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• Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria- CBS
• Obama admits US underestimated IS threat
• Obama: 'Contradictory' Syria policy helps Assad
• Clooney father-in-law hails wedding as good news for Mideast
• Key partners in coalition against Islamic State
• Islamic State 'barbarians': Did John Boehner just endorse a ground war?
• Nusra Front says U.S.-led air strikes in Syria will fail
• Air strikes said to hit Islamic State oil refineries in Syria
• Turkey 'can't stay out' of anti-IS fight: Erdogan
• Obama: US misjudged Iraqi army, militants' threat
• Boehner Says Defeating ISIS Means Using Ground Troops
• Obama: We underestimated Islamic State extremists
• Al-Qaida leader warns of revenge for airstrikes
• Syria's Qaeda chief warns West against continued strikes
• Jordan says safe despite role in anti-IS coalition
• Details of mission against Syria, Iraq militants
• U.S. lawmakers urge congressional action to back Obama's Syria war
• Pit Bull Mix Who Overcame The Odds And Brings Hope To Both Animals And People Named Year's Top "American Hero Dog" At The 2014 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™
• When to shoot: Why the Secret Service is in hot water
• Spanish judge orders jail for terror cell suspect
• Armed British warplanes flying 'daily' over Iraq
• Oklahoma beheading: Was it an act of terrorism?
• S.Korea beat Japan to reach Asian Games football semis
• Qatar's Ogunode sets new 100-meter Asian record
• Iraqi Kurds face off with extremists across bridge
• Turkey refugee crisis deepens as Islamic State besieges Syrian border town
• Europe schism haunts British PM Cameron as pre-election battle drums begin
• Germany starts training 32 Kurdish fighters
• Two popes attend gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican
• Europe schism haunts Cameron as pre-election battle drums begin
• Midterm Voters Drop National Politics for Foreign Policy
• Libya: Send us more arms or face wider terrorism threat
• Asian Games/Football - Last-gasp goal puts North Korea into football semis
• Frenchman's murder puts Algeria back on the shifting map of jihad
• Commentary; US Strategy Toward the Islamic State -- An (Urgent) Opportunity For Congress To Do Its Job
• Russian suspicions of U.S. motives in Syria make cooperation unlikely
• Today in History
• 4 governors visit Afghanistan for terror briefings

Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria- CBS Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become "ground zero" for jihadists worldwide, President Barack Obama said in a CBS television interview broadcast on Sunday. Conversely, the United States overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to fight the militant groups, Obama said in a "60 Minutes" interview taped on Friday, days after the U.S. president made his case at the United Nations for action. Citing earlier comments by James Clapper, director of national intelligence, Obama acknowledged that U.S. ...

Obama admits US underestimated IS threat Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:03 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that the United States had underestimated the opportunity that a collapsing Syria would provide for jihadist militants to regroup and stage a sudden comeback.

Obama: 'Contradictory' Syria policy helps Assad Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria is helping Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a man the United Nations has accused of war crimes.

Clooney father-in-law hails wedding as good news for Mideast Posted: 28 Sep 2014 03:55 PM PDT Beirut (AFP) - George Clooney's Lebanese father-in-law said on Sunday that his daughter Amal Alamuddin's wedding to the Hollywood heartthrob was "very good news" for the turmoil-ridden Middle East.

Key partners in coalition against Islamic State Posted: 28 Sep 2014 03:32 PM PDT The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group is growing, with dozens of countries among its ranks. The coalition is contributing a wide range of efforts, from carrying out airstrikes to providing military assistance and humanitarian aid.

Islamic State 'barbarians': Did John Boehner just endorse a ground war? Posted: 28 Sep 2014 02:28 PM PDT Did House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio just suggest that President Obama essentially start a new American land war in Iraq and Syria?

Nusra Front says U.S.-led air strikes in Syria will fail Posted: 28 Sep 2014 02:22 PM PDT By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - The head of Syria's al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has said U.S.-led air strikes will not defeat Islamists in Syria and warned that militants might launch retaliatory attacks against Western countries. Abu Mohamad al-Golani, in an audio message posted on pro-Nusra jihadi forums, urged European and U.S. citizens to denounce the U.S. actions if they wanted to keep out of the war. "Muslims will not watch while their sons are bombed. Your leaders will not be the only ones who would pay the price of the war. ...

Air strikes said to hit Islamic State oil refineries in Syria Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT By Mariam Karouny and Ayla Jean Yackley BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Air raids believed to have been carried out by U.S.-led forces hit three makeshift oil refineries in northern Syria on Sunday as part of a campaign against Islamic State, a human rights group said. The United States has been carrying out strikes in Iraq since Aug. 8 and in Syria, with the help of Arab allies, since Tuesday, with the aim of "degrading and destroying" the militants who have captured large areas of both countries. U.S. ...

Turkey 'can't stay out' of anti-IS fight: Erdogan Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:12 PM PDT Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey cannot stay out of the international coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, as Ankara prepares in the coming week to define its military involvement.

Obama: US misjudged Iraqi army, militants' threat Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State militants and overestimated the ability and will of Iraq's army to fight.

Boehner Says Defeating ISIS Means Using Ground Troops Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:10 PM PDT House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) didn't mince words in a new interview that aired this morning on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. The top Republican lawmaker in Washington said that if President Obama's airstrikes against ISIS fail to defeat the terror group – and he thinks they will fail – the U.S.  "At some point somebody's boots have to be on the ground," Boehner said.

Obama: We underestimated Islamic State extremists Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:44 PM PDT As the fight against Islamic State extremists in the Middle East accelerates, US officials acknowledge that they both underestimated the strength and fierceness of the enemy and overestimated the ability of Iraqi forces to counter the group also known as ISIS or ISIL.

Al-Qaida leader warns of revenge for airstrikes Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:40 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of al-Qaida's Syria affiliate vowed Sunday that his group would "use all possible means" to fight back against airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition and warned that the conflict would reach Western countries joining the alliance.

Syria's Qaeda chief warns West against continued strikes Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:09 PM PDT Beirut (AFP) - The head of Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate warned on Sunday that failure to stop US-led air strikes on jihadist positions in Syria would "transfer the battle" to Western countries.

Jordan says safe despite role in anti-IS coalition Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:54 AM PDT Amman (AFP) - Jordan, which has joined a US-led coalition waging air strikes on the Islamic State group, said Sunday it has secured the country's borders against "any threat".

Details of mission against Syria, Iraq militants Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:53 AM PDT Latest update from U.S. Central Command on the military action by the U.S. and its allies against Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq. The Syria action began Sept. 21; the Iraq action Aug. 8.

U.S. lawmakers urge congressional action to back Obama's Syria war Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:49 AM PDT By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Sunday stepped up calls for congressional authorization of President Barack Obama's war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, amid signs the United States and its allies face a long and difficult fight. U.S. House Speaker John Boehner told ABC's "This Week" that he believed Obama had the legal authority for strikes against Islamic State, but would call lawmakers back from their districts if Obama sought a resolution backing the action. "I think he does have the authority to do it. But ... ...

Pit Bull Mix Who Overcame The Odds And Brings Hope To Both Animals And People Named Year's Top "American Hero Dog" At The 2014 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™ Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The country's top therapy dog, a pit bull mix named Susie from High Point, North Carolina who overcame a terrible ordeal but went on to bring hope to both people and animals, has been named this year's "American Hero Dog" at the 2014 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™, presented by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation, Inc. and broadcast nationally on Hallmark Channel October 30 at 8 pm ET/PT, 7 pm Central Time. ...

When to shoot: Why the Secret Service is in hot water Posted: 28 Sep 2014 08:58 AM PDT When members of Congress tear into the US Secret Service at a hearing this week, it will have been prompted by the recent incident involving a White House fence-jumper who made it inside the front door of the president's residence and principal place of business.

Spanish judge orders jail for terror cell suspect Posted: 28 Sep 2014 08:57 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has ordered the detention of a Spaniard from the north African enclave of Melilla on suspicion he belongs to an Islamic terror cell.

Armed British warplanes flying 'daily' over Iraq Posted: 28 Sep 2014 08:51 AM PDT London (AFP) - Armed British warplanes are flying daily missions over Iraq and would launch air strikes if called in by local forces on the ground, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said Sunday.

Oklahoma beheading: Was it an act of terrorism? Posted: 28 Sep 2014 07:46 AM PDT There is so far no evidence to suggest that Alton Nolen, the man who is accused of beheading a coworker in Moore, Okla., Friday, has any formal connection with terror groups.

S.Korea beat Japan to reach Asian Games football semis Posted: 28 Sep 2014 07:39 AM PDT Hosts South Korea overcame fierce rivals Japan 1-0 in a feisty Asian Games quarter-final on Sunday thanks to a late penalty from captain Jang Hyun-Soo that triggered wild celebrations.

Qatar's Ogunode sets new 100-meter Asian record Posted: 28 Sep 2014 07:24 AM PDT INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Qatar's Femi Ogunode set a continental 100-meter record of 9.93 seconds at the Asian Games on Sunday, firmly indicating his determination to contend for an Olympic podium appearance two years from now in Rio.

Iraqi Kurds face off with extremists across bridge Posted: 28 Sep 2014 07:18 AM PDT MANTIQA, Iraq (AP) — Behind the wall of sandbags at the end of a narrow bridge in northern Iraq, a man in a black ski mask paces back and forth, brandishing a machine-gun and poking the barrel above the wall. Alongside him, a second militant in a red and white turban waves angrily. A third looks across the bridge with binoculars.

Turkey refugee crisis deepens as Islamic State besieges Syrian border town Posted: 28 Sep 2014 06:19 AM PDT By Jonny Hogg KARACA Turkey (Reuters) - All that separates Mohammed Muslim from his village in Syria is a barbed wire fence running along the Turkish border, but the dull thud of artillery and the rattle of machinegun fire suggest he will not be going home anytime soon. Muslim, dressed in a battered suit, his mustache flecked with gray, is among more than 150,000 Syrian Kurds who have fled to Turkey over the past week to escape the advance of Islamic State militants, who have seized villages and beheaded residents as they push towards the strategic border town Kobani. ...

Europe schism haunts British PM Cameron as pre-election battle drums begin Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:49 AM PDT By William James and Guy Faulconbridge BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) - The British Conservative party's schism over Europe marred Prime Minister David Cameron's last major party conference before a 2015 election, overshadowing his party's attempt to pitch a growing economy and lower welfare spending to voters. The defection of a second Conservative lawmaker to the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party on the eve of the conference ratcheted up the pressure on Cameron to take a tougher line on Europe, immigration and welfare less than eight months before a national election in May. ...

Germany starts training 32 Kurdish fighters Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:48 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Germany's army has started training 32 Kurdish peshmerga fighters at an army school in Bavaria to support them in their fight against Islamic State extremists.

Two popes attend gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:39 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican on Sunday, where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as "hidden euthanasia". During the festive event in St. Peter's Square, Francis addressed some 40,000 elderly people -- grandfathers, grandmothers, widows and widowers. ...

Europe schism haunts Cameron as pre-election battle drums begin Posted: 28 Sep 2014 04:36 AM PDT By William James and Guy Faulconbridge BIRMINGHAM England (Reuters) - The British Conservative party's schism over Europe marred Prime Minister David Cameron's last major party conference before a 2015 election, overshadowing his party's attempt to pitch a growing economy and lower welfare spending to voters. The defection of a second Conservative lawmaker to the anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party on the eve of the conference ratcheted up the pressure on Cameron to take a tougher line on Europe, immigration and welfare less than eight months before a national election in May. ...

Midterm Voters Drop National Politics for Foreign Policy Posted: 28 Sep 2014 03:15 AM PDT Since last year's Obamacare website debacle, many Democrats in vulnerable seats in the coming midterms thought that the best strategy to hold office was to distance themselves from President Obama's signature legislation. Now, as new polls show a majority of Americans believe Obamacare has benefited the 7.3 million Americans who qualify for the new health care program, Obama's foreign policy has quickly become a major issue in November's elections. In the last seven months, Russia invaded Ukraine, and the Obama administration is having trouble finding ways to counter an emboldened Vladimir Putin. As American bombs fall in Syria and Iraq, the United States is slowly inching toward a wider war with ISIS.

Libya: Send us more arms or face wider terrorism threat Posted: 28 Sep 2014 01:27 AM PDT By Rodrigo Campos UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Libya on Saturday asked the world either to give it more weapons and other support to help restore security and rebuild its institutions or to declare outright that the conflict-torn North African state "must face terrorism alone." After describing Tripoli's descent into chaos, which led the government to abandon its premises in the capital, Aguila Saleh Iissa, president of the Libyan House of Representatives, said: "This would not have happened had the international community taken the situation in Libya seriously. ...

Asian Games/Football - Last-gasp goal puts North Korea into football semis Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:34 AM PDT - Jong In-Gwan scored in the third minute of injury time Sunday as North Korea beat United Arab Emirates 1-0 to secure a place in the Asian Games football semi-finals.

Frenchman's murder puts Algeria back on the shifting map of jihad Posted: 28 Sep 2014 12:08 AM PDT By Patrick Markey and Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - When a little-known group of Algerian militants beheaded a French tourist last week, they were not only lashing out at the West, but also staking an unmistakable claim in the shifting ground of jihadist power politics. Herve Gourdel's murder by the Caliphate Soldiers, ostensibly to punish France for Western military strikes on Islamic State forces in Iraq, was testament to the pull now exerted by the al Qaeda-offshoot in the battle for the loyalties of jihadists. ...

Commentary; US Strategy Toward the Islamic State -- An (Urgent) Opportunity For Congress To Do Its Job Posted: 27 Sep 2014 11:55 PM PDT FORT LEE, N.J., Sept. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is written by Patrick R. Romain, editor in chief of The Weekly Leaf:The execution of U.S. foreign policy that has relied on the use of force and support provided to selected factions, whether in the volatile Middle East or in other hot spots, has been an abject failure.  An astronomical cost has been paid with American and foreign lives and currency. The war against the Islamic State will be no different.Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140928/148807 Since the beginning of August, the U.S. ...

Russian suspicions of U.S. motives in Syria make cooperation unlikely Posted: 27 Sep 2014 11:22 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton and Matt Spetalnick NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia see Islamic State as a common enemy but are failing to overcome deep mutual distrust and agree on how to tackle the threat together, making any role for Moscow in the U.S.-led campaign unlikely, say U.S. Moscow suspects Washington's ulterior motive is removal of its ally, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. Washington refuses to consider working together as long as Moscow insists that U.S.

Today in History Posted: 27 Sep 2014 09:01 PM PDT Today is Sunday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2014. There are 94 days left in the year.

4 governors visit Afghanistan for terror briefings Posted: 27 Sep 2014 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Four U.S. governors made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Saturday as part of a delegation to receive counterterrorism briefings and greet troops stationed there.

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