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• Video showing French hostage in Algeria authentic: Paris
• IRAQ SYRIA REFUGEES
• Big ammo stash found in White House intruder's car
• Obama to meet leaders of Iraq, Israel, Egypt
• FBI tracking returned IS fighters
• Kurdish crisis: As masses seek refuge in Turkey, fighters rush back to Syria
• Syria Kurds battle jihadist advance as thousands flee
• Syrian opposition chief urges airstrikes in Syria
• Exclusive: U.S., France propose U.N. sanctions on foreign Islamist fighters
• Islamist group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria
• France's Hollande to meet Rouhani in New York
• Islamic State group calls for attacking civilians
• Islamic State offensive poses problems for Turkey
• Syrian opposition urges air strikes against IS
• FBI watching some Americans who returned from Syria conflict
• Iraqi soldiers describe heavy losses as Islamic State overruns camp
• White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor
• Richard Branson Brings Vodka into the Commercial Space Race
• World of crises awaits leaders at UN
• Canada may scale up anti-terror fight after threat
• Jihadists kill 40 Iraqi soldiers, capture at least 70
• Frenchman says has been kidnapped by Islamic State offshoot in Algeria: video
• France 'not afraid' as IS urges lone-wolf attacks
• French national kidnapped in eastern Algeria: foreign ministry
• White House Fence Jumper Omar Gonzalez Had 800 Rounds of Ammo in Car, Prosecutors Say
• Scottish reverbations: Who might push for independence next?
• Islamic State militants kill 40 Iraqi troops
• UN to bind nations on new foreign terrorist rules
• U.S. says won't link Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks
• Turkey struggles with spillover as Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State
• Muslim youths counter Islamic State with #NotInMyName Twitter campaign
• Obama 'Obviously Concerned' Over Security Breach
• Australia says deploying warplanes to join Iraq campaign
• Five Best Monday Columns
• 'Forces of darkness' tarnish Islam: Saudi crown prince
• Syria vote isn't last word from Congress on war
• New ISIS Audio Urges U.S.Muslims to Kill Americans
• Australia says jets to help with air strikes against Islamic State
• Official: Some Americans who fought in Syria have returned
• France rules out air strikes in Syria

Video showing French hostage in Algeria authentic: Paris Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:56 PM PDT An Algerian group linked to Islamic State group jihadists threatened to kill a French hostage within 24 hours unless Paris halts air strikes on the IS in Iraq, in a video posted Monday.

IRAQ SYRIA REFUGEES Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:36 PM PDT Graphic shows the locations of displaces Iraqis and Syrian refugees in 2014; 2c x 6 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 165 mm;

Big ammo stash found in White House intruder's car Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:23 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - A homeless US army veteran who jumped a fence and ran into the White House with a knife had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car, a court heard Monday.

Obama to meet leaders of Iraq, Israel, Egypt Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:59 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama will hold meetings in the coming days with the leaders of Iraq, Israel and Egypt.

FBI tracking returned IS fighters Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:54 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - US authorities are closely tracking some of the 100 Americans estimated to have fought with the Islamic State group in the Middle East who are believed to have returned home, a senior US official said Monday.

Kurdish crisis: As masses seek refuge in Turkey, fighters rush back to Syria Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:41 PM PDT Hundreds of Kurdish men streamed into Syria from Turkey Monday, saying they hoped to defend a strategic border town from an onslaught by Islamic State, a jihadist group bent on expanding its so-called "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq.

Syria Kurds battle jihadist advance as thousands flee Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:32 PM PDT MURSITPINAR (Turkey) (AFP) - Kurdish militia fought to defend a key border town in northern Syria on Monday after 130,000 terrified residents fled to Turkey to escape an advance by the Islamic State group.

Syrian opposition chief urges airstrikes in Syria Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:32 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of Syria's Western-backed opposition group is calling for immediate U.S. airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Syria.

Exclusive: U.S., France propose U.N. sanctions on foreign Islamist fighters Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:18 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A United Nations Security Council committee is considering requests by the United States and France to blacklist more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters, fundraisers and recruiters linked to Islamist militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Yemen. The bid to sanction people from France, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Senegal and Kuwait coincides with the expected adoption on Wednesday of a Security Council resolution to suppress foreign extremist fighters. U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to chair the meeting. ...

Islamist group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A splinter group from al-Qaida's North African branch has kidnapped a French citizen and announced on Monday that it will kill him unless France ends its participation in air strikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

France's Hollande to meet Rouhani in New York Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:08 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande will take the opportunity of the gathering of world leaders in New York for the UN General Assembly to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, his office said Monday.

Islamic State group calls for attacking civilians Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:57 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group's spokesman said its fighters are ready to battle a U.S.-led military coalition, casting it as a historic clash between Muslims and their enemies and calling for attacks at home and abroad.

Islamic State offensive poses problems for Turkey Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:52 PM PDT SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Fierce fighting Monday between the Islamic State militant group and Kurdish forces just over the border in Syria brought the battle closer to Turkey, triggering a surge of tens of thousands of refugees and raising pressure for the government to step up efforts to take on the Sunni extremists.

Syrian opposition urges air strikes against IS Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Syria's opposition on Monday called for air strikes to be immediately launched against Islamist fighters who have captured villages in the north -- or risk "catastrophe."

FBI watching some Americans who returned from Syria conflict Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:47 PM PDT By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the 100 Americans who went to Syria and Iraq to join up with radical groups like Islamic State have returned to the United States, U.S. officials said on Monday, amid fears that such foreign fighters could pose a security threat at home. The officials, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to the United Nations General Assembly this week, did not provide a specific number of Americans who had returned. For weeks U.S. ...

Iraqi soldiers describe heavy losses as Islamic State overruns camp Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:45 PM PDT By Ahmed Rasheed and Saif Sameer Hameed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers described on Monday how Islamic State fighters inflicted heavy losses in a chaotic raid on a military base just an hour's drive from Baghdad, highlighting the jihadists' ability to attack high-profile targets despite U.S. air strikes. Soldiers, officials and tribal sources gave differing accounts of what happened on Sunday when the militants stormed the camp at Saqlawiya that they had been besieging. ...

White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:37 PM PDT By Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A decorated Iraq war veteran who scaled a fence on Friday night and got into the White House had over 800 rounds of ammunition in his car and was arrested in July with a sniper rifle and a map marking the executive mansion, a federal prosecutor said on Monday. Omar Gonzalez, 42, was also stopped, but not arrested in August walking by the White House with a hatchet in his waistband, federal prosecutor David Mudd told a federal judge. The previous interactions that Gonzalez had with the U.S. ...

Richard Branson Brings Vodka into the Commercial Space Race Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:35 PM PDT Virgin Galactic has partnered with Grey Goose to help Galactic achieve its goal of becoming the first commercial space line in history, Forbes reported on Monday.

World of crises awaits leaders at UN Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:31 PM PDT United Nations (United States) (AFP) - World leaders are gearing up to confront grim life or death challenges this week at the United Nations, seeking ways to halt jihadist militants in Iraq and Syria and stem the spread of Ebola.

Canada may scale up anti-terror fight after threat Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:26 PM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday his government is looking to scale up its fight against terrorism after the Islamic State group threatened lone-wolf attacks on Canadians.

Jihadists kill 40 Iraqi soldiers, capture at least 70 Posted: 22 Sep 2014 12:08 PM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Jihadists attacked an Iraqi army base west of Baghdad with six suicide bombers, killing 40 soldiers and capturing at least 70 others who fled, a senior army officer said Monday.

Frenchman says has been kidnapped by Islamic State offshoot in Algeria: video Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:59 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A French man purported to have been kidnapped in Algeria on Sunday appeared in a video on Monday saying he had been kidnapped by an Algeria-based Islamic State splinter group the Caliphate Soldiers. The man, who gives his name, age and date of birth, said he had arrived in Algeria on Sept. 20 and been taken on Sept. 21. "I am in the hands of Jund al-Khilifa, an Algerian armed group. This armed group is asking me to ask you (President Francois Hollande) to not intervene in Iraq. ...

France 'not afraid' as IS urges lone-wolf attacks Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:35 AM PDT Paris (AFP) - France insisted Monday it was not spooked by a call for Muslims to kill citizens of countries fighting the Islamic State group, as Western nations scramble to prevent a surge in lone-wolf terrorism.

French national kidnapped in eastern Algeria: foreign ministry Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:18 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A French national was kidnapped in eastern Algeria on Sunday, France's foreign ministry said, just hours after Islamic State militants warned it would target France after Paris launched air strikes against them in Iraq. "A French national was kidnapped on Sunday in Algeria, in the region of Tizi Ouzou, while he was on holiday there," deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandre Georgini said in a statement. "Nobody has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. ...

White House Fence Jumper Omar Gonzalez Had 800 Rounds of Ammo in Car, Prosecutors Say Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:11 AM PDT Gonzalez Was Also Charged With Possession of a Sawed-Off Shot Gun and Eluding Police in Virginia in July

Scottish reverbations: Who might push for independence next? Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:07 AM PDT Britain remains intact after Scotland's independence referendum last week, but indications are the Scots may one day try again. In the meantime, other independence movements have been galvanized worldwide to separate from countries that do not really want to see them go.

Islamic State militants kill 40 Iraqi troops Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:05 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of suicide bombings by Islamic State militants in western Iraq has killed 40 soldiers amid waning efforts by security forces to retake territory from the Sunni extremist group, a senior Iraqi commander said Monday.

UN to bind nations on new foreign terrorist rules Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is expected to adopt a binding resolution this week that would require nations to bar their citizens from traveling abroad to join terrorism organizations, part of a U.S.-led effort to galvanize the international community against what Obama administration officials call an "unprecedented" threat from extremists flocking to Syria and Iraq.

U.S. says won't link Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it will refuse any effort by Iran to gain its cooperation on fighting Islamic State forces by being more flexible about Tehran's nuclear program. Senior Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran is ready to work with the United States and its allies to stop Islamic State militants but would like more flexibility on Iran's uranium enrichment program in exchange. Asked to respond, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the idea was unacceptable. ...

Turkey struggles with spillover as Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:26 AM PDT By Daren Butler MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds battled to defend a key border town from an Islamic State advance on Monday as Kurdish youths from neighboring Turkey rushed to their aid, heightening the pressure on Ankara to act against the Islamist insurgents. In Turkey, struggling to manage an influx of more than 130,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees since last week, security forces fired tear gas and water cannon at Kurdish protesters who accuse Ankara of favoring Islamic State against the Kurds. ...

Muslim youths counter Islamic State with #NotInMyName Twitter campaign Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:24 AM PDT Muslim youths around the globe have been using #NotInMyName on Twitter and other social media sites the past few days to denounce the well-publicized atrocities of Islamic State.

Obama 'Obviously Concerned' Over Security Breach Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:20 AM PDT It's Unclear Whether the President Favors Building a Higher Fence

Australia says deploying warplanes to join Iraq campaign Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:17 AM PDT Australian warplanes are being deployed to the Middle East to join the US-led campaign of air strikes on jihadist targets in northern Iraq, Defence Minister David Johnston said on Monday.

Five Best Monday Columns Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:15 AM PDT The Washington Post on how the election of future Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is an important step forward for the country. The editors praise the agreement between Ghani and his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, to settle the recent Afghan election. "Mr. Ghani's presidency was not, by any reasonable measure, the result of a fair and credible election. Even so, Secretary of State John Kerry and his team in Kabul deserve recognition for formulating a power-sharing plan that gave the Afghans a way out of a crisis that could easily have plunged the country into a disastrous cycle of violence. ...

'Forces of darkness' tarnish Islam: Saudi crown prince Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:57 AM PDT Riyadh (AFP) - Islam has been tarnished by "forces of darkness" and Saudi Arabia should do more to protect its youth from violent extremism, the kingdom's second crown prince said on Monday.

Syria vote isn't last word from Congress on war Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:20 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's Mideast war strategy isn't in the clear yet in Congress.

New ISIS Audio Urges U.S.Muslims to Kill Americans Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:15 AM PDT The terrorist group ISIS late Sunday released a new propaganda video, this time not just highlighting its own brutality, but encouraging other Muslims around the world to emulate it. High-level ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani called for lone wolf-type attacks on civilians in the U.S., Canada, France and other countries supporting the U.S.-led effort to roll back their fighters, who have taken control of large parts of Iraq and Syria.

Australia says jets to help with air strikes against Islamic State Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:12 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Australia's defense minister David Johnston said on Monday during a visit to Baghdad that his country's fighter jets will play a part in U.S.-led air strikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq. Johnston told reporters that up to eight Super Hornet aircraft will participate in a U.S.-led coalition "delivering air strikes to degrade, disrupt and ultimately seek to destroy ISIL (Islamic State)". Australian Special Forces will be serving as advisers to Iraqi forces, Johnston said after a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. ...

Official: Some Americans who fought in Syria have returned Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:09 AM PDT Some of the estimated 100 Americans who have tried to get to Syria and join up with groups like the Islamic State have returned to the United States and are under FBI scrutiny, a top official told reporters on Monday.

France rules out air strikes in Syria Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:06 AM PDT By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday his nation would not launch air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants based in Syria despite having bombed a suspected target of the group in northern Iraq last week. Islamic State is a hard-line Sunni Islamist group that has seized a third of Iraq and large swaths of territory across Syria. It has been blamed for a wave of sectarian violence, beheadings and massacres of civilians. ...

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