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• Iraqi officials say Baghdad market bombings kill 26 people
• Armed citizens guard recruiters after Tennessee shootings
• UN warns lack of aid may drive Iraqis to extremist group
• Saudis seek US reassurance on Iran deal
• Is the Iran nuclear deal like Munich 1938? Not really.
• Tony Blair warns UK's Labour: Left turn will lose voters
• Car bomb kills 20 in Baghdad Shi'ite district
• Seeking Refuge: Can Germany afford to let xenophobes chase out immigrants?
• U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military
• Spain races to find three journalists missing in Syria
• What exactly is the Khorasan group anyway?
• Spain to seek Syrian government help to find journalists
• AFGE Council of Prison Locals Holds Picket to Condemn Plea Bargain for Correctional Officer's Killer
• 'Ragtime' author E.L. Doctorow dies in New York at 84
• Can Yemen's government rebuild the country – and its own legitimacy?
• Talks with the Taliban: Can Afghanistan set an example?
• Koran fragments found in UK library are among world's oldest, says university
• Ancient Quran discovered in England will 'rejoice Muslim hearts'
• Enter Blair as UK's Labour threatens leftward lurch
• Spain seeks three journalists missing in Syria
• Blair warns UK's Labour not to lurch left in leadership race
• Spain arrests man accused of recruiting women for IS
• Martin O’Malley’s Link Between Climate Change and ISIS Isn’t Crazy
• Cameron seeks Syria bombing mandate to renew global image
• Wanted Egyptian militant urges jihad against Sisi: SITE
• Iraq bomb attacks kill at least 30
• 'Videogame' violence shows children get little aid in war zones
• Turkey govt holds security talks after deadly border bombing
• Kerry to visit Gulf Arab states, vows to 'push back' against Iran
• Worries grow about freelance Japanese journalist in Syria
• Australian Muslim leader blasts government's deradicalization drive
• E.L. Doctorow, author of 'Ragtime,' dies in New York at 84
• STRATEGY FOR OUR FUTURE IS NEXT PRESIDENT'S TOP JOB
• Islamic State launches chemical weapons: How great is the threat?

Iraqi officials say Baghdad market bombings kill 26 people Posted: 22 Jul 2015 03:06 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A pair of car bombs exploded Wednesday at crowded popular markets in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 26 people and wounding 58, authorities said.

Armed citizens guard recruiters after Tennessee shootings Posted: 22 Jul 2015 02:41 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gun-toting citizens are showing up at military recruiting centers around the country, saying they plan to protect recruiters following last week's killing of four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

UN warns lack of aid may drive Iraqis to extremist group Posted: 22 Jul 2015 02:08 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Iraq warned Wednesday that a lack of funds for desperately needed humanitarian aid has already cut food rations and may be forcing Iraqi communities and families to look to the Islamic State extremist group for life-saving assistance.

Saudis seek US reassurance on Iran deal Posted: 22 Jul 2015 01:45 PM PDT Saudi leaders on Wednesday sought reassurance from US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter over a deal curbing Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for an easing of economic sanctions. Carter held talks in the Red Sea city of Jeddah with King Salman and his powerful son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is defence minister and second-in-line to the throne. Carter arrived as part of a tour of the Middle East trying to allay the concerns of US allies that Iran, made wealthier under the deal, will be more able to support its regional proxies.

Is the Iran nuclear deal like Munich 1938? Not really. Posted: 22 Jul 2015 01:16 PM PDT Germany, France, Russia, China, and Britain – reached an agreement to lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for a major reduction in the scope of its nuclear program, allegations that the moment is like the 1938 Munich agreement reached between the UK and the Third Reich have grown to eye-catching proportions. The comments of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina yesterday were typical. Senator Graham's choice of words were far from accidental.

Tony Blair warns UK's Labour: Left turn will lose voters Posted: 22 Jul 2015 12:58 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's Labour Party lost the election. Now it is losing its way, careening into a crisis that could rip apart a party that governed for long stretches of the 20th century.

Car bomb kills 20 in Baghdad Shi'ite district Posted: 22 Jul 2015 12:44 PM PDT A further 48 people were wounded by the blast in the Shurta neighborhood of southwestern Baghdad. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni Islamic State militants who control large parts of northern and western Iraq often target Shi'ites whom they denounce as "rejectionists". A massive blast that killed more than 100 people less than a week ago in the town of Khan Bani Saad was claimed by Islamic State.

Seeking Refuge: Can Germany afford to let xenophobes chase out immigrants? Posted: 22 Jul 2015 12:41 PM PDT Last year, Germany became the No. 1 destination in the world for refugees. The influx has stirred anti-immigrant sentiment – and violence – among those Germans troubled by the prospect of having to compete with refugees for state resources. Host towns across the country, from poorer eastern states to the more prosperous south, are seeing a flare-up of attacks against asylum seekers, their families, and the shelters that house them.

U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military Posted: 22 Jul 2015 12:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 15 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Tuesday, and another 15 strikes targeting the militant group in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Wednesday. Most of the strikes in Syria, 10, were concentrated near Al Hasakah, where they destroyed vehicles, fighting positions, a staging area, bunkers, an excavator and three checkpoints, according to a statement. Strikes also targeted Islamic State near Ar Raqqah and Kobani. ...

Spain races to find three journalists missing in Syria Posted: 22 Jul 2015 12:19 PM PDT Spanish intelligence agents were working urgently Wednesday to track down three journalists from Spain, the latest foreigners to go missing while reporting in war-torn Syria. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said "no theory is being ruled out" in relation to the disappearance of the three, missing for 10 days in a war zone where numerous foreigners have been kidnapped in the past. Spain's foreign minister said embassies and the intelligence service were "fully active" in the search.

What exactly is the Khorasan group anyway? Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:18 AM PDT Muhsin al-Fadhli, leader of the al-Qaeda affiliate known as the "Khorasan group," is dead, US officials confirmed Tuesday. Many Americans have never even heard of the Khorasan group. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

Spain to seek Syrian government help to find journalists Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:08 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spain said Wednesday that it is trying to establish what happened to three Spanish freelance journalists who went missing around the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo. A fourth journalist, a Japanese national, also is presumed missing in Syria.

AFGE Council of Prison Locals Holds Picket to Condemn Plea Bargain for Correctional Officer's Killer Posted: 22 Jul 2015 10:00 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council of Prison Locals held an informational picket at the Los Angeles District Courthouse on Spring Street to show support for slain Correctional Officer Jose Rivera and his family, and to condemn the plea deal given to Joseph Cabrera-Sablan, one of the inmates convicted of murdering Rivera at USP Atwater in 2008. Surrounded by AFGE members in the Los Angeles area, Council of Prison Locals President Eric Young remembered Officer Rivera as a man who served his community and his country at every opportunity, including a deployment to Iraq.

'Ragtime' author E.L. Doctorow dies in New York at 84 Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:32 AM PDT Few minds were as playful and as serious as E.L. Doctorow's. Conjurer of old-time gangsters and ragtime stars. Commentator on wars and presidents and the laws of the land. Student of political and literary ...

Can Yemen's government rebuild the country – and its own legitimacy? Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:51 AM PDT Just days after regaining a foothold in Yemen, the Saudi-backed government is preparing for its toughest battle yet, officials say: to win back the hearts and minds of Yemeni citizens and provide their most basic needs. The government of Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has worked quickly since ending its four months of exile and returning to the port city of Aden last Thursday, appointing a new governor for the southern province, holding daily cabinet meetings, and taking field tours of the damaged city. According to the United Nations, 21 million of Yemen's 25 million-strong population – or 4 out of 5 Yemenis – are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.

Talks with the Taliban: Can Afghanistan set an example? Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:45 AM PDT The usual Western strategy for dealing with Islamic terrorists is to kill them. President Obama vows to crush Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The United States helps African nations repel groups like Boko Haram. It uses drones to strike Al Qaeda operatives in any country. "Negotiations cannot convince Al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms," Mr. Obama stated in 2009.

Koran fragments found in UK library are among world's oldest, says university Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:36 AM PDT By Michael Holden and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Fragments of a Koran manuscript found in a British university library are from one of the world's oldest surviving copies of the Islamic text, and may even have been written by someone who knew Prophet Mohammad, researchers said on Wednesday. Radiocarbon dating indicated that the parchment folios held by the University of Birmingham in central England were at least 1,370 years old, which would make them one of the earliest written forms of the Islamic holy book in existence. "They could well take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam," said David Thomas, Professor of Christianity and Islam at the university.

Ancient Quran discovered in England will 'rejoice Muslim hearts' Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:28 AM PDT In what has been considered a "startling" discovery, the UK's Birmingham University unveiled what may be the world's oldest remnants of the Quran, Islam's holy text. Oxford University carried out a radiocarbon analysis of the text and found that the parchment on which it is written could be traced back to the years between AD 568 and 645 with 95 percent accuracy. "They could well take us back to within a few years of the actual founding of Islam," wrote Professor of Islam and Christianity David Thomas and Professor of Interreligious Relations Nadir Dinshaw, both of Birmingham University.

Enter Blair as UK's Labour threatens leftward lurch Posted: 22 Jul 2015 08:13 AM PDT Tony Blair rarely gets involved with Britain's Labour these days but the risk his party could pick an old-fashioned left-winger as leader prompted him to do so Wednesday, as his legacy looms over the contest. While still vilified by many for leading Britain into the Iraq war from 2003, Blair is Labour's longest-serving prime minister and believes the party would not be electable if it picks Jeremy Corbyn as its next leader. A new YouGov/Times opinion poll has put the bearded Corbyn, whose views one colleague said were the closest thing Britain had to those of Greece's hard-left Syriza, ahead of his three rivals.

Spain seeks three journalists missing in Syria Posted: 22 Jul 2015 07:05 AM PDT Spanish intelligence agents were working urgently Wednesday to track down three journalists from Spain, the latest foreigners to go missing while reporting in war-torn Syria. Spain's foreign minister said embassies and the intelligence service were "fully active" in the search for the three who have been missing for 10 days in a war zone where numerous foreigners have been kidnapped in the past. The journalists have not been heard from since 10 days ago, when they were reporting in Aleppo, a city in northwestern Syria that has been devastated by fighting, the Spanish press federation FAPE said.

Blair warns UK's Labour not to lurch left in leadership race Posted: 22 Jul 2015 07:00 AM PDT Former prime minister Tony Blair weighed in on the leadership contest in Britain's opposition Labour party Wednesday as a new poll electrified the race by putting leftwinger Jeremy Corbyn ahead. Blair, a moderniser who was Labour's longest-serving premier, urged the party to avoid tacking to the left if it is to recover from a crushing defeat in May's general election and win the next one in 2020. "When people say my heart says I should really be with that (leftwing) politics -- well, get a transplant, because that's just dumb," a tanned Blair said in rare public comments on the issue to a packed meeting of several hundred Labour supporters in central London.

Spain arrests man accused of recruiting women for IS Posted: 22 Jul 2015 06:05 AM PDT Police in Spain's north African territory of Melilla arrested a man suspected of recruiting women for the armed jihadist group Islamic State, the government said Wednesday. Spanish police working with Moroccan security services seized the man overnight as part of a major investigation into gangs suspected of recruiting women and minors to send them to Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed numerous killings and kidnappings in Iraq and Syria, where in June 2014 it declared an "Islamic Caliphate" in territory under its control.

Martin O’Malley’s Link Between Climate Change and ISIS Isn’t Crazy Posted: 22 Jul 2015 04:48 AM PDT It's the dog days of summer for U.S. presidential candidates, when Donald Trump is dominating the airwaves and candidates who seem to be losing their purchase at the polls are doing whatever they can to capture some attention—whether that's taking a chainsaw to the tax code, like Rand Paul, or claiming there's a connection between ISIS and climate change, like Martin O'Malley. "One of the things that preceded the failure of the nation-state of Syria and the rise of ISIS was the effect of climate change and the mega-drought that affected that region, wiped out farmers, drove people to cities, created a humanitarian crisis that created the symptoms—or rather, the conditions—of extreme poverty that has led now to the rise of ISIL and this extreme violence," the Democratic candidate told Bloomberg on Monday.

Cameron seeks Syria bombing mandate to renew global image Posted: 22 Jul 2015 03:10 AM PDT By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron may have won an unexpectedly decisive election victory in May, but he has yet to convince Britain's allies he is a globally engaged foreign policy player. Washington watched with alarm as Cameron presided over a downgrading of Britain's military and diplomatic muscle during his first term, culminating two years ago with his loss of a crunch parliamentary vote to authorise air strikes on Syria. "Our concern is a Great shrinking Britain," one senior U.S. diplomat bemoaned recently.

Wanted Egyptian militant urges jihad against Sisi: SITE Posted: 22 Jul 2015 02:11 AM PDT One of Egypt's most wanted men, a former special forces officer turned Islamist militant commander, has condemned President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and called for a holy war against his government. An audio message attributed to Hisham al-Ashmawy, who security officials suspect masterminded the recent car bomb assassination of Egypt's top prosecutor, said the country is "overpowered by the new pharaoh" Sisi. Ashmawy is part of a small but highly dangerous succession of former Egyptian army officers who have joined militant groups, complicating Sisi's efforts to confront what he calls an existential threat from extremism.

Iraq bomb attacks kill at least 30 Posted: 22 Jul 2015 01:58 AM PDT Car bomb attacks in Baghdad and the Iraqi province of Diyala, mostly claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, have killed at least 30 people, police and medical sources said Wednesday. The deadliest of the attacks was in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Baghdad al-Jadida, a predominantly Shiite area that has been one of the most targeted by car bombs in recent years. At least 19 people were killed and 43 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a market there on Tuesday, a police colonel and hospital sources said.

'Videogame' violence shows children get little aid in war zones Posted: 22 Jul 2015 01:27 AM PDT By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A fictional video of a young girl being shot by militants and watching the execution of her father before collapsing in shock aims to raise awareness of the small proportion of humanitarian funding spent on protecting children in war zones. The video "Duty of Care", made in the style of a first-person shooter videogame and taking the viewer around a Middle East conflict zone through the eyes of nine-year-old Nima, was launched on Wednesday by the charity War Child as part of its HELP campaign. While children account for more than half the population in war zones, less than three percent of humanitarian funding is spent on their protection, according to the charity, which helps children affected by conflicts and war around the world.

Turkey govt holds security talks after deadly border bombing Posted: 21 Jul 2015 11:32 PM PDT Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will chair a cabinet meeting Wednesday on bolstering security along the country's porous border after a devastating bombing blamed on Islamic State jihadists. Authorities said Tuesday they had identified a suspect in the suicide bombing in the town of Suruc, in a mainly Kurdish region on the Syrian border, the first attack on Turkish soil that the government has blamed directly on Islamic State militants. In harrowing scenes earlier in the day, relatives of the dead clutched the victims' coffins in a farewell ceremony in the southeastern city of Gaziantep ahead of their burial in towns across Turkey.

Kerry to visit Gulf Arab states, vows to 'push back' against Iran Posted: 21 Jul 2015 11:07 PM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will seek to reassure Gulf Arab officials at a meeting in Qatar soon that Washington will work with them to "push back" against Iranian influence in the region, he told the pan-Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat. Most U.S. allies in the energy-rich Gulf publicly welcomed a deal between world powers and Tehran over its disputed nuclear program, but they accuse Tehran of interfering in Arab conflicts and pushing hard for heightened regional influence. "I will be traveling to Doha in the next couple of weeks to meet with the whole (Gulf Cooperation Council)," Kerry told the paper in an interview published on Wednesday.

Worries grow about freelance Japanese journalist in Syria Posted: 21 Jul 2015 11:06 PM PDT TOKYO (AP) — Worries are growing about the whereabouts of a freelance Japanese journalist, last heard from one month ago in war-torn Syria, where reporting assignments have become among the most precarious in the world.

Australian Muslim leader blasts government's deradicalization drive Posted: 21 Jul 2015 10:53 PM PDT By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - A prominent Australian Muslim leader criticized the government's $1 billion program to deradicalize Muslim youths on Wednesday, saying it put too much emphasis on law enforcement and not enough on factors that drive young people to fight overseas. About 100 Australians are fighting in Iraq and Syria but Samier Dandan, president of Australia's Lebanese Muslim Association, branded the conservative government's 9-month-old program to stop the flow of radicalized Muslims "a mess". On Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to unveil a five-year counter-extremism strategy he described as "struggle of our generation".

E.L. Doctorow, author of 'Ragtime,' dies in New York at 84 Posted: 21 Jul 2015 06:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Writer E.L. Doctorow, who wryly reimagined the American experience in such novels as "Ragtime" and "The March" and applied its lessons to the past and the future in fiction and nonfiction, has died. He was 84.

STRATEGY FOR OUR FUTURE IS NEXT PRESIDENT'S TOP JOB Posted: 21 Jul 2015 05:35 PM PDT Oddly enough, it made me think of where we are today in our foreign policy -- a hodgepodge of nibbles and quibbles, invaders and crusaders and revolutions and circumlocutions, from Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan. Although these memories may seem long ago and far away to many Americans cemented in our ephemeral modern world, they can lead to understanding the anomie, confusion and sense of being lost America feels today. Gen. Marshall's world, you see, was one of "strategy," of a powerful nation able and wanting to mobilize its capacities in a plan of action designed to achieve a high-level goal, while "tactics" were the means employed to gain those objectives.

Islamic State launches chemical weapons: How great is the threat? Posted: 21 Jul 2015 04:13 PM PDT Confirmation from two reputable organizations this week that the Islamic State used chemical weapons against Kurds in Iraq offers clues into the group's capabilities and intentions. The type of chemical weapon used, which contained chlorine, is not very potent. Indeed, the Islamic State might have used chemical weapons primarily to save their conventional ammunition.

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