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Brady Campaign Launches National Effort To Stop "Bad Apple" Gun Dealers

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 03:19 PM PDT

CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, joined by community leaders, today launched a national initiative utilizing protests, petitions, a code of conduct and lawsuits to "Stop Bad Apple Gun Dealers" that turn a blind eye to gun traffickers, straw purchasers and criminals, and flood our nation's streets with guns used in crimes.  An astonishing 60 percent of crime guns come from just one percent of gun dealers. "These 'bad apple' gun dealers choose profits over people and are largely responsible for America's gun violence problem," said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Strategy against Islamic State in hand, Obama now must make it work

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 03:01 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference at the conclusion of the NATO Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, WalesBy Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It took President Barack Obama and his top aides a week to explain that he does in fact have a strategy for confronting the Islamic State militancy. Obama has embarked on building what is basically the third major U.S.-backed international coalition of the past 23 years to take on a challenge emanating from Iraq. The other two were constructed by former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush against the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Obama's vision became clearer in the week since he drew criticism for telling a White House news conference that "we don't have a strategy yet" for taking on the militant group's safe haven in Syria.


Syria raids on jihadist bastion kill 53, mostly civilians: NGO

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:59 PM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on July 25, 2014, allegedly shows members of the Islamic state militant group raising their flag over a building belonging to a Syrian army base in the northern city of RaqaSyrian air strikes against the northern jihadist bastion of Raqa on Saturday killed 53 people, a monitor said, updating an earlier toll and adding that at least 31 of the dead were civilians. "We have documented the deaths of 31 civilians, among them five women and three children, in Raqa and its surroundings," said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman. Another 15 jihadists were confirmed dead in a string of eight air strikes, as well as seven other unidentified people. Eight of the civilian victims were from one family, said Abdel Rahman.


Somalia extremist group names new leader

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:48 PM PDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabab, named a new leader Saturday after confirming the killing of their previous leader by a U.S. airstrike, a commander of the group said.

Congress' task: Act fast on spending, return home

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:43 PM PDT

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to work Monday with a basic task — act fast to keep the government open and then race home to campaign.


Islamic State beheads 2nd captive Lebanese soldier

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:15 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The mother of a Lebanese soldier held captive by the militant Islamic State group said photographs posted online Saturday purporting to show his beheading appeared to be real.

Obama, congressional leaders to meet on Tuesday

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:38 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to meet with congressional leaders at the White House Tuesday — with the threat posed by Islamic State militants as a likely topic of discussion.

Iraq air strike kills seven in hospital near Kirkuk

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:23 PM PDT

Iraq's air force hit a hospital in a town controlled by Islamic State and other militant groups on Saturday, killing seven patients and wounding 22 others, including children, eyewitnesses said. Islamic State launched a lightning advance through northern and central Iraq in June, declaring an Islamic caliphate. Civilian deaths are hard to quantify due to security restrictions in the roughly third of Iraq that Islamic State controls.

Iraq welcomes US plan for coalition against jihadists

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:22 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a video released by the Islamic State (IS) and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group on September 2, 2014, purportedly shows 31-year-old US freelance writer Steven SotloffIraq on Saturday welcomed US President Barack Obama's plan for an international coalition against jihadists as a "strong message of support", after repeatedly calling for aid against the militants. Obama outlined the plan at a NATO summit Friday for a broad coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, which led an offensive that overran chunks of five Iraqi provinces in June and also holds significant territory in neighbouring Syria. The United States has sent military advisers to Iraq and launched a campaign of air strikes against the jihadists, while it and a string of other countries have promised arms for Iraqi Kurdish forces battling IS militants.


UN Security Council condemns 'heinous' Sotloff murder

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:07 PM PDT

An image grab released by the Islamic State and identified by private terrorism monitor SITE Intelligence Group on September 2, 2014, purportedly shows 31-year-old US freelance writer Steven Sotloff before being beheaded by a masked militantThe UN Security Council on Saturday strongly condemned the "heinous and cowardly" murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff by Islamists and declared that ISIL must be defeated. Sotloff, 31, was beheaded by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)in a video released Tuesday, two weeks after the similar video of US journalist James Foley's killing was posted online. Council members added that "such continued acts of barbarism perpetrated by ISIL do not intimidate them but rather stiffen their resolve that there has to be a common effort amongst governments and institutions, including those in the region most affected, to counter ISIL, Al-Nusra Front and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al-Qaeda."


Syrian strikes on Islamic State stronghold kill 29

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 11:48 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria launched a series of airstrikes targeting a stronghold of the Islamic State extremist group on Saturday, killing at least 29 people, most of whom died when one of the missiles slammed into a crowded bakery, activists said.

Boko Haram militants attack northeast town near Cameroon border

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 11:28 AM PDT

Boko Haram militants early on Saturday attacked another town in northeast Nigeria, pushing southwards in an apparent strategy to carve out an Islamist enclave in the remote north of Africa's biggest economy, residents and local officials said. Fighters from the group, which has taken over several northeast towns and villages in recent weeks, stormed Gulak in the northern part of Adamawa state, near the hilly border with Cameroon where the militants are thought to have bases. An eyewitness to the attack, Sabo Lukas, who escaped to the Adamawa state capital Yola, told Reuters the militants had gone from house to house in Gulak shooting, and he had seen bodies of victims. Tanko Wazumtu, an aide to Adamawa state Acting Governor Alhaji Ahmed Umaru Fintiri, also confirmed the attack, saying his own father was among those killed.

Some Wyoming lawyers upset about Cheney speech

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 11:17 AM PDT

FILE - In a Dec. 13, 2013 file photo, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney smiles as he talks about his new book, "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey," at Little America Hotel and Resort in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Wyoming State Bar invited Cheney, a prominent Republican with deep Wyoming ties, to be keynote speaker at its annual convention banquet Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Some lawyers are objecting, both to Cheney's selection and to how the bar announced his appearance. (AP Photo/Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Miranda Grubbs, File)CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney can be a polarizing figure even six years out of office.


US conducts two more strikes targeting jihadists in Iraq

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 10:59 AM PDT

A Peshmerga fighter flashes the sign for victory next to the remains of a car, bearing an image of the trademark jihadist flag, which was destroyed by an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, on August 18, 2014The United States carried out two more airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, the military's Central Command said Saturday. The strikes destroyed four Humvees, one armored personnel carrier and two trucks belonging to IS fighters, according to Centcom. The strikes bring to 133 the total carried out across Iraq since August 8. At a NATO summit Friday, US President Barack Obama outlined a plan for a broad coalition to defeat the IS jihadist group, which led an offensive that over-ran chunks of five Iraqi provinces in June and also holds significant territory in neighboring Syria.


Islamic State says executes second Lebanese soldier

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 10:52 AM PDT

Islamic State militants have beheaded a captive Lebanese soldier, images published on social media showed on Saturday, the second Lebanese soldier to be killed in captivity by the group since it raided a Lebanese border town last month. The men were among a group of 19 soldiers missing since the attack on Arsal by militants including fighters affiliated with Islamic State. A caption posted with the images on a Twitter account used to publish Islamic State statements named the soldier as Abbas Medlij, identifying him as a Shi'ite Muslim. A Lebanese security source said Medlij was one of 19 soldiers missing and believed taken captive by Islamic State and other Islamist insurgents who launched the incursion into the border town of Arsal in August.

Saudi builds northern border fence against infiltrators

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud speaks before a meeting with the US Secretary of State at his private residence on June 27, 2014 in the Red Sea city of JeddahSaudi Arabia has inaugurated a multilayered fence along its northern borders, as part of efforts to secure the kingdom's vast desert frontiers against infiltrators and smugglers, state media said. King Abdullah announced late Friday the launch of the first stage of a border security programme, covering 900 kilometres (560 miles) of the northern frontier, SPA state news agency reported. SPA did not name Iraq, Saudi Arabia's neighbour to the north, referring only to the northern frontier, but the two countries' common border stretches over 800 kilometres (500 miles). The project includes five layers of fencing which will cut the "number of infiltrators, drug, arms and cattle smugglers to zero," SPA said.


Jihadists among 35 dead in Syria air raids: NGO

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 10:20 AM PDT

An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on June 30, 2014, allegedly shows a member of the Islamic state militant group parading with a tank in a street in the northern rebel-held Syrian city of RaqaSyrian air strikes in the jihadist-held northern city of Raqa on Saturday killed 35 people, including 15 Islamic State (IS) members, a monitoring group said. "Regime warplanes carried out eight air strikes targeting Raqa and its surroundings," said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman. The strikes come amid a stepped-up campaign by President Bashar al-Assad's regime targeting IS positions in northern and eastern Syria. The Islamic State group first emerged in Syria's war in late spring 2013, when it was named the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).


Nigeria: Officials reassure as extremists rampage

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 08:52 AM PDT

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials are trying to reassure citizens panicked about a spreading Islamic insurgency in the northeast even as fleeing residents report the extremists are urging people to join their fight and take their children out of school.

In Ukraine flashpoint cities, residents doubt lasting peace

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 08:51 AM PDT

A priest blesses a voluntary military force officer as he takes an oath during a pro-Ukrainian rally in Mariupol on September 4, 2014In flashpoint cities of eastern Ukraine, uneasy residents voiced doubt Saturday that the ceasefire deal would bring lasting peace after five months of devastating conflict that has ruined the lives of so many. "It's only a matter of time (before the truce is broken) because our Russian 'brothers' won't stop until they finish their dirty work," Alexei Maximov, a metal factory worker in the strategic port city of Mariupol, said acidly. "Nothing has actually changed," 38-year-old Russian Vladyslav Lobzin told AFP in Mariupol, where residents had been bracing for a rebel onslaught until the guns were ordered silent. Nothing is going to be stopped," he said, referring to former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, Kiev's representative at Friday's ceasefire talks in Minsk.


Syrian warplanes hit Islamic State-run bakery, training camp: monitor

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 08:05 AM PDT

Residents extinguish a fire caused by what activists say was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Assad on Tal Abyad street market in central RaqqaBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian warplanes bombed a bakery run by Islamic State in the city of Raqqa, killing 25 people, in air raids on Saturday that also hit a major training camp used by the insurgent group for a second day running, a group monitoring the war said. The air strikes on Raqqa, Islamic State's stronghold some 400 km (250 miles) northeast of Damascus, also hit a building used as an Islamic court, and another of the group's offices, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Rami Abdulrahman, founder of the Observatory, said the bakery was run by the militant group. ...


Germany moves to tighten asylum rules

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 07:49 AM PDT

Germany says the new rules will allow it to focus on refugees from more dangerous warzones such as Syria and IraqGermany, which has for two years been Europe's leading destination for asylum seekers, is planning to toughen its immigration laws as it struggles to deal with a growing influx of new arrivals. While Greece and Italy have called for more European funding to help deal with the flow of immigrants arriving on their shores, Germany is readying steps to tighten rules for applicants from three Balkan states. The Bundesrat upper house of parliament is due to debate draft legislation later this month that would make it easier for authorities to deport asylum seekers from the formerly war-ravaged states of Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Berlin says it wants to focus instead on refugees from more dangerous warzones such as Syria and Iraq.


Obama anti-jihadist plan 'strong message of support': Iraq FM

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 02:26 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama has urged Western allies to unite in a anti-jihadist coalition that would "destroy" Islamic State militants in Iraq and SyriaBaghdad (AFP) - US President Barack Obama's plan for an international anti-jihadist coalition is a "strong message of support" for Baghdad and its fight against militants, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Saturday.


AP Analysis: US wary over hitting Syrian militants

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:53 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. and its allies are trying to hammer out a coalition to push back the Islamic State group in Iraq. But any serious attempt to destroy the militants or even seriously degrade their capabilities means targeting their infrastructure in Syria.

Today in History

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Today is Saturday, September 6, the 249th day of 2014. There are 116 days left in the year.

Obama sets meeting with U.S. Congress leaders amid concern over Iraq crisis

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 08:19 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question at a press conference at the conclusion of the NATO Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, WalesPresident Barack Obama will meet with the four leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, a senior congressional source said on Friday, amid rising concern in Washington about the advances of the Islamic State. Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday from their five-week August recess. The meeting will include Harry Reid, the Democratic leader of the U.S.


Somalia, Libya, and China on the backburner - but for how long?

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 07:00 PM PDT

Somali soldiers patrol in Wadajir district South of capital following heavy fighting as Somali government and African Union troops battled a powerful militia warlord in a bid to disarm him, on August 15, 2014 in Mogadishu. Somalia's government launched a disarmament campaign earlier this month, with troops backed by the AU mission in Somalia (AMISOM) today fighting to seize weapons from militia leader Ahmed Dai. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine have dominated the headlines, but emerging issues elsewhere could create real problems for the U.S.


Iraq refiles case in U.S. court over disputed Kurdish crude

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 06:10 PM PDT

The oil tanker United Kalavyrta approaches Galveston, TexasBy Anna Driver and Terry Wade HOUSTON (Reuters) - Iraq has refiled in U.S. Iraq, in court documents seen on Friday, widened its case to include potential buyers of the cargo and said the Kurdistan Regional Government has not stated if it currently owns it. The dispute over the United Kalavrvta tanker, carrying some 1 million barrels of crude, is also being litigated in Baghdad, but Iraq said the Kurds have yet to respond to at least one of their lawsuits there. The tanker has been stationed about 60 miles off Texas since late July, as the central government of Iraq wages a legal battle against Iraqi Kurdistan over who has the sole right to export crude.


Nigeria's military under fire over Boko Haram response

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:19 PM PDT

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says he has created an Islamic caliphate in northeast Nigeria, in a video message posted on August 24, 2014When Nigeria's new chief of defence staff was appointed earlier this year, he promised a swift end to the deadly violence being waged by Boko Haram Islamists. Eight months on, Boko Haram look stronger than ever, having seized towns and villages in Nigeria's northeast at a rate which has drawn comparisons to Islamic State militants' rapid gains in Iraq. "The reputation of Nigeria's military is at stake," she told a bilateral security meeting in Abuja. "But more importantly, Nigeria's and its children's future is in jeopardy.


Sotloff lauded at Florida service as journalist committed to truth

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:09 PM PDT

Cousins of slain U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff leave Temple Beth Am, where a memorial service was held in Pinecrest, FloridaBy Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Nearly 1,000 people including relatives, friends and prominent Florida politicians attended a memorial service on Friday for Steven Sotloff, who was killed by Islamic State militants, recalling him as a journalist committed to revealing the truth. "I'm so proud of my son for living his dream," Sotloff's mother, Shirley, told those in attendance at the Jewish Temple Beth Am. The Islamic State released a video on Tuesday showing the killing of Sotloff, the second American journalist it has beheaded in its confrontation with the United States over American air strikes in Iraq on the militant group's forces. Speakers at the two-hour memorial service recalled Sotloff as a man who displayed empathy and courage.


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