 15.30 (0.33 percent) to 4,567.60. The week was relatively light on major US economic data. Investors were also cheered by a jam-packed product launch by Apple that included new models of the iPhones, a smartwatch and a new mobile payments system.


US hopes training local forces will work -- this time

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters hold a position at the frontline in Yangije, where heavy clashes against Islamic States (IS) fighters took place, on September 11, 2014The United States has often struggled to turn rag-tag foreign forces into professional armies, but President Barack Obama is gambling that this time the training effort will succeed in Iraq and Syria. Eager to avoid sending US combat troops to fight against Islamic State jihadists, Obama is touting a renewed effort to bolster Iraqi government forces and "moderate" opposition fighters in Syria with weapons and advice from seasoned American officers. The US president vowed this week to ratchet up support for the rebels, but it remains unclear how much help Washington is ready to provide and whether the West can even identify reliable partners who could form a viable fighting force -- at a time when Islamist hardliners are ascendant.


White House makes it official : US 'at war' with IS

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:29 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on September 11, 2014The White House declared Friday the United States was at war with Islamic State radicals, seeking to rub out another semantic flap over its Syria policy. In a series of television interviews Secretary of State John Kerry had appeared to be reluctant to term the expansion of US operations against IS in Iraq and Syria as "war." "The United States is at war with ISIL in the same way that we are at war with Al-Qaeda and its al-Qaeda affiliates all around the globe," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Pentagon spokesman, Rear Admiral John Kirby said that the US was not fighting the last Iraq war and used similar language to Earnest.


US general Allen to head anti-jihadist coalition

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 03:05 PM PDT

US General John Allen looks on following a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers at NATO headquarter in Brussels on October 10, 2012Retired US general John Allen, the cerebral ex-commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan who also led troops in western Iraq, has been named to lead the international effort against Islamic State extremists, officials announced Friday. Allen, 60, has been an unabashed hawk when it comes to Islamic State, urging a no holds-barred assault on the militants, who have employed brutal tactics in their advance across Syria and Iraq. "The Islamic State is an entity beyond the pale of humanity and it must be eradicated. As head of the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan from July 2011 to December 2013, Allen had to deal with the notoriously mercurial president Hamid Karzai -- as well as commanders from dozens of countries while overseeing the start of a troop drawdown.


AP: More than 5,000 dead in C. African Republic

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:56 PM PDT

In this April 15, 2014 photo, an Anti-Balaka Christian fighter stands on the front of a looted Muslim store in Guen, some 250 kilometers north of Bangui, Central African Republic. As U.N. peacekeepers prepare to go into the Central African Republic to take over a regional mission, the death toll since fighting between Muslims and Christians started in December underscores how the aid is coming too late for thousands of victims. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)GUEN, Central African Republic (AP) — More than 5,000 people have died in sectarian violence in Central African Republic since December, according to an Associated Press tally, suggesting that a U.N. peacekeeping mission approved months ago is coming too late for thousands.


Obama 'confident' Islamic State will be defeated

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:54 PM PDT

President Barack Obama listens to Vincent Vaise, National Parks Service Ranger and Chief of Interpretation at Fort McHenry, left, talk about the original manuscript of the 'Star Spangled Banner' during his tour of Fort McHenry Visitor and Education Center in Baltimore, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Also joining the tour with Obama are Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., left, and Burt Kummerow, right, CEO of Maryland Historical Society. Obama traveled to the historic site that is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore and will also attend a private Democratic fundraiser before returning to Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)BALTIMORE (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's confident the U.S. is pursuing the right approach that will roll back and eventually defeat the Islamic State group.


Obama's war plan rattles Dem, GOP Senate nominees

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a nation weary of war, yet alarmed by the prospect of an emerging threat, President Barack Obama's plan to strike Islamic State militants is ruffling the usual left-right politics in several races that will decide control of the Senate.

Kerry says no to Iran's help against Islamic group

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:20 PM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Even as it discouraged Iran from joining diplomatic talks on how to defeat the Islamic State militant group, the United States could not outline Friday what other nations have volunteered to contribute to a worldwide effort against the insurgency that has overtaken a third of Iraq and Syria and threatens to upend the Mideast.

US will be ramping up airstrikes soon _ in Iraq

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:54 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hand with Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu upon his arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. John Kerry said that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. forces gear up for airstrikes in Syria, the first demonstration of President Barack Obama's more aggressive military campaign against the Islamic State group is likely to unfold first in Iraq as early as next week, officials said Friday.


Analysis: US strikes unsettling for Damascus

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 16, 2014 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syria's President Bashar Assad is sworn for his third, seven-year term, in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian government has said it welcomes U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria. But it had been gambling that Washington would partner with it against the extremists, hoping for a dramatic reversal in the U.S. policy calling for Assad's removal. (AP Photo/SANA, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is angry Washington has not taken it on as a partner in the international campaign to hit the Islamic State group, likely for a very significant reason: It is worried that once the United States has crossed the Rubicon of airstrikes in Syria, it could next turn its sights on Assad himself, aiming for his eventual downfall.


Two Navy jets crash into Pacific: Was mid-air collision to blame?

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:44 PM PDT

US Navy officials have yet to report what caused two F/A-18 fighter jets to crash into the Pacific Thursday afternoon. One pilot ejected from his aircraft and was quickly recovered by rescue helicopter and returned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, where he received medical treatment and was reported to be in fair condition. According to the Navy's brief announcement, the search for the second pilot includes guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill and guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley and helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron. Based on information from unnamed Navy officials, the US Naval Institute, a private, nonprofit military association, reported Friday that the loss of the two aircraft occurred "following a mid-air collision." NBC News also reported that a mid-air collision caused the crash.

US house leader promises to back new Iraqi leader

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:44 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday promised Iraq's prime minister that the House will provide the new government in Baghdad the assistance necessary U.S. to defeat Islamic militants.

Kerry confident of broad anti-IS coalition

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:39 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Turkish Presidency Press Office, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second right, speak during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from ISIS. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011.(AP Photo/Turkish Presidency)US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed confidence Friday of building a broad coalition including Arab and European nations against Islamic State jihadists, on a visit to Turkey which has refused to allow strikes on the extremists from its territory. The top US diplomat also voiced Washington's opposition to Iran joining a conference on the Iraq crisis in Paris on Monday. Kerry held talks in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of a push to establish a coalition of more than 40 countries to defeat the IS militants in Iraq and Syria. "I am comfortable that it would be a broad-based coalition with Arab nations, European nations, the United States and others, contributing to every single different facet of what (President Barack) Obama laid out as a strategy... to degrade and destroy" the IS militants, Kerry told journalists.


Kerry says comfortable U.S. will form broad anti-ISIL coalition

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he was comfortable that the United States would form a broad-based coalition to fight Islamic State militants but said it would not be appropriate for Iran to be involved in the efforts. Kerry has been touring the Middle East to build support for President Barack Obama's plan, announced on Wednesday, to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier to defeat Islamic State Sunni fighters that control swathes of both countries. "I'm comfortable that this will be a broad-based coalition with Arab nations, European nations, the United States, others," Kerry said, speaking in Ankara after meeting Turkish leaders. He said France had publicly made clear its willingness to take action in Iraq and to use force but said it was too soon to say what role individual nations would play.

About 100 Syria, Iraq militants have returned to France: lawmaker

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

Around 100 militants who fought with rebel groups in Syria and Iraq have returned to France, requiring "massive" resources for surveillance and other security measures to prevent attacks, a French lawmaker said on Friday. Thousands of Western volunteers have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join Islamist fighting groups, notably Islamic State. Of an estimated 1,000 volunteers who left from France - the top source of Western volunteers for the Islamist jihad in the region - around 100 have returned and are currently in the country, Socialist lawmaker Sebastien Pietrasanta told Reuters.

Kerry plays down hopes of imminent anti-Islamic State coalition

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet in AnkaraSecretary of State John Kerry on Friday played down chances of an imminent broad coalition against Islamic State militants, illustrating the difficulty Washington faces winning commitment for a military campaign in the heart of the Middle East. Kerry met Turkish leaders to try to secure support for U.S.-led action against Islamic State, but Ankara's reluctance to play a frontline role highlighted the challenges of building a willing coalition to wage what will likely be a tough offensive. Kerry has been touring the Middle East to build support for President Barack Obama's plan, announced on Wednesday, to strike both sides of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier to defeat Islamic State Sunni fighters, who control swathes of both countries.


Turkish PM says U.S. action in Iraq not enough to bring stability

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday U.S. action in Iraq, where Islamic State fighters have seized swathes of territory, was necessary but would not be enough on its own to bring about political stability. Asked in a live interview with Turkey's Kanal 24 television if current U.S. moves were sufficient to solve the crisis, Davutoglu said: "It is necessary, but it is not enough to establish order, I mean to achieve political stability". (Reporting by Daren Butler; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

Iraq's speaker warns of civilian deaths from U.S. air strikes

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

By Raheem Salman and Oliver Holmes BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri has told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that air strikes on Islamic State should not kill civilians, the speaker said to Reuters in an interview. President Barack Obama has promised to destroy the Islamist militants using a "systematic campaign of air strikes". Washington has already conducted more than 150 strikes in Iraq in recent weeks.

U.S. sharply raises estimate of number of Islamic State fighters

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

(Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community has sharply raised its estimate of the number of Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria to between 20,000 and 31,500, from its estimate in June of about 10,000. A CIA spokesman said the new assessment reflected stronger recruitment by the radical Islamist group since June "following battlefield successes and the declaration of a caliphate, greater battlefield activity, and additional intelligence." It was based on intelligence reports from May to August and was shared this week with Congress and senior U.S. officials. ...

Cobbling coalition for Iraq, Syria no easy task

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:32 PM PDT

In this photo released by the Turkish Presidency Press Office, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speak before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Kerry is in the region to speak with leaders about strategies to address the threat from the Islamic State, a militant extremist group. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the US would provide an additional $500 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the war in Syria, bringing total American assistance to $2.9 billion since the start of the conflict in 2011. (AP Photo/Turkish Presidency)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Assembling a coalition to fight the militants from the Islamic State group is proving to be a complicated affair.


Obama to discuss Ebola response with top medical experts

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:32 PM PDT

Liberian Red Cross health workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a victim of Ebola on September 10, 2014 in a district of MonroviaPresident Barack Obama will meet leading US medical experts next week as he considers how to follow through on his pledge to step up aid to Africa over the Ebola epidemic. Obama will travel to the US headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on Tuesday, after signaling he will deploy US military assets in the bid to check the spread of Ebola. Obama will get "a briefing on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, discuss the US response to that outbreak, and thank the scientists, doctors and health care workers who are helping those affected by the disease at home and around the world," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Obama said in an NBC News interview on Sunday that the US military would help set up isolation units and equipment to help surge public health workers to West African nations affected by Ebola.


Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress?

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:28 PM PDT

A F/A-18E Super Hornet of Strike Fighter SquadronWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is using the legal grounding of the congressional authorizations President George W. Bush relied on more than a decade ago to go to war as he readies intensified airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. But Obama has made no effort to ask Congress to explicitly authorize his own conflict.


White House: New U.S. mission a war as with al-Qaida

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT

The White House is characterizing the U.S. mission against Islamic State militants as a war similar to the one waged against al-Qaida and its affiliates.

Gov Buys $17M in Luxury Homes for Border Agents

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:18 PM PDT

Gov Buys $17M in Luxury Homes for Border AgentsThe federal government has a bad habit of overspending on items it could get at much lower rates. The Justice Department buys $16 muffins for a breakfast meeting; the Pentagon pays contractors $1,000 for ...


Islamic State group name raises objection

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:06 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Propaganda has been one of the core strategies of the Sunni militant group in Syria and Iraq that today calls itself the Islamic State — and its name is very much a part of that.

What the White House Means When It Says 'We're at War' with ISIS

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:02 PM PDT

What the White House Means When It Says 'We're at War' with ISISThe White House finally admitted Friday what was abundantly clear to everyone: The United States is at war again. It's actually the next front of the original Global War on Terror that President George W. Bush launched in the days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. "The United States is at war with ISIL in the same way that we are at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates around the world," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said on Friday, referring to the acronym the administration uses to describe the Islamic State.


US gives Lebanon Hellfire missiles, pledges aircraft

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 11:46 AM PDT

Lebanese troops deploy in the eastern town of Arsal near the Syrian border on August 28, 2014The United States has delivered Hellfire missiles to the Lebanese army and will also provide it with light aircraft including an armed Cessna, the US ambassador to Lebanon said Friday. David Hale, in a statement after meeting Prime Minister Tammam Salam, said the aircraft would be bought with Saudi funds recently pledged to the Lebanese army. "This week brought the delivery of more Hellfire missiles to the Lebanese Army."


10 Questions: Syria

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:48 AM PDT

This week President Barack Obama presented his strategy for confronting the growing threat of the Islamic State, or IS, in Syria. While many of us first heard about the brutal group of terrorists this summer, it's been around for a while and is actually a splinter from what was known as al-Qaida in Iraq. The civil war that has been ravaging Syria over the last several years has created conditions that helped IS gain strength and numbers. To understand Syria's role, the Assad regime, and the road ahead, I posed 10 questions to Kenneth Pollack, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former CIA analyst.

Former U.S. Afghanistan commander to lead effort against Islamic State

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:27 AM PDT

U.S. General John Allen, commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, speaks during U.S. Independence Day celebrations in KabulWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen retired Marine Corps General John Allen, who served as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to coordinate international efforts to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, a U.S. official said on Friday. Allen has long experience working with leaders in the region, both as a commander in Iraq and as deputy head of U.S. Central Command, which controls U.S. forces in the region. ...


Paris wants Iran to help crush Islamic radicals

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:23 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande is seen after his arrival at Baghdad Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Hollande expressed his solidarity with Iraq on a visit to Baghdad on Friday, as his country prepares for possible airstrikes with a U.S.-led coalition against extremists who have seized territory around the region. (AP Photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Pool)PARIS (AP) — France is prepared to invite Iran to an international conference Monday aimed at coordinating actions to knock out the Islamic State extremists in Iraq — even though that runs counter to the U.S. refusal to deal with Tehran.


The New Price Tag for the U.S. War Against ISIS

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:18 AM PDT

The fight against ISIS is already expensive . As of August 28, the United States had spent $560 million fighting the group, and continues to spend $7.5 million each day on operations in Iraq. According ...

Iraq premier says France to join airstrikes effort

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 09:54 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande, left, shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart President Fouad Massoum during their joint news conference in Baghdad on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Hollande expressed his solidarity with Iraq on a visit to Baghdad on Friday, as his country prepares for possible airstrikes with a U.S.-led coalition against extremists who have seized territory around the region. (AP Photo/Ali al-Saadi, Pool)BAGHDAD (AP) — France will join the U.S.-led airstrikes targeting extremists in Iraq as part of an expanding international effort to combat the Islamic State group, Iraq's new prime minister said after talks with the French president on Friday.


Nigeria says army repels militants outside northeast city

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 09:48 AM PDT

By Issac Abrak and Felix Onuah ABUJA, (Reuters) - Nigeria's military beat back an attack by Islamist insurgents outside the Borno state capital Maiduguri on Friday and sent in reinforcements to stop any assault on the northeastern city, the government said. Authorities were struggling to reassure frightened locals that the armed forces would defend them against the Boko Haram militants, who have overrun a string of towns and villages in the area in recent weeks. ...

Germany, eyeing threat, bans aiding Islamic State

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 09:45 AM PDT

Islamic State militants have created a caliphate across Iraq and SyriaBerlin (AFP) - Germany on Friday outlawed active support for the Islamic State, warning the "terrorist" group operating in Iraq and Syria also posed a threat to Europe.


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