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• US helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group
• Pentagon: Up to $1.1 billion cost for Iraq, Syria
• Vian Dakhil, the voice of Iraq's Yazidi minority
• Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT
• Arab, European jets carry out 10 percent of Iraq, Syria strikes: US
• Australia finalising legal go-ahead for special forces in Iraq
• Leader hopes Australia troops will soon enter Iraq
• DC gridlock key in debate for US House seat in NC
• U.S. uses helicopters for first time to hit Islamic State rebels
• Canada pledges Can$10 million for IS victims
• Kurds in Netherlands storm parliament in protest against Islamic State
• Islamic State wages assault on Syrian border town
• Biden critique of allies creates headache for US
• Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals
• Ex-French agent is Syria jihadist, report says as Paris denies
• Possible Republican 2016 contender Jindal stakes out hawkish tone
• IS jihadists 'seize parts of key Syrian town'
• Street fighting rages in Syrian town as Islamic State moves in
• Chicago-area man charged in attempt to join Islamic State in Syria
• Turkey: NATO has plan to defend the country
• US teen arrested at airport for trying to join IS
• Tillis tries to shift NC race to national security
• Pakistan Taliban say back all Syria militants, not just Islamic State
• Factbox: U.S. and allies have conducted 341 strikes in Iraq, Syria
• As US attacks Islamic State near Baghdad, the fight hits one US family at home
• Iraqi Yazidi woman MP awarded Anna Politkovskaya prize
• Two million Muslim pilgrims ending annual hajj
• Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS
• Feds: Teen Arrested at O’Hare, Wanted to Join ISIS
• At least 30 Kurdish fighters killed in two suicide bombs in Syria's Hasakah: monitoring group
• Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza to honor Jan Scruggs, Founder and President of VVMF, with Tenth Annual Phelps Award
• Iran's mysterious elite general in rare Iraq picture
• Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting
• Alleged French Spy-Turned-Traitor Targeted in Airstrikes on Al Qaeda
• Supreme Court declines to review Massachusetts man's al Qaeda support conviction
• Islamic State militants using some U.S.-made ammunition, report says
• Court lets stand terrorism conviction
• Ex-defense chief sees 30-year IS war, blames Obama
• Outspoken Yazidi politician wins award for women against war
• Survivors of Genocide in Rwanda Angrily Denounce British TV, Reports KT Press

US helicopters join air war in Iraq against IS group Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The US military has started flying attack helicopters against Islamic State militants in Iraq for the first time, officials said Monday, marking an escalation in the air war that puts American troops at higher risk.

Pentagon: Up to $1.1 billion cost for Iraq, Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has spent as much as $1.1 billion on U.S. military operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since the mission began in mid-June, including more than $62 million alone in Navy airstrikes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

Vian Dakhil, the voice of Iraq's Yazidi minority Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Few people had ever heard of Iraq's Yazidis until Vian Dakhil, who received the Anna Politkovskaya human rights award Monday, made a poignant appeal to save her hunted minority from jihadists.

Top Asian News at 11:30 p.m. GMT Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — The students whose calls for democratic reforms sparked the most dramatic challenge to authorities since Hong Kong returned to Chinese control are vowing to keep up the fight. But as the numbers of protesters dwindled Monday from tens of thousands into the hundreds, it was unclear where the tumult of the past week would lead.

Arab, European jets carry out 10 percent of Iraq, Syria strikes: US Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - Arab and other allied countries have carried out only about 10 percent of the nearly 2,000 air raids against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria since early August, US defense officials said Monday.

Australia finalising legal go-ahead for special forces in Iraq Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:26 PM PDT Australian special forces are ready for action in Iraq, but they await final legal approval, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday.

Leader hopes Australia troops will soon enter Iraq Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:19 PM PDT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday he hopes that legal hurdles can be cleared quickly so that Australian special forces troops can begin their assistance role in Iraq.

DC gridlock key in debate for US House seat in NC Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:47 PM PDT PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Conservative Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers and Democratic ex-entertainer Clay Aiken on Monday each blamed the other's party for dysfunctional government, claimed that they had better ideas to solve the country's problems, and that their opponent would be little more than a tool for party bosses.

U.S. uses helicopters for first time to hit Islamic State rebels Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:25 PM PDT By David Alexander and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is flying Apache helicopters against Islamic State rebels in Iraq for the first time, exposing U.S. troops to greater risk from ground fire as they help Iraqi forces battle the Islamist group that has overrun parts of the country. U.S. troops flew helicopters against Islamic State fighters on Sunday and again on Monday as they struck at mortar teams and other units near Fallujah, said a spokesman for Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. forces in the Middle East. ...

Canada pledges Can$10 million for IS victims Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:24 PM PDT Ottawa (AFP) - Canada's foreign minister pledged Can$10 million (US$9 million) on Monday to help victims of sexual violence and human rights abuses that he said were perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) group.

Kurds in Netherlands storm parliament in protest against Islamic State Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:07 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dozens of Kurds stormed the national parliament building in The Hague on Monday night in a protest against Islamic State fighters who are attacking a Kurdish town in northern Syria, Kurdish officials in the Netherlands said. Riot squads and hundreds of officers were deployed and helicopters were flying overhead, said a demonstrator at the scene. Around 100 protesters forced their way through to the main hall of the building and were sitting on the floor with banners, one of which read "Stop Kobani." "The situation in Kobani is getting of control. ...

Islamic State wages assault on Syrian border town Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:48 PM PDT MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters backed by tanks and artillery pushed into an embattled Syrian town on the border with Turkey on Monday, touching off heavy street battles with the town's Kurdish defenders.

Biden critique of allies creates headache for US Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden's biggest mistake in accusing U.S. allies of supporting extremists in Syria may be that he said publicly what Obama administration officials have long preferred to say only privately.

Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:25 PM PDT By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - The children of refugees who fled Lebanon's civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in the Middle East, according to about a dozen counter-terrorism officials, security experts and Muslim community members. Of the 160 or so Australian jihadists believed to be in Iraq or Syria, several are in senior leadership positions, they say. Not every gang member becomes an Islamic radical and the vast majority of Lebanese Australians are not involved in crime or in radicalism of any sort. Australian Muslims say they are unfairly targeted by law enforcement, especially after the surge in fighting in Iraq and Syria, and that racial tensions are on the verge of spiraling out of control.

Ex-French agent is Syria jihadist, report says as Paris denies Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:18 PM PDT Paris (AFP) - A former French intelligence officer who defected to Al-Qaeda was targeted by US air strikes in Syria last month, US media reported Monday, in an account promptly denied by Paris.

Possible Republican 2016 contender Jindal stakes out hawkish tone Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:08 PM PDT By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal on Monday pressed for an increase in U.S. defense spending to 4 percent of GDP, distinguishing himself from rivals in the future nominating race with a hawkish tone on foreign policy. The Louisiana governor, who is considering a run for the presidency, is trying to appeal to right-leaning conservatives in his party with an aggressive stance on foreign policy while distancing himself from Tea Party-affiliated candidates with more isolationist tendencies. ...

IS jihadists 'seize parts of key Syrian town' Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:08 PM PDT Suruc (Turkey) (AFP) - Islamic State jihadists penetrated the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday and seized three districts in the city's east after fierce fighting with its Kurdish defenders.

Street fighting rages in Syrian town as Islamic State moves in Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:03 PM PDT By Daren Butler MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - Street fighting raged between Kurdish defenders and Islamic State militants who advanced into Kobani on Monday after subjecting the Syrian border town to an assault lasting almost three weeks, residents and fighters said. Islamic State had earlier raised its black flag over a building in the outskirts and forced thousands more of Kobani's mainly Kurdish inhabitants to flee for their lives across the nearby border into Turkey. ...

Chicago-area man charged in attempt to join Islamic State in Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:01 PM PDT By Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-area man was charged on Monday with attempting to support a foreign terrorist organization after he was arrested on Saturday at O'Hare International Airport on allegations he was on his way to Syria to join the militant group Islamic State. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Susan Cox in U.S. District Court in Chicago, and she ordered him held pending a detention hearing on Thursday. ...

Turkey: NATO has plan to defend the country Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:42 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The NATO alliance has drawn up a strategy to defend Turkey if it is attacked along its border with Syria, a Turkish official said Monday.

US teen arrested at airport for trying to join IS Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:35 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The United States said Monday it arrested a 19-year-old American at a Chicago airport as he attempted to leave the country to join Islamic State jihadists fighting in Iraq and Syria.

Tillis tries to shift NC race to national security Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:26 PM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis is trying to change the subject in his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, shifting from her critique of his public school funding to her record on national security, as the election enters its final month.

Pakistan Taliban say back all Syria militants, not just Islamic State Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:03 PM PDT By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied reports at the weekend that it had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State movement fighting in Syria and Iraq, saying that its statement to the media had been misinterpreted. The group's spokesman Shahid Shahidullah said that a statement on Saturday had been intended as an expression of support for all Islamist militants fighting in Syria and Iraq and struggling against Western interests. ...

Factbox: U.S. and allies have conducted 341 strikes in Iraq, Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have conducted at least 341 airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since Aug. 9, according to statements issued by U.S. Central Command up to Monday. Of these, 94 were in Syria and 247 in Iraq. With the exception of eight strikes against the al Qaeda-related Khorasan Group in Syria on Sept. 23, all have been against Islamic State militants. ...

As US attacks Islamic State near Baghdad, the fight hits one US family at home Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:39 PM PDT American forces in Iraq to help the Iraqi military push back advancing Islamic State fighters used Apache helicopters for the first time over the weekend to attack positions of the Islamist terrorist group near Baghdad.

Iraqi Yazidi woman MP awarded Anna Politkovskaya prize Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:19 AM PDT Moscow (AFP) - Iraqi legislator Vian Dakhil on Monday received the Anna Politkovskaya prize for her denunciation of the jihadist group Islamic State over its brutal treatment of Yazidi women.

Two million Muslim pilgrims ending annual hajj Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:08 AM PDT Mina (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Two million Muslim pilgrims began leaving the holy city of Mecca on Monday, concluding the annual hajj during which Saudi leaders lashed out at Islamic extremism.

Turkey cracks down on oil smuggling linked to IS Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:02 AM PDT Sevda, a 22-year-old waitress in a brown apron, recounts how she made a small fortune running smuggled diesel from a village on Turkey's wild and dangerous border with Syria. But the days when she could ...

Feds: Teen Arrested at O’Hare, Wanted to Join ISIS Posted: 06 Oct 2014 09:19 AM PDT 19-Year-Old Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to Terror Group

At least 30 Kurdish fighters killed in two suicide bombs in Syria's Hasakah: monitoring group Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:29 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 30 people were killed in two suicide attacks on two checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The attacks targeted checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters on the western entrance of the city, they occurred within minutes from each other," Rami Abdelrahman from the Observatory said. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Toby Chopra)

Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza to honor Jan Scruggs, Founder and President of VVMF, with Tenth Annual Phelps Award Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:00 AM PDT NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Plaza will honor Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), as the tenth annual honoree of the Phelps Award.  The Phelps Award recognizes outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves by bringing exemplary honor and support to veterans, and especially Vietnam Veterans. ...

Iran's mysterious elite general in rare Iraq picture Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:53 AM PDT Tehran (AFP) - Iranian television published a rare picture Monday of its elite Quds Force chief in Iraq that was widely circulated online, puncturing the mystique of one of the region's most powerful men.

Indonesia struggles with Islamic State recruiting Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:52 AM PDT CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — A businessman who proclaims himself leader of the Indonesian chapter of the Islamic State group says he has personally overseen the departure of scores of fighters from this Southeast Asian nation to Syria and Iraq. Police detained him for a night recently, but were unable to charge him with a crime.

Alleged French Spy-Turned-Traitor Targeted in Airstrikes on Al Qaeda Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:13 AM PDT Purported Defector Said to Have Survived American Onslaught

Supreme Court declines to review Massachusetts man's al Qaeda support conviction Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:12 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Massachusetts man's appeal of his 2011 conviction on charges of supporting the Islamic militant group al Qaeda. The court turned down Tarek Mehanna's appeal of his 2012 conviction, which was based on various activities including a trip to Yemen in 2004 in which he sought military training and his work translating pro-al Qaeda documents from Arabic into English. Mehanna argued that his translation activities were protected free speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ...

Islamic State militants using some U.S.-made ammunition, report says Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:09 AM PDT Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria have been using bullets manufactured in the United States and 20 other countries, a new report from a weapons tracking research group shows.

Court lets stand terrorism conviction Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:37 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place the terrorism conviction of a Massachusetts man who argued that his online activities were free speech, not tangible support for al-Qaida.

Ex-defense chief sees 30-year IS war, blames Obama Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:35 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - The fight against the Islamic State group will be difficult and could last decades due to decisions made by US President Barack Obama, former Pentagon chief Leon Panetta has said.

Outspoken Yazidi politician wins award for women against war Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:24 AM PDT By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The pain of a broken leg from a helicopter crash pales in comparison with the suffering of her persecuted fellow-Yazidis, the 2014 winner of an award for women working in war-stricken countries said on Monday. Vian Dakhil, the only ethnic Yazidi in Iraq's parliament, has been awarded the annual Reach All Women in WAR (RAW in WAR) Anna Politkovskaya Award for campaigning for the protection of the Yazidi people, for refugees and those trapped in towns and villages controlled by the militant Sunni group Islamic State. ...

Survivors of Genocide in Rwanda Angrily Denounce British TV, Reports KT Press Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:24 AM PDT KIGALI, Rwanda, Oct. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The British broadcaster BBC is facing fierce criticism following a documentary that claimed the genocide in Rwanda that left more than a million Tutsis massacred was not planned and executed as has been previously known.On the night of 1st October, BBC Two – a UK affiliate of the BBC aired a documentary 'Rwanda: The Untold Story' by reporter Jane Corbin. Based on unpublished research by American academics of Christian Davenport and Allan C. Stam, the documentary says less than 200,000 Tutsis were killed during the three-month of genocide. ...

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