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- US Marine who vanished in Iraq gets 2 years in prison
- Marine who vanished in Iraq gets 2 years in prison
- US Marine who vanished in Iraq guilty of deserting
- U.S. Marine who vanished in Iraq found guilty of desertion
- US Marine gets 2 years in prison for disappearing in Iraq, Lebanon a decade ago
- Oscars 2015: 'American Sniper' "Hero" Lyric Doesn't Make Cut for Opening Song
- Obama open to changes to military authority against IS
- Texas trial for 'American Sniper' halted due to ice storm
- Russia and US spar over global crises at UN meeting
- Oscars 2015: Best & Worst Political Moments
- Marine who vanished in Iraq in '04 found guilty of desertion
- Turkey criticizes Britain over missing schoolgirls
- Passport control: Two cases test new anti-terrorism tactics in France, UK
- French carrier joins fight as US reviews anti-IS effort
- In soldiers' rescue, Turkey plays off warring sides in Syria
- New U.S. defense chief hints little change in Islamic State strategy
- Reuters Pakistan bureau chief dies in Islamabad
- Rights group says Egypt airstrikes in Libya killed civilians
- Russia's Lavrov accuses West of trying to dominate world
- Russia accuses US of bringing 'chaos' to Middle East
- Cameron: Internet firms must do more after UK girls head to Syria
- Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina dies in Pakistan aged 34
- Pentagon chief convenes counter-IS meeting, lauds strategy
- US Pentagon chief vows 'lasting defeat' against IS
- Islamic State uses social media to groom British Muslim girls: think tank
- Questioning the 'root causes' approach to countering violent extremism
- France seizes passports of would-be jihadists
- UK police brief students at school of Syria-bound girls
- US-led strikes in Syria 'kill 1,600' in five months
- Europol chief says more cooperation needed to counter terror
- Turkey's Erdogan says relocation of tomb in Syria not a retreat
- 2 UK politicians caught in lobbying sting deny wrongdoing
- Iraqis 'fighting to recapture western town from Islamic State jihadists'
- More former CBS staffers challenge Bill O’Reilly’s Falklands war stories
- U.S., allies stage 25 air strikes on Islamic State -joint task force
- Reuters Afghanistan-Pakistan bureau chief dies in Islamabad
- Lebanese satirist in hot water over claims he defamed Islam
- 'Birdman' tops Oscars defined by advocacy, originality
- Iraq moving to retake town from Islamic State: U.S. officer
- Top British lawmakers deny wrongdoing over 'cash for access' report
US Marine who vanished in Iraq gets 2 years in prison Posted: 23 Feb 2015 03:58 PM PST |
Marine who vanished in Iraq gets 2 years in prison Posted: 23 Feb 2015 03:51 PM PST |
US Marine who vanished in Iraq guilty of deserting Posted: 23 Feb 2015 03:41 PM PST
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U.S. Marine who vanished in Iraq found guilty of desertion Posted: 23 Feb 2015 03:15 PM PST By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine who disappeared from his base in Iraq in 2004 and later fled to Lebanon was found guilty on Monday of twice deserting the military and sentenced to two years in prison. Corporal Wassef Hassoun, 35, was convicted of deserting in Iraq to avoid hazardous duty and deserting again in 2005 with the intent to stay away for good, according to a statement from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where his court-martial was held. After Hassoun vanished from his base in Fallujah, Iraq, in June 2004, the Arabic language interpreter turned up a month later in Lebanon claiming to have been kidnapped by militants, the military has said. |
US Marine gets 2 years in prison for disappearing in Iraq, Lebanon a decade ago Posted: 23 Feb 2015 03:01 PM PST CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — US Marine gets 2 years in prison for disappearing in Iraq, Lebanon a decade ago. |
Oscars 2015: 'American Sniper' "Hero" Lyric Doesn't Make Cut for Opening Song Posted: 23 Feb 2015 02:58 PM PST The lyrics, according to Playbill, originally included a line referencing "a hero of Afghanistan." The final version includes a nod to "a sniper in a combat zone." |
Obama open to changes to military authority against IS Posted: 23 Feb 2015 01:45 PM PST |
Texas trial for 'American Sniper' halted due to ice storm Posted: 23 Feb 2015 01:11 PM PST
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Russia and US spar over global crises at UN meeting Posted: 23 Feb 2015 01:08 PM PST |
Oscars 2015: Best & Worst Political Moments Posted: 23 Feb 2015 12:54 PM PST Politics and serious art have played hand in hand since Aristophanes was writing caustic socially conscious blockbusters for Athenian society. More recently, the Oscar presentations have historically been an irresistible stage for presenters and winners who have a political point to make. And the 87th Academy Awards is as politically charged as any since 2003—;when best documentary winner Michael Moore took President George Bush to task for invading Iraq.The lead-up to Oscars 2015 included open debate around the paucity of Selma nominations and whether or not American Sniper is propaganda as art or pure art. So pointed mentions of political points-of-view were anticipated for 2015, and pointed mentions were made—;just not always from the expected directions.Host Neil Patrick Harris delivered the night';s first stab at topical humor at the top of the show, ";Tonight we celebrate Hollywood';s best and whitest, sorry ...; brightest."; |
Marine who vanished in Iraq in '04 found guilty of desertion Posted: 23 Feb 2015 12:53 PM PST |
Turkey criticizes Britain over missing schoolgirls Posted: 23 Feb 2015 12:50 PM PST Turkey criticized Britain on Monday for taking too long to inform it about three London schoolgirls who traveled to Turkey last week possibly en route to join Islamist militants in Syria. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said he hoped the girls would be found, but that it would be Britain, not Turkey, to blame if they were not. "It is an condemnable act for Britain to let three girls ... come to Istanbul and then let us know three days later ... They haven't taken the necessary measures," Arinc told reporters after a cabinet meeting. The three London schoolgirls arrived at Istanbul airport on Feb. 17 and British authorities, concerned that they were traveling to join Islamic State fighters, informed Ankara on Feb. 20, Arinc said. |
Passport control: Two cases test new anti-terrorism tactics in France, UK Posted: 23 Feb 2015 12:30 PM PST Authorities in France have confiscated the passports of six French nationals allegedly planning to travel to Syria to join the self-described Islamic State, a first in the country's invigorated campaign against Islamic extremism. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State? |
French carrier joins fight as US reviews anti-IS effort Posted: 23 Feb 2015 11:41 AM PST
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In soldiers' rescue, Turkey plays off warring sides in Syria Posted: 23 Feb 2015 11:33 AM PST By Nick Tattersall ISTANBUL (Reuters) - By extracting dozens of its soldiers surrounded by Islamist fighters in Syria, Turkey has warded off a potential crisis and shown its ability to maneuver between rival warring parties, including Islamic State. Several hundred Turkish ground troops, backed by tanks and drones, mounted an eight-hour operation on Saturday night to evacuate the 38 soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire. The fact there were no clashes appeared to suggest that Islamic State fighters surrounding the site were either warned or coerced by Turkey not to try to disrupt the incursion, the first it has mounted since Syria's civil war broke out in 2011. "The game of those who tried to use the tomb and our soldiers to blackmail Turkey has been disrupted," President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, without making clear whether he was referring to Islamic State, Kurdish militants or the Syrian army. |
New U.S. defense chief hints little change in Islamic State strategy Posted: 23 Feb 2015 11:24 AM PST
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Reuters Pakistan bureau chief dies in Islamabad Posted: 23 Feb 2015 11:16 AM PST
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Rights group says Egypt airstrikes in Libya killed civilians Posted: 23 Feb 2015 11:06 AM PST CAIRO (AP) — A leading international human rights group said Monday that the Egyptian military failed to take the necessary precautions to avoid civilian casualties during its airstrikes last week against what Cairo said were militant targets in Libya. |
Russia's Lavrov accuses West of trying to dominate world Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:52 AM PST By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday accused Western powers of trying to dominate and impose their ideology on the rest of world, while the United States and European delegations slammed Moscow for supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine. Lavrov was speaking at a special meeting of the U.N. Security Council organized by China, which holds the rotating presidency of the 15-nation body this month, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Without accusing specific countries, Lavrov complained about what he said was rampant violation of key principles of the U.N. Charter, specifically the "independence and sovereign equality of states, the non-interference in their internal affairs." He cited Western interventions in Syria, Libya and Iraq. "For those not wishing to play ball, there are various methods, including regime change, including the open support for the unconstitutional state coup in Ukraine a year ago," he said. |
Russia accuses US of bringing 'chaos' to Middle East Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:50 AM PST
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Cameron: Internet firms must do more after UK girls head to Syria Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:46 AM PST
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Reuters journalist Maria Golovnina dies in Pakistan aged 34 Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:39 AM PST
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Pentagon chief convenes counter-IS meeting, lauds strategy Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:36 AM PST |
US Pentagon chief vows 'lasting defeat' against IS Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:35 AM PST
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Islamic State uses social media to groom British Muslim girls: think tank Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:23 AM PST By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Islamic State is using social media and the promise of adventure to lure British Muslim girls to join its cause, an anti-extremism think tank said on Monday, as police attempt to trace three London schoolgirls believed to be heading to Syria. The three friends, two aged 15 and one 16, left their east London homes last week and caught a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul without telling their families. The Quilliam Foundation said there had been a concerted effort from Islamic State to use websites like Twitter, Ask.fm and Facebook to groom young girls into believing they have a moral duty and obligation to join the militant group. For girls from conservative Muslim families in Britain, who may be denied the same opportunities as their brothers and male peers, messages offering the chance to "do something with your life" can prove tempting, said managing director Haras Rafiq. |
Questioning the 'root causes' approach to countering violent extremism Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:23 AM PST The root causes as they're often defined – poverty, ignorance, economic and political injustice – are prevalent in many places where there isn't much violent extremism. The last two bullet points above are central to the "deradicalization" programs of recent decades aimed at gently weaning jihadis and jihadi sympathizers off violence. But Omar Ashour, author of "The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements" and a professor at at the University of Exeter in the UK, reviewed those programs' recent track record for the Washington Post last week, and argues that they don't succeed unless the broader national and social conditions are right. As for Muammar Qaddafi's efforts with the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, many of whose members figured prominently in the 2011 civil war that drove him from power and have since joined Islamist militias that are helping to tear the country apart, there was almost no hope once the uprising against Qaddafi began. |
France seizes passports of would-be jihadists Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:20 AM PST
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UK police brief students at school of Syria-bound girls Posted: 23 Feb 2015 10:19 AM PST
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US-led strikes in Syria 'kill 1,600' in five months Posted: 23 Feb 2015 09:28 AM PST |
Europol chief says more cooperation needed to counter terror Posted: 23 Feb 2015 09:10 AM PST |
Turkey's Erdogan says relocation of tomb in Syria not a retreat Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:42 AM PST By Tulay Karadeniz ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military incursion into Syria to relocate a tomb surrounded by Islamic State militants and evacuate the soldiers guarding it was a temporary move to safeguard their lives and not a retreat, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. The action, which involved tanks, drones and reconnaissance planes as well as several hundred ground troops, was the first of its kind by the Turkish army into Syria since the start of the civil war there nearly four years ago. "The Suleyman Shah tomb operation is not a retreat, it is a temporary move in order not to risk soldiers' lives," Erdogan said in a speech in the capital Ankara. "The game of those who tried to use the tomb and our soldiers to blackmail Turkey has been disrupted," he said. |
2 UK politicians caught in lobbying sting deny wrongdoing Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:11 AM PST |
Iraqis 'fighting to recapture western town from Islamic State jihadists' Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:10 AM PST
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More former CBS staffers challenge Bill O’Reilly’s Falklands war stories Posted: 23 Feb 2015 07:05 AM PST |
U.S., allies stage 25 air strikes on Islamic State -joint task force Posted: 23 Feb 2015 06:15 AM PST
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Reuters Afghanistan-Pakistan bureau chief dies in Islamabad Posted: 23 Feb 2015 06:10 AM PST LONDON (AP) — The Reuters news agency says Maria Golovnina, its bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died at the age of 34. |
Lebanese satirist in hot water over claims he defamed Islam Posted: 23 Feb 2015 06:05 AM PST |
'Birdman' tops Oscars defined by advocacy, originality Posted: 23 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST
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Iraq moving to retake town from Islamic State: U.S. officer Posted: 23 Feb 2015 05:55 AM PST By Phil Stewart CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Reuters) - Iraqi forces appear set to drive Islamic State militants out of the town of al-Baghdadi, securing an area near a key air base where U.S. Marines are training local forces, a top U.S. commander said on Monday. Lieutenant General James Terry, the senior U.S. commander of U.S.-led coalition efforts in Iraq and Syria, played down the militants' seizure of large parts of the town earlier this month, saying that the area had long been contested. Speaking to reporters before an unusual war strategy meeting with top U.S. military and diplomatic leaders in Kuwait, Terry portrayed Islamic State as being on the back foot after they swept through northern Iraq last summer. "My assessment is (Islamic State) is halted, on the defensive, and really forced-exposed themselves in order to achieve gains," Terry told reporters in Kuwait. |
Top British lawmakers deny wrongdoing over 'cash for access' report Posted: 23 Feb 2015 05:27 AM PST
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