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• Report on tribal youth and violence urges action
• Veteran Overcomes Devastating Injuries to Become Modeling Sensation
• GREEDY WARS ERODE OUR MORAL FOUNDATION
• UN: Islamic terrorists ideology must be undermined
• Military court weighing fate of condemned soldier
• House Dems again choose Nancy Pelosi as leader
• FBI tracking 150 Americans who traveled to Syria, perhaps to fight
• Special Report: In Pentagon deal with Russians, big profit for tiny Florida firm
• Ten Ways a U.S. ‘Full Monty’ Plan Can Defeat ISIS
• Navy secretary racks up 930K miles in world travel
• Jordan queen says anti-IS fight key to saving Islam
• War in Syria's Aleppo takes toll on storied Baron Hotel
• Navy secretary Mabus' travel at a glance
• AP Analysis: US-Iran talks haunted by history
• CAIR Condemns Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue
• Terrorist attack deaths soared 61 percent last year, new study finds
• Global 'terror' deaths up by 61 percent: study
• Iraqi security forces enter Baiji refinery: state TV
• Kurds seize Islamic State arms, buildings in besieged town: monitor
• Saudi expands its border zone with Iraq
• Seth Robbins named AP's San Antonio correspondent
• Iranian Americans to hold rally to condemn rights abuses in Iran, urge protection for Iran dissidents in Iraq
• Families in shock as Islamic State lures sons into 'barbaric madness'
• US orders its Europe troops to keep low profile
• Islamic State fighters pushed back on fronts in Syria, Iraq
• Navy secretary racks up $4.7 million in travel
• Iraq says Islamic State stole 1 million tonnes of grain, took it to Syria
• Muslim addresses Church of England synod for first time
• Riyadh fears Islamic State wants sectarian war in Saudi Arabia
• Iran parliament spurns Rouhani pick for universities minister for 4th time
• Iraq state TV shows footage of security forces at Baiji refinery
• Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State
• Militant attack deaths soar to all-time high: report
• Iranian blues and jazz bands find fans in Tehran
• AP ANALYSIS: Iran talks haunted by ISIS, history
• Iraqis show no sign of uniting in response to massacre of Sunni tribe
• Deal with Iran could end isolation but would it stop an arms race?
• Exclusive: Iran uses China bank to transfer funds to Quds-linked companies – report
• Canada's Conservative government keeps two seats in special elections

Report on tribal youth and violence urges action Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:29 PM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — American Indian and Alaska Native children are exposed to violence at rates higher than any other social group in the nation, according to a new report that urges creation of a new Native American affairs office, additional federal funding and other measures to combat the problem.

Veteran Overcomes Devastating Injuries to Become Modeling Sensation Posted: 18 Nov 2014 03:11 PM PST With hundreds of thousands of fans, colorfully tattooed veteran Alex Minsky burst onto the national modeling scene on certain merits: his handsome looks and enviably fit body. But it wasn't just appearances that captivated his fans.

GREEDY WARS ERODE OUR MORAL FOUNDATION Posted: 18 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST WASHINGTON -- In addition to all the "happy" news these days -- from the invasion of Ukraine, to the horrendous beheadings by ISIS, to China's designs on world power -- one concern suspiciously underlies many of these stories: The U.S. is uniting, particularly in the Middle East, with hitherto untouchable new "allies."Of course, the intention is purely tactical when America finds itself fighting on the same side as our enemies against ISIS, or the self-declared Islamic State. ...

UN: Islamic terrorists ideology must be undermined Posted: 18 Nov 2014 02:48 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief called Tuesday for a campaign led by Muslims to undermine the ideology of the Islamic State terrorist group, saying this may ultimately be more effective than airstrikes.

Military court weighing fate of condemned soldier Posted: 18 Nov 2014 02:40 PM PST A former U.S. soldier sentenced to death for killing two fellow soldiers and injuring 14 others in an attack in Kuwait is pinning his hopes of staying alive on an argument jurors should have never seen his diary.

House Dems again choose Nancy Pelosi as leader Posted: 18 Nov 2014 01:49 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi overcame gripes about Democrats' losing campaign messages and breezed to re-election Tuesday as House minority leader.

FBI tracking 150 Americans who traveled to Syria, perhaps to fight Posted: 18 Nov 2014 01:46 PM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigations is tracking close to 150 Americans it believes traveled to Syria in recent months, potentially to join armed groups, FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday. He said Americans fighting with foreign jihadist groups are a top concern for the FBI because of the possibility they could return to the United States with the training, expertise and connections required to launch an attack on home soil. "We have tracked coming up on close to 150 people who traveled from the United States to Syria, for all manner of motivations. ...

Special Report: In Pentagon deal with Russians, big profit for tiny Florida firm Posted: 18 Nov 2014 12:20 PM PST Air Force pays for the engines, how much the Russians receive, and whether members of the elite in President Vladimir Putin's Russia are secretly profiting by inflating the price. Those charges are being added to the program despite a 2011 Pentagon audit that contested a similar, earlier contract with Amross.

Ten Ways a U.S. ‘Full Monty’ Plan Can Defeat ISIS Posted: 18 Nov 2014 11:30 AM PST There's a growing sentiment in Washington that President Obama's plan to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS is not working, and that much more needs to be done to halt the jihadist menace spreading across the Middle East. Critics including soon-to-be Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain (R-AZ), House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney have complained that a strategy built around airstrikes and assistance to friendly Syrian rebels and other local proxies alone won't be nearly enough to halt the mass murders, beheadings and terrorist aggression that are the trademark of the Islamic State jihadists. Max Boot says his plan for defeating ISIS would cost $10 billion a year. Max Boot, a military historian and the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick national security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, has just outlined a comprehensive plan for defeating ISIS that goes well beyond the commitments of Obama and U.S.

Navy secretary racks up 930K miles in world travel Posted: 18 Nov 2014 10:48 AM PST The Navy secretary has spent more than a full year of his five-year tenure on overseas travel, racking up more than 930,000 miles on trips that cost taxpayers more than $4.7 million. Ray Mabus, the former ...

Jordan queen says anti-IS fight key to saving Islam Posted: 18 Nov 2014 10:33 AM PST Jordan's Queen Rania on Tuesday urged support for US-led air strikes against the Islamic State jihadist group, saying the future of the Middle East and Islam was at stake. "Our silence is the greatest gift" for IS, which has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria, she told participants at a media summit in Abu Dhabi. She is married to King Abdullah II, whose Hashemite kingdom has joined the US-led air campaign against IS in Syria along with Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Queen Rania stressed the need for education reform, insisting that the followers of extremist groups are "from classrooms in which they were never challenged to think for themselves, and where they learned an outdated curriculum".

War in Syria's Aleppo takes toll on storied Baron Hotel Posted: 18 Nov 2014 10:19 AM PST Indifferent to the sniper fire and shelling around him, the owner of the oldest hotel in Syria's Aleppo sits gloomily in the storied property he has been forced to close. Just a few metres from the front line separating government and rebel forces in the city, Armen Mazloumian smokes a cigarette on the terrace of the Baron Hotel. The hotel was founded in 1911 by Mazloumian's grandfather, whose name it bears, and was once the fanciest in Aleppo, Syria's former commercial hub. In 1958, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser delivered a speech here.

Navy secretary Mabus' travel at a glance Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:37 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has spent more than a full year of his five-year tenure on taxpayer-funded overseas travel. His Army counterpart, Secretary John McHugh, took fewer trips at half the cost. Here's an overview:

AP Analysis: US-Iran talks haunted by history Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:32 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Bill Clinton tried. So did George W. Bush. Neither succeeded. As President Barack Obama's own second term winds down, he is getting closer than either of his immediate predecessors to the goal of improving U.S. relations with Iran. But he's not there yet, and plenty stands in the way, including a messy and brutal conflict in Iraq and Syria.

CAIR Condemns Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:24 AM PST WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that left four worshipers dead, including three Rabbis with American citizenship.In a statement, CAIR said:"We condemn this and any other attack on a house of worship and urge all parties in that holy city to refrain from actions that further inflame religious tensions. ...

Terrorist attack deaths soared 61 percent last year, new study finds Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:11 AM PST The number of deaths linked to terrorism reportedly climbed 61 percent in a single year – from 11,133 in 2012 to 17,958 in 2013.

Global 'terror' deaths up by 61 percent: study Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:00 AM PST The number of people killed globally in terrorist attacks jumped by 61 percent in 2013, reflecting the rise of Boko Haram and Islamic State jihadists, the Institute for Economics and Peace said Tuesday. In its 2014 Global Terrorism Index launched in London, the Australian-based research group reported there were almost 10,000 terrorist attacks in 2013, a 44 percent increase on 2012. These attacks resulted in 17,958 fatalities, up from 11,133 in 2012, with over 80 percent of the deaths occurring in just five countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria. Four groups: IS, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda and the Taliban were blamed for 66 percent of all fatalities.

Iraqi security forces enter Baiji refinery: state TV Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:35 AM PST By Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Security forces entered Iraq's largest refinery for the first time on Tuesday after months of battling Islamic State militants who had surrounded it, a police colonel said. Police sources said security forces were clearing out mines from the refinery complex and had moved to an area just to the northwest where they faced some resistance from Islamic State militants. The insurgents still have a presence there. ...

Kurds seize Islamic State arms, buildings in besieged town: monitor Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:35 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish fighters captured six buildings from Islamic State militants besieging the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday and seized a large haul of their weapons and ammunition, a group monitoring the war said. Islamic State has been trying to take control of the town, also known as Ayn al-Arab, for more than two months in an assault that has driven tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians over the border into Turkey and drawn strikes by U.S.-led forces. ...

Saudi expands its border zone with Iraq Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:21 AM PST Saudi Arabia has expanded a buffer zone along its northern border with Iraq, where a US-led military coalition is bombing Islamic State group extremists, official media said on Tuesday. Mohammed al-Fahimi, a spokesman for northern region border guards, said "the depth of the border has been increased by 20 kilometres (12 miles)", the Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi Arabia shares a boundary of 800 kilometres with Iraq. Since September, Saudi Arabia has been part of the US-led coalition bombing Islamic State group extremists in Syria.

Seth Robbins named AP's San Antonio correspondent Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:19 AM PST Seth Robbins, who has reported in Central America, Europe and the United States, has been named San Antonio correspondent for The Associated Press, covering central and south Texas. The appointment was ...

Iranian Americans to hold rally to condemn rights abuses in Iran, urge protection for Iran dissidents in Iraq Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:17 AM PST WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Iranian-Americans in New York and New Jersey, a member of the OIACUS network (OIACUS.org), has planned a rally at Ralph Bunche Park, opposite the United Nations Headquarters in NY to condemn the rapid rise in executions in Iran and the wave of acid attacks on Iranian women and call for the protection of thousands of Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty, Iraq. ...

Families in shock as Islamic State lures sons into 'barbaric madness' Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:03 AM PST By Ahmed Aboulenein CARDIFF (Reuters) - "Do you know how much it hurts to raise someone and watch them grow and suddenly they're just gone?" says Ahmed Muthana, 57, a retired electronics engineer in Wales whose two sons Nasser, 20, and Aseel, 17, have gone to fight for Islamic State. Like any father of faraway children, he can easily slip into a reverie, talking about the studious older son who was accepted into medical school and his more rambunctious and athletic younger brother. "The little one (Aseel) wanted to be an Olympic swimmer and an English teacher. ...

US orders its Europe troops to keep low profile Posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:39 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. military's European Command said Tuesday it has ordered its troops to avoid wearing their uniforms when off base, and to ensure the security settings and geolocation functions on their social media pages aren't "overly revealing."

Islamic State fighters pushed back on fronts in Syria, Iraq Posted: 18 Nov 2014 07:03 AM PST Forces of the self-declared Islamic State appeared Tuesday to have suffered another setback in the long battle for the northern Syrian city of Kobane, as Kurdish fighters there reportedly captured buildings housing a significant quantity of IS weapons and ammunition.

Navy secretary racks up $4.7 million in travel Posted: 18 Nov 2014 06:07 AM PST The Navy secretary has spent more than a full year of his five-year tenure on overseas travel, racking up more than 930,000 miles on trips that cost the taxpayer more than $4.7 million. Ray Mabus, the ...

Iraq says Islamic State stole 1 million tonnes of grain, took it to Syria Posted: 18 Nov 2014 05:25 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq believes Islamic State militants have stolen more than one million tonnes of grain from the country's north and taken it to two cities they control in neighboring Syria, the agriculture minister has said. Falah Hassan al-Zeidan said in a statement posted on the Agriculture Ministry's website on Sunday that the government "had information about the smuggling by Islamic State gangs of more than one million tonnes of wheat and barley from Nineveh Province to the Syrian cities of Raqqa and Deir al-Zor." Reuters was unable to verify the information. ...

Muslim addresses Church of England synod for first time Posted: 18 Nov 2014 05:12 AM PST London (AFP) - A British Muslim addressed a Church of England synod for the first time on Tuesday in a discussion with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on the suffering of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.

Riyadh fears Islamic State wants sectarian war in Saudi Arabia Posted: 18 Nov 2014 05:03 AM PST By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Tighter security in Saudi Arabia has made it hard for Islamic State to target the government so the militants are instead trying to incite a sectarian conflict via attacks on the Shi'ite Muslim minority, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. Last week the Sunni group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called for attacks against the Sunni rulers of Saudi Arabia, which has declared Islamic State a terrorist organization, joined international air strikes against it, and mobilized top clergy to denounce it. ...

Iran parliament spurns Rouhani pick for universities minister for 4th time Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:56 AM PST By Michelle Moghtader DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament on Tuesday rejected for the fourth time President Hassan Rouhani's nominee to head the sensitive Ministry of Higher Education in a further setback to his attempts to liberalize universities. The choice of Minister of Science, Research and Higher Education is significant as it sets ideological guidelines for universities, which have been arenas for pro-democracy activities and clashes with conservative hardliners. ...

Iraq state TV shows footage of security forces at Baiji refinery Posted: 18 Nov 2014 03:36 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi state television broadcast on Tuesday footage it said was of Iraqi security forces entering the gate of the country's largest refinery. A police colonel and state television earlier said security forces had managed to enter Baiji refinery after months of battling Islamic State militants who had surrounded it. (Reporting by Michael Georgy; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State Posted: 18 Nov 2014 02:30 AM PST By Saud Mehsud and Mubasher Bukhari DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - (This November 17, 2014 story was refiled to correct to the Saudi-Iraq border in paragraph 8) A splinter group of Pakistan's Taliban has pledged support to Islamic State (IS), a spokesman said on Monday, in another indication of the appeal of the Iraq- and Syria-based jihadist group in a region traditionally dominated by al Qaeda and local insurgencies. Jundullah announced its backing after meeting a three-man delegation representing IS led by al Zubair al Kuwaiti, the group's spokesman Fahad Marwat told Reuters. ...

Militant attack deaths soar to all-time high: report Posted: 18 Nov 2014 02:15 AM PST By Peter Apps WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of people killed in militant attacks worldwide jumped more than 60 percent last year to a record high of nearly 18,000 and the figure could rise further in 2014 due to an escalation of conflict in the Middle East and Nigeria, a report showed on Tuesday. ...

Iranian blues and jazz bands find fans in Tehran Posted: 17 Nov 2014 11:34 PM PST By Michelle Moghtader DUBAI (Reuters) - Behzad Omrani grew up in Tehran, in a house ringing to the sounds of his father's record collection - mostly the twangs and twirls of American Country & Western. Years later he formed Bomrani, one of the Islamic Republic's first country-blues bands, and one of a handful of groups that has started disrupting the local music scene with performances a world away from Iran's traditional rhythms. "I really like Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, John Denver, B.B. ...

AP ANALYSIS: Iran talks haunted by ISIS, history Posted: 17 Nov 2014 10:32 PM PST LONDON (AP) — Bill Clinton tried. So did George W. Bush. Neither succeeded. As President Barack Obama's own second term winds down, he, is getting closer than either of his immediate predecessors to the goal of improving U.S. relations with Iran. But he's not there yet, and plenty stands in the way, including a messy and brutal conflict in Iraq and Syria.

Iraqis show no sign of uniting in response to massacre of Sunni tribe Posted: 17 Nov 2014 10:13 PM PST By Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State's systematic massacre of hundreds of Iraq's Albu Nimr tribe should have been an unmistakable wake up call for a country that may not be able to stabilize without long-term support from Sunni tribesmen. But nearly a month after members of the tribe were hunted down in groups and executed, the Baghdad government appears to be doing little to assimilate Sunnis in any much-needed move towards unity. The Albu Nimr were one of the Sunni tribes that helped the U.S. ...

Deal with Iran could end isolation but would it stop an arms race? Posted: 17 Nov 2014 10:12 PM PST A deal on Iran's nuclear programme this week would be a historic step towards ending the country's international isolation, but analysts remain divided on whether it would help stabilise the Middle East or even prevent a regional arms race. Having spent years pushing for an agreement -- whereby economic sanctions on Iran are relaxed in exchange for concrete guarantees that it will not pursue nuclear weapons –- the West hopes the last-ditch talks in Vienna set an example to the world. "It would... demonstrate that the global non-proliferation system works," said Mark Fitzpatrick, a former US State Department official now at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. The hawks warn any rapprochement between the West and Shiite Iran will be viewed with deep concern by Sunni-led countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates –- America's traditional allies in the region –- who will not trust Tehran to keep its promises.

Exclusive: Iran uses China bank to transfer funds to Quds-linked companies – report Posted: 17 Nov 2014 09:19 PM PST By Louis Charbonneau, Jonathan Saul and James Pomfret NEW YORK/LONDON/SHENZHEN (Reuters) - There is no trace of Shenzhen Lanhao Days Electronic Technology Co Ltd at its listed address in the beige and pink-tiled "Fragrant Villa" apartment complex in this southern Chinese city. The building's managers say they've never heard of it.     But a Western intelligence report reviewed by Reuters says Shenzhen Lanhao is one of several companies in China that receives money from Iran through a Chinese bank. ...

Canada's Conservative government keeps two seats in special elections Posted: 17 Nov 2014 08:56 PM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Conservatives held on to two House of Commons seats in special elections on Monday despite a strong challenge from the opposition Liberal Party, led by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau's son Justin. The Liberals moved ahead to second place in both districts, after dismal showings in the 2011 general election. The results helped solidify their role as the main rivals to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party in next October's general election. ...

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