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Iraq PM says he will protect civilians after U.S.-Iraq air strikes against IS

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:50 PM PDT

A Shi'ite fighter from Mahdi Army runs during heavy fighting with Islamic State militants at Bo Hassan villageBy Oliver Holmes and Jason Szep BAGHDAD/CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, following attacks by both Iraqi and U.S. The announcement, which comes as the United States tries to build regional support for deeper military action against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, may be aimed at winning Sunni Muslim support for Abadi's new Shi'ite-led government as it battles the group which controls one third of Iraqi territory. Secretary of State John Kerry has been touring the Middle East to coordinate a response to Islamic State's growing power in eastern Syria and western Iraq.


Islamic State claims beheading of British hostage: SITE

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:34 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE on September 13, 2014 purportedly shows a masked militant before beheading British aid worker David HainesThe Islamic State jihadist group claimed Saturday it beheaded British aid worker David Haines, in what would be the third such execution in recent weeks, after two US journalists were shown murdered. The Islamist group released a video, available on the website of private terrorism monitoring group SITE, purportedly showing a masked militant beheading Haines. The two-minute-27-second video titled "A Message to the Allies of America" blames British Prime Minister David Cameron for joining forces with the United States, which has said it is at "war" with the jihadists and launched air strikes against them in Iraq. "You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State, just as your predecessor Tony Blair did, following a trend amongst our British prime ministers who can't find the courage to say no to the Americans," the executioner says in the video.


Family of British hostage appeal to Islamic State to make contact

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:26 PM PDT

The family of a British aid worker being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) jihadists have appealed to his captors to respond to their messages. David Haines, a 44-year-old father of two from Perth in Scotland, was kidnapped last year while working for the French agency ACTED. The video contained a warning from a militant speaking with a British accent that Haines would be the next to be killed if Washington continued to launch air strikes against IS fighters in northern Iraq. "We are the family of David Haines," relatives said in a statement released by Britain's Foreign Office.  "We have sent messages to you to which we have not received a reply.

Egypt says global action needed to counter Islamic State

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:26 PM PDT

By Jason Szep and Shadi Bushra CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria are forging ties with other extremist groups in the region, Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday, backing Washington's call for global action to counter the threat. Militant groups that share Islamic State's ideology and "take Islam as a cover" must be dealt with, Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri told a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Egyptian capital. Egypt's strong public support for the U.S. ...

Islamic State video purports to show beheading of UK hostage David Haines

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:25 PM PDT

A video purportedly showing threats being made to a man Islamic State named as David Haines by a masked IS fighter in an unknown location in this still image from video released by Islamic StateBy Oliver Holmes and Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Saturday which purported to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. However, the images were consistent with that of the filmed executions of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, in the past month. Haines, a 44-year-old father of two from Perth in Scotland, was kidnapped last year while working for the French agency ACTED. ...


New ISIS Video Reportedly Shows the Execution of British Hostage

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 03:30 PM PDT

New ISIS Video Reportedly Shows the Execution of British HostageThe release of the video was confirmed by SITE, the independent intelligence group that first identified the release of the video of Steven Sotloff's murder. David Cameron has called an emergency government meeting for tomorrow morning. In a brief statement, Cameron said the murder of David Haines is an "act of pure evil." He added, "My heart goes out to the family of David Haines who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude throughout this ordeal. In the video, a clip of David Cameron giving a speech about foreign policy is included, specifically in reference to British support of the Kurdish rebels fighting against the Islamic State.


Arizona candidate gives GOP's weekly radio address

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:19 PM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona congressional candidate Andy Tobin said Saturday that rural Arizona and parts of the country have been forgotten by Washington.

Power shift expected in Swedish election

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:05 PM PDT

Swedish party leaders take part in an election debate broadcast by the SVT public service television in Stockholm, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. From left Jimmie Akesson Sweden Democrats, Jonas Sjostedt Left party, Gustav Fridolin, Green party, Stefan Lofven Social democrat, Fredrik Reinfeldt Moderate party, Annie Loof Center party, Jan Björklund Liberal party and Goran Hagglund Christian Democrats. (AP Photo/TT, Anders Wiklund) SWEDEN OUTSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden heads into a parliamentary election on Sunday with polls showing the left-leaning Social Democrats poised to return to power after eight years of center-right rule.


Germany sending 40 soldiers to Iraqi Kurdistan

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter holds a position at the frontline in Yangije, where heavy clashes against Islamic States fighters took place, on September 11, 2014Berlin is preparing to send around 40 soldiers to northern Iraq to train Kurdish fighters battling against militants from the Islamic State, the German army said on Saturday. Following a decision last month by the German government to provide Kurdish peshmerga forces with weapons, Berlin's defence ministry said it had sent six soldiers to its consulate in Arbil, northern Iraq, to "coordinate" joint training exercises. The first batch of German weapons, which includes "anti-tank rockets and machine guns," will arrive in northern Iraq on September 24 and will be followed "quickly" by the military trainers, according to a defence ministry spokesman.


Kerry seeks Cairo's support for 'war' on jihadists

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:23 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on September 13, 2014 in CairoUS Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday Egypt was on the frontline against "terrorism" after he met its leadership to garner support to fight Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria. Egypt's formidable army is unlikely to take part in a military coalition against IS, but has closely cooperated with the United States on counter-terrorism. The Arab world's most populous state boasts the prestigious Sunni Muslim authority Al-Azhar, which Kerry said would fight back against the Islamic State's use of the religion. Washington says it is "at war" with IS and has named retired Marine general John Allen, a hawkish former commander in Afghanistan and Iraq, to coordinate its campaign against the movement that has seized large chunks of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.


Iraq PM orders halt to shelling of civilian areas

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:10 PM PDT

FILE - in this Tuesday, July 29, 2014 file photo, a generator owner inspects his community generator that was destroyed after a bombing in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday he has ordered the army to stop shelling populated areas held by militants in order to spare the lives of "innocent victims" as the armed forces struggle to retake cities and towns seized by fighters of the Islamic State extremist group this summer. (AP Photo, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he has ordered the army to stop shelling populated areas held by militants in order to spare the lives of "innocent victims" as the armed forces struggle to retake cities and towns seized by the Islamic State extremist group this summer.


Egypt seeks broader alliance with US over Libya

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:08 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri at the end of a joint press conference in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Kerry described Egypt as an CAIRO (AP) — As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sought Egyptian support on Saturday for an international coalition to combat jihadi groups, Egypt pressed for broader international efforts to fight militants in its troubled neighbor, Libya.


Iraqi military failings pose challenge for anti-IS war

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 11:51 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers perform a military exercise during their graduation ceremony in Kufa, on September 1, 2014The shortcomings of the Iraqi military, which withered under a June militant onslaught and relies on Shiite militias for support, pose a significant challenge to international efforts against brutal jihadists. President Barack Obama has announced an expanded campaign of American air strikes as well as training, intelligence support and equipment for Iraqi security forces to help them drive back the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, which holds major areas in both Iraq and Syria. Deep Sunni Arab mistrust of the Iraqi government will also cause difficulties for anti-jihadist efforts, while long-running Arab-Kurd disputes may also be a problem.


UN says funding needed for Iraq response

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 11:27 AM PDT

Displaced Iraqis, who have fled the offensive led by the Islamic State jihadist group, on September 13, 2014 at a camp for displaced people in KhankeKhanke (Iraq) (AFP) - United Nations agencies are running out of funding to help the 1.8 million people displaced by violence in Iraq, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said on Saturday.


AP Enterprise: al-Qaida's Syrian cell alarms US

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 11:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about the suspicious packages found on U.S. bound planes in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. While the Islamic State group is getting the most attention these days, another band of extremists in Syria, a mix of hardened Jihadists from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Europe, poses a more direct and imminent threat to the U.S. homeland, working with Yemeni bomb-makers to target U.S. aviation, American officials say. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Islamic State group is getting the most attention now, another band of extremists in Syria — a mix of hardened jihadis from Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and Europe — poses a more direct and imminent threat to the United States, working with Yemeni bomb-makers to target U.S. aviation, American officials say.


Iran says Paris anti-jihadist meeting just for show

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian speaks at a press conference in Moscow on July 1, 2014Tehran (AFP) - Iran said Saturday it has no wish to attend an international conference in Paris next week on fighting the jihadist Islamic State group, dismissing the meeting as just for show.


Islamic State destroys Sufi shrines in eastern Syria: watchdog

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 08:36 AM PDT

The hardline al Qaeda offshoot Islamic State has destroyed several Sufi Muslim shrines and tombs in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said on Saturday. The Sunni Muslim group, which enforces a strict interpretation of Islamic law in territories under its control in Iraq and Syria, has destroyed dozens of shrines, tombs and Shi'ite Muslim mosques. Sites affiliated with the Sufi sect, a mystical school of Islam opposed by puritanical Salafists from which Islamic State draws its members, have been among the group's main targets. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the latest destruction included two shrines and two tombs devoted to Sufi sheikhs, all in Deir al-Zor province, which is almost entirely controlled by Islamic State militants.

Prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures to leave Qatar

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 08:19 AM PDT

Supporters of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood take part in a rally in AmmanBy Mahmoud Mourad CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar has asked seven senior figures from Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to leave the country, the movement said on Saturday, following months of pressure on the Gulf Arab state from its neighbours to stop backing the Islamists. Ibrahim Munir, a senior Brotherhood official based in London, told Reuters the departures did not mean a rupture in ties between Qatar and the Brotherhood. ...


Iraq PM says halting air strikes on IS-held civilian areas

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 07:35 AM PDT

Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, addressing a condition set by Sunni Muslim tribal figures to support his campaign against Islamic State fighters. Rights groups say Iraqi government attacks this year, many of them in areas held by the Islamic State which controls one third of the country, have indiscriminately targeted civilians. "I have ordered the Iraqi Air Force to halt shelling of civilian areas even in those towns controlled by ISIS," Abadi said on his official Twitter account, using the former name for militant group Islamic State. The United Nations representative in Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, welcomed the comments, which were repeated by Abadi at a conference about refugees on Saturday in Baghdad.

Americans OK with 'military action' against ISIS, but not another long war

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 07:01 AM PDT

Americans may be war weary after years of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, but most are not eager to give up the fight against what they see as a new threat to national security. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll shows that nearly half of all Americans (47 percent) believe the country is less safe than any time since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 – substantially more than the 28 percent figure the same poll found last year. While 40 percent of respondents say US military action against ISIS should be limited to air strikes, another 34 percent say it should include both air strikes and combat troops. In his primetime speech this week, President Obama said that 475 US military personnel will be deployed to Iraq, bringing the total in the country to about 1,600.

Kerry Attempts to Build Middle East Coalition Against ISIL Without Iran

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 06:49 AM PDT

Kerry Attempts to Build Middle East Coalition Against ISIL Without IranAmid a tour of Middle Eastern countries to gain regional support for President Obama's broad outline for confronting ISIL militants, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was "not appropriate" for Iran to join the discussions, despite shared concerns over the rapidly growing militant group. 


Jewish leader: far-right votes risk nations' name

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:51 AM PDT

Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Berlin, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Lauder is warning that European voters risk giving their countries a bad name by electing far-right politicians and says he is worried that Islamic extremists are trying to BERLIN (AP) — European voters risk giving their countries a bad name by electing far-right politicians, the leader of the World Jewish Congress warned Saturday ahead of a major rally against anti-Semitism.


Obama: Combating Islamic State not US fight alone

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:39 AM PDT

President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, in Washington. Obama traveled to the Fort McHenry historic site that is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore, and also attended a private Democratic fundraiser. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is distinguishing the military campaign against Islamic State militants from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Pope Francis marks 100 years from start of WWI

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 03:57 AM PDT

Pope Francis prays at the World War I memorial in Redipuglia, northern Italy, on September 13, 2014Pope Francis on Saturday denounced those who profit from the "madness" of war at a ceremony in the north west of Italy to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. Around him, neat rows of graves lined Italy's largest military graveyard in the region of Veneto, near the Slovenian border, home to the more than 100,000 soldiers killed during the Great War. Pope Francis said the same "greed, intolerance (and) the lust for power" was driving conflicts in the world today.


Pope says world's many conflicts amount to piecemeal World War Three

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 03:49 AM PDT

Pope Francis leads his weekly audience in VaticanBy Stefano Rellandini REDIPUGLIA Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Saturday the spate of conflicts around the globe today were effectively a "piecemeal" Third World War, condemning the arms trade and "plotters of terrorism" sowing death and destruction. "Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep," Francis said in the homily of a Mass during a visit to Italy's largest war memorial, a large, Fascist-era monument where more than 100,000 soldiers who died in World War One are buried. ...


After Iraqi battles, residents choose displacement

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 02:27 AM PDT

GWER, Iraq (AP) — Misspelled graffiti on walls pockmarked by bullets and torn up propaganda stickers make up the few remaining traces of the Islamic State group in this northern Iraqi ghost town after Kurdish forces finally managed to free it from militant control.

Nigeria says army repels militants outside northeast city

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 02:25 AM PDT

Soldiers walk through Hausari village during a military patrol near MaiduguriABUJA, Sept 12 (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. ...


U.S. banks on strong Iraq coalition, but allies are hesitant

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 02:02 AM PDT

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - The United States says it is "comfortable" it can forge an international coalition to fight Islamic State, but with Western and Middle Eastern allies hesitant, it risks finding itself out on a limb. President Barack Obama this week unveiled a rough plan to fight the Islamist militants simultaneously in Iraq and Syria, thrusting the United States directly into two different wars in which nearly every country in the region has a stake. ...

Strikes in Iraq, Syria expected under new war plan

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:48 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a press conference 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 say.


War plan joggles usual politics in Senate races

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 01:33 AM PDT

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, and New Hampshire Republican Senate hopeful Scott Brown, left, speak to reporters after Paul endorsed Brown for the U.S. Senate during a campaign event at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)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.


Iowa steak fry may help Democrat in Senate race

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2013, file photo, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin speaks during his annual fundraising steak fry dinner Indianola, Iowa. If Democrat Bruce Braley is to replace retiring senator Harkin, he'll need some of Harkin's "prairie populism" and Clinton star power to pump energy into a so-far pedestrian campaign. Harkin's annual steak fry this weekend will feature feel-good tributes to the five-term senator, all in the glow of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Retiring Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin's final steak fry fundraiser may provide some much-needed sizzle for Rep. Bruce Braley, the Democrat locked in a close race to replace the liberal lawmaker.


Analysis: Both parties in Congress play it safe

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:34 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, workmen erect metal scaffolding pipe around the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Seven weeks before the elections, Republicans and Democrats are both playing it safe, willing to make short-term sacrifices of long-held positions in hopes of maximizing their chances for victory at the polls. That means that House Republicans who recently voted to sue Obama for allegedly failing to obey the Constitution seem likely to hand him new war powers to combat militants seeking an Islamic state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven weeks before the elections, Republicans and Democrats are both playing it safe, willing to make short-term sacrifices of long-held positions in hopes of maximizing their chances for victory at the polls.


Kurdish female fighters face jihadists in Iraq's north

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:10 AM PDT

A picture taken on August 21, 2014 shows women Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters standing guard during a military patrol on the front line in the Makhmur area near MosulTekoshin stands on a mountain in north Iraq with a rifle slung over her shoulder and a grenade tucked into her belt, facing jihadists in "a struggle to liberate women". Women have been fighting alongside men in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to wrest Mount Makhmur in northern Iraq back from Islamic State (IS) jihadists, whose treatment of women makes the fight especially personal for the dozens of female fighters on the mountain. IS-led militants have overrun large areas of Iraq, and the group also controls significant territory in neighbouring Syria, enacting its harshly restrictive and brutal interpretation of Islamic law in both countries. Some 50 women are among the fighters on the mountain from the PKK, which launched an insurgency for self-rule in Turkey in 1984 and has been listed as a terrorist group by countries including the United States, but began peace talks in 2012.


Philippines starts inquiry into Filipino militants in Syria

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 12:06 AM PDT

By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is investigating the involvement of Filipino Islamists in the three-year civil war in Syria after two locals were reported killed fighting for Islamic State militant group, an intelligence official said on Saturday. A senior police intelligence official said Manila was also monitoring young Filipino Muslims who have gone to Syria and Iraq, and then tried to radicalize others on their return home.

Canadian Islamist preacher to be deported from Philippines

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 11:39 PM PDT

In this file photo, Islamist preacher Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips (L) is seen next to a fellow preacher, Pierre Vogel, during a gathering in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 20, 2011A Canadian Islamic preacher detained for being a security threat in the Philippines has agreed to be deported, an immigration official said on Saturday. Jamaican-born Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips will be flown back to Canada as soon as possible, said immigration spokeswoman Elaine Tan. She said that the government hoped to fly Philips out quickly, but could not yet give a specific date. He also denied the allegations he was involved with extremists, expressing hope he might eventually be allowed back into the Philippines.


RETURN OF TROOPS TO IRAQ IS GENUINE FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 10:01 PM PDT

You have to give the bloodthirsty jihadists of the Islamic State (also known as ISIL or ISIS) credit: They may be savages, but they know us well. They used well-produced, high-quality videos of their grisly murders of American journalists to provoke the United States into a bipartisan frenzy of retribution. It worked too well. ...

Today in History

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 09:05 PM PDT

Today is Saturday, September 13, the 256th day of 2014. There are 109 days left in the year.

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