2014年9月18日星期四

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Trio of Republican 2016 hopefuls stake out positions with Syria vote

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:16 PM PDT

Senator Rubio speaks with Senator McCain as U.S. Secretary of State Kerry testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "U.S. Strategy to Defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" on Capitol HillBy Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three likely Republican White House contenders thrust the party's foreign policy divide into the spotlight with their Thursday votes and comments on a measure to arm moderate Syrian rebels. While Florida Senator Marco Rubio voted in favor of the plan, which passed, Kentucky's Rand Paul and Texas Senator Ted Cruz voted against it, with Paul opposing intervention and Cruz arguing that President Barack Obama had not provided a clear plan to combat Islamic State. "Intervention is a mistake. Intervention when both sides are evil is a mistake. ...


Obama praises France for joining air strikes in Iraq

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:16 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama delivers a statement from the White House in Washington, DC on September 18, 2014Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Thursday praised France for its decision to join American forces in conducting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.


Obama: Vote shows US united against Islamic State

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says a bipartisan Senate vote to authorize arming and training Syrian rebels shows the world that Americans are united in combating the Islamic State group.

UN warns of food shortages for Syrians

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:07 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Thursday said that it is running out of money to pay for its food programs for almost 6 million Syrians who have been displaced by the country's civil war and that aid will be cut.

US Congress authorizes Obama plan to train Syria rebels

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Rebel fighters take part in a training session in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor, on March 25, 2014Washington (AFP) - Congress on Thursday passed US President Barack Obama's plan to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State jihadists, a key plank of his strategy to smash the militants.


Senate votes to support Obama on rebel aid

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:59 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. At the hearing, Kerry sought to push back on an argument by some in Congress that Syria's rebels lack moderates, or at least any with the capacity to make a difference in the war. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic state militants on Thursday, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago.


Militant gains illustrate plight of Syrian Kurds

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 file photo, Syrian Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard at a refugee camp in Derike, Syria. Islamic State militiamen backed by tanks defiantly marched on in Syria, capturing 21 Kurdish villages even as the international community strains to assemble a coalition that might destroy them. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militiamen backed by tanks defiantly advanced Thursday in Syria, capturing more than 20 Kurdish villages as the international community strains to assemble a coalition that might destroy them.


U.S.: Syrian rebel training may take 12 months

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:50 PM PDT

Moderate Syrian rebels, once made battle-ready by a U.S.-led coalition, may be asked to help restore the border between Syria and Iraq that the Islamic State group militants have effectively wiped out, the top American military official said Thursday.

U.S. strikes jihadist training camp as France to join air war

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:45 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen secure an area after government security forces and militia retook the city from Islamic State group jihadists in Dhuluiya on September 17, 2014U.S. warplanes hit an Islamic State group training camp in Iraq Thursday in their first strike not directly supporting Iraqi or Kurdish forces as France announced it will join the air war.


Senate Signs Off on Obama's ISIS Plan to Arm Syrian Rebels

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT

Senate Signs Off on Obama's ISIS Plan to Arm Syrian RebelsPresident Obama has won preliminary congressional support for his plan to go on the offensive against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.


Reading, Writing, Grenades? School and College Police Have Some Serious Military Hardware

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:11 PM PDT

When police in Ferguson, Mo. last month confronted nonviolent protesters with military-grade assault weapons and heavily armored vehicles designed to withstand enemy attacks, it caused public uproar and prompted congressional hearings.

Syrian rebel commander vows to defeat IS militants

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:09 PM PDT

A rebel of the "Shuhada al-Atareb" brigade of the Free Syrian Army stands inside the group's headquarters in the Sukkari district of the northern city of Aleppo on August 14, 2012Washington (AFP) - The commander of moderate Syrian rebels vowed Thursday that his forces would crush Islamic militants who have gained a foothold in his war-torn country, in a direct appeal to US lawmakers.


British hostage appears in new video

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 03:04 PM PDT

In this still image taken from an undated video published on the Internet by Al-Furqan, the media arm of the Islamic State group militants, captive British journalist John Cantlie speaks into the camera on the first of what he says will be a series of lecture-like "programs" in which he says he will reveal "the truth" about the Islamic State group. The Arabic subtitle reads "I am a prisoner and that is something I will not deny." (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group on Thursday released a video showing a British journalist who says he is a prisoner of the extremists.


At UN, Obama to urge nations to go big on climate

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama wipes perspiration from his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington. Having spent political capital fighting climate change at home, President Barack Obama will turn his sights overseas next week, urging fellow heads of state to be as ambitious as possible as they negotiate a make-or-break global treaty to be finalized in Paris next year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will turn his sights overseas next week, urging fellow heads of state to be as ambitious as possible as they negotiate a make-or-break global treaty to be finalized in Paris next year.


Senate candidates face dilemma on arming Syrians

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:43 PM PDT

This combo of file photos shows Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks during an event in Denver in a March 1, 2014 file photo, left, and then Colorado Democratic Senatorial candidate Mark Udall in a Oct. 16, 2008 file photo. Facing off in one of the most contested Senate races in the nation, Udall and Gardner, found something to agree on this week _ giving President Barack Obama the authority he's asked for to train and arm Syrian rebels taking on brutal Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Files)WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most endangered Senate Democrats broke with President Barack Obama on Thursday over his request to train and arm Syrian rebels battling brutal Islamic State militants, while his Republican opponent backed the Democratic president.


ISIL IRAQ SYRIA

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:37 PM PDT

Map shows areas of Islamic State or ISIL, militant activity, ethnic divisions and goals.; 3c x 7 inches; 146 mm x 177 mm;

Fact Sheet - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Condemning Extremism and Combating Terrorism

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. issued the following fact sheet today:Fact Sheet: Condemning Extremism and Combating Terrorism PublicStatementsby Senior Saudi Officials and Religious Scholars As the birthplace of Islam and the home of the Two Holy Mosques, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects extremists and terrorists who aim to subvert the Islamic faith. Saudi officials and religious scholars have long been vocal in condemning terrorism and extremism. ...

Kurds issue call to arms as Islamic State gains in Syria

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:19 PM PDT

Turkish soldiers stand guard as Syrians wait behind the border fences near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa provinceIslamic State fighters besieged a Kurdish city in northern Syria on Thursday after seizing 21 villages in a major assault, prompting a call to arms from Kurds in neighboring Turkey who urged followers to go and help resist the group's advance. The attack on the city of Ay al-Arab, known as Koran in Kurdish, came two days after the top U.S. military officer said the Syrian opposition would probably need the help of the Syrian Kurds to defeat Islamic State. ...


Who's who in coalition to defeat Islamist extremists

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 02:05 PM PDT

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter holds a position on the front line in the Gwer district, 40 kilometres south of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on September 18, 2014Washington (AFP) - The United States is taking the lead in an international coalition aimed at repelling and defeating the Islamist extremists marauding across parts of Iraq and Syria.


Moroccan government proposes penalties for nationals fighting in Syria, Iraq

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:58 PM PDT

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's government proposed legislation on Thursday which would make it a crime to join an armed group or undertake training in conflict zones, in a move aimed at some 2,000 Moroccan Islamists it believes are fighting in Syria and Iraq. Like other North African countries such as Algeria and Tunisia, Morocco fears that its nationals who have joined Syria's civil war and the conflict in Iraq will pose a security challenge when they return home. ...

NY man denies plotting to aid Islamic State group

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:44 PM PDT

FILE- In this June 2, 2014, file photo provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Mufid Elfgeeh, of Rochester, N.Y., is shown. Elfgeeh, who was accused of plotting to kill members of the U.S. military and others, is now facing new charges that he tried to aid the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Monroe County Sheriff's Office, File)ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man accused of plotting to kill members of the U.S. military and others pleaded not guilty Thursday to new federal charges that he tried to aid the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.


Saudi to restore Egypt's 'beacon of moderate Islam'

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:35 PM PDT

An Egyptian woman walks through the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo's Islamic neighbourhood on July 20, 2012Cairo (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund the restoration of Cairo's Al-Azhar mosque in recognition of its role as a "beacon of moderate Islam," the Egyptian president's office said Thursday.


Stateless in New York: A woman's life as a 'legal ghost'

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When she was a schoolgirl in Kuwait, Mona Kareem would ask her parents why she didn't have a passport and why they never left the country to visit relatives. Kareem, 26, and her family are bedoons, from the Arabic bedoun jinsiyya, meaning "without nationality" or stateless. Like many bedoons, they are descendants of the nomadic Bedouin tribes which for centuries roamed freely with their animals across what now is Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Many bedoons fell through the cracks when Kuwait became independent in 1961. ...

Bombings, shelling kill 20 in Baghdad Shiite areas

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT

Baghdad (AFP) - Two bombings and shelling in Shiite-majority areas of north Baghdad killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 50 on Thursday, security and medical officials said.


French president quizzed over domestic failures

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT

French President Francois Hollande waits for questions during a press conference at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Sept.18, 2014. Hollande said he agreed to Iraq's request for air support at a meeting of his top defense and security advisers earlier Thursday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande sought Thursday to stake out a forceful position on international affairs, even as his failures on the domestic stage continue to mount.


Rochester, N.Y., store manager pleads not guilty to aiding Islamic State

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Mufid Elfgeeh in Monroe County Sheriff's Office photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - A convenience store manager from western New York accused of trying to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group pleaded not guilty in federal court on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office said. Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, was indicted on seven counts earlier this week, with charges ranging from helping people to travel to Syria to fight for Islamic State, which has seized swaths of Iraq and Syria, to plotting to murder American soldiers. ...


Funding shortfall threatens UN food aid for Syrians

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:57 PM PDT

Residents of Syria's Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp, south of Damascus, collect food aid on August 22, 2014Amman (AFP) - The United Nations warned Thursday that the food aid it provides to nearly six million war-affected Syrians is under imminent threat because of a shortfall in funding.


Series of attacks kills at least 36 in Iraq

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bomb and mortar shell attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least 36 people, Iraqi officials said Thursday, in an assault that underscored the threat posed to the Iraqi capital by marauding Islamic militants that have seized large parts of country.

Keep all options open against IS militants, US lawmakers told

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT

A flag of the Islamic State (IS) is seen in Iraq on September 11, 2014.Washington (AFP) - Veteran military and diplomatic officials urged the US administration Thursday to keep all options on the table to fight Islamic militants, warning it would be a long, hard battle.


France to carry out airstrikes in Iraq

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT

French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech during a press conference at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Sept.18, 2014. Hollande gives wide-ranging news conference, as he comes under criticism from all sides over his handling of the economy, his government and his private life. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS (AP) — France has agreed to carry out airstrikes requested by Iraq to bolster its fight against the Islamic State group's fighters who've captured swathes of the country, President Francois Hollande said Thursday.


Rand Paul Says Obama and Congress on ‘Fool’s Mission’ Against ISIS

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT

Rand Paul Says Obama and Congress on 'Fool's Mission' Against ISISAs Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) kicked off the Senate debate on President Obama's call for authorization to arm and train "moderate" Free Syrian Army rebels to help combat ISIS, the potential GOP presidential candidate said the president and Congress are on "a fool's mission" if they think this will strengthen the U.S.'s hand in combating the jihadist terrorists. Paul warned the U.S.


Three car bombs, mortars kill 23 in Shi'ite Baghdad districts

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three car bombs were detonated in adjacent Shi'ite Baghdad neighbourhoods on Thursday followed by a dozen mortar rounds, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 50, security and medical sources said. Two of the bombs hit Kadhimiya and one hit the adjacent district of Tobcha, the security sources said. A mortar landed near the site of a major Shi'ite shrine in Kadhimiya and gunfire was heard in the district, they said. Bombs hit the capital on a near-daily basis but coordinated attacks of this scale have been rare in the last several weeks. ...

Half of Americans disapprove of how Obama handles terrorism

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT

A protestor holds a placard during a rally supporting Kurdistan in front of the White House on August 16, 2014 in Washington, DCWashington (AFP) - For the first time since President Barack Obama took office, more Americans disapprove than approve his handling of terror threats, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing a new poll.


Iraqi Christians suffering like Jews did, pope tells Jewish leader

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:19 PM PDT

Iraqi Christians who fled the violence in the city of Mosul, decorate a cross with lights in commemoration of the Elevation of the Holy Cross festival on September 14, 2014, in ArbilRome (AFP) - Pope Francis has warned that Christians in Iraq and Syria face persecution just as Jews have in the past, a prominent American Jewish leader said Thursday.


Trinity Broadcasting Network Calls Church to Prayer for God's Mercy to Overcome Horror and Turmoil in Middle East

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largest religious television broadcaster has issued a call for Christians everywhere to pray for God to intervene with mercy in the Middle East, where internal conflicts, horrific terrorism, and war have torn nations apart and are threatening security across continents. Over the past forty years the Trinity Broadcasting Network has forged a strong presence in the Middle East, and today partners with three affiliate networks broadcasting Christian programming to tens of millions of viewers throughout the region. ...

Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop U.S. legal appeal

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:54 AM PDT

A supporter of the Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami holds up an image of Aafia Siddiqui amidst a demonstration in front of parliament in IslamabadBy David Ingram NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistan-born neuroscientist has become a rallying cry for militant groups demanding her release from a U.S. prison. But in a little-noticed move she is trying to abandon her legal fight for freedom, saying the U.S. court system is unjust. Islamic militants in Syria, Algeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan have made Aafia Siddiqui's release a condition for freeing certain foreign hostages. Islamic State, for example, proposed swapping American journalist James Foley for her, but he was executed after their demands, which also included an end to U.S. ...


Hollande asks Europe for patience with France, vows reform

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:38 AM PDT

Journalists raise their hands to ask a question to French President Hollande during a news conference at the Elysee Palace in ParisBy Julien Ponthus PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande pleaded with Germany and other European partners on Thursday to be patient with France and give it more time to reform before it meets deficit targets, admitting that results were coming too slowly. Hollande told a news conference that Paris would join the United States in air strikes in Iraq to combat Islamic State fighters, who have seized swathes of the country, but said he would not attack the militants in their Syrian stronghold. ...


Hollande goes on offensive with Iraq air strike decision

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:37 AM PDT

French president Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a press conference, on September 18, 2014 in ParisParis (AFP) - President Francois Hollande kicked off a rare news conference Thursday with the dramatic announcement that France would conduct air strikes in Iraq, as he sought to wrest back the initiative after a catastrophic few weeks at home.


The Hidden Crisis in the Military: Hunger

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:34 AM PDT

During Sonia Kendrick's decade in America's armed forces—four years in the Army and six in the National Guard—she says she saw a lot of pain. 

Senate OKs Rep. Heck promotion to 1-star general

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:19 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Congressman Joe Heck's promotion to one-star general now has the blessing of the U.S. Senate.

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