2016年7月27日星期三

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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Kristen Kavanaugh

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 05:43 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the age of 24, I deployed to Iraq. We regularly received indirect fire. After an attack, everything would fall silent. Seconds later, I would hear the sounds of the Army artillery battery returning fire, and the quick reaction force helicopters taking off in the enemy's direction.As a young Marine Corps lieutenant in a non-combat position, these two units, along with the special operations teams and Marine infantry battalions stationed with us, were our first line of defense.I trusted them with my life. ...

Top Asian News 12:18 a.m. GMT

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 05:18 PM PDT

TOKYO (AP) — He wrote that he intended to kill disabled people and that his plot would benefit Japanese society. The facility where he worked was so unnerved, it confronted him. He quit the job and police sent him to a psychiatric hospital, but doctors deemed him safe to release 12 days later. In the months that followed, his former workplace increased security, adding cameras to watch the buildings where 150 mentally disabled people resided. But he was left alone, free, unmonitored. In the early morning darkness, Satoshi Uematsu entered the Yamayuri-en facility and killed or injured nearly a third of its patients within 40 minutes, Kanagawa prefectural authorities said.

Minister: Bavaria bomber in online chat before attack

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:01 PM PDT

This undated photo from Al-Nabaa, an online magazine of the Islamic State group, shows Mohammad Daleel in an article published late Tuesday, July 26, 2016. The weekly magazine claimed Daleel, who went to Germany as an asylum-seeker, had fought both in Iraq and Syria with a branch of al-Qaida and the IS group. Al-Nabaa described how Daleel, a 27-year-old Syrian, blew himself up at a bar in the southern German town of Ansbach spent months planning the attack, once even hiding his home-made bomb in his room moments before a police raid. (Al-Nabaa, an online magazine of the Islamic State group, via AP)BERLIN (AP) — A 27-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker who blew himself up in the southern German town of Ansbach was chatting online with a still-unidentified person immediately before the explosion, Bavaria's interior minister said Wednesday.


Pope says the world's at war, urges Europe to greet refugees

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:15 PM PDT

Pope Francis salutes faithful and pilgrims on his way to the royal Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Pope Francis has been greeted in Poland by President Andrzej Duda and hundreds of singing and cheering people as he arrived at the airport in Krakow. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Pope Francis, deeply saddened by the slaying of an elderly priest during Mass in a church in the French countryside, warned grimly Wednesday that the world is at war, but cautioned against labeling it a war among religions.


Syrian suicide bomber in Germany 'in chat' just before attack

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:10 PM PDT

A sign reads "You don't get my hate" in Ansbach on July 26, 2016, days after a Syrian asylum seeker blew himself up outside a music festival in the cityA Syrian with suspected links to the Islamic State group who blew himself up outside a German music festival was in contact with another person "who influenced the attack" immediately beforehand, authorities said Wednesday. The 27-year-old failed asylum seeker, who wounded 15 people at a nearby cafe late Sunday when he was refused access to the festival venue, had been speaking to an unknown person in an "intensive" online chat, Bavaria state interior minister Joachim Herrmann said. "Apparently he had direct contact with someone who had significant influence on the way the attack played out," Herrmann said on the sidelines of a state government meeting.


US prosecutors drop all charges in Freddie Gray death

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 01:55 PM PDT

Baltimore state's attorney drops all remaining charges against police in the death of Freddie GrayUS prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against police in the death of Freddie Gray, an African American whose fatal injury in custody provoked riots in Baltimore, ending the high-profile case without any convictions. The lead prosecutor defended efforts to convict six officers on charges ranging from second degree murder to reckless endangerment, but said "reluctance and obvious bias" from individual police officers had undermined the case, making it probable that the three remaining trials would end in acquittal. The decision from Baltimore's state prosecutor now makes it unlikely that anyone will be punished for what was one of the most inflammatory deaths of unarmed black men blamed on police, fueling a nationwide protest movement.


French government faces security criticisms after church attack

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:49 PM PDT

French President Hollande speaks with France's Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, Interior Minister Cazeneuve and Prime Minister Valls after a meeting with the French President and representatives of religious communities at the Elysee Palace in ParisBy Chine Labbé and Michel Rose PARIS/SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - France's government faced criticism of its security record on Wednesday in the wake of revelations that one of the assailants who slit the throat of a priest at a church altar was a known would-be jihadist under police surveillance. President Francois Hollande met interfaith leaders in an effort to promote national unity. Tuesday's attackers interrupted a church service, forced 85-year-old Roman Catholic priest Father Jacques Hamel to his knees at the altar and slit his throat.


Trump encourages Russia to hack Clinton emails

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:47 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a press conference at Trump National Doral on July 27, 2016Donald Trump sensationally challenged Russia on Wednesday to hack into Hillary Clinton's emails as a furious Democratic campaign accused the Republican nominee of inviting foreign spies to meddle in the US presidential election. At a sweeping news conference, the New York billionaire tried to undermine his White House rival, astonishingly implied that Vladimir Putin used a racial slur against President Barack Obama and promised a heyday of US-Russian relations under a Trump presidency. Attacking Clinton as she prepares to accept her party's formal nomination, Trump turned his guns on a previous email scandal dating back to her time as secretary of state and more than 30,000 emails deleted on grounds of being personal and not related to her job.


Massive IS bomb attack kills 44 in Syrian Kurdish city

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:14 PM PDT

People gather at the site of a bomb attack in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on July 27, 2016 which killed at least 44 people, state media saidIt was the largest and deadliest attack to hit the city since the March 2011 outbreak of Syria's conflict. Kurdish fighters have been a key force battling the jihadists in north and northeastern Syria and are the main component in the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance currently seeking to oust IS from Manbij.


Iraq: Attacks kill at least 18; province takes on militants

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 12:09 PM PDT

Civilians clean the scene of a suicide bombing at the northern neighborhood of Shula, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. A suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing several people. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed a series of attacks Wednesday in and around Baghdad, killing at least 18 people, officials said. South of the Iraqi capital, a provincial council approved a decision allowing authorities to demolish homes of convicted militants and banish their families from the province.


Mortar, bombing in Baghdad kill six, including four children

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 11:52 AM PDT

A mortar attack south of Baghdad at a camp for people displaced from the war with Islamic State killed four children and a woman on Wednesday, while a separate suicide bombing in a northern district killed a policeman, security sources said. The ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim militants of Islamic State regularly bomb security forces and civilian areas in the capital. Mortar attacks are less frequent in the city of four million where many armed groups operate.

Coalition aims to open new anti-IS front in Syria: US

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 11:50 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, pictured on July 20, 2016, says the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group "will aggressively pursue opportunities to build pressure on ISIL in Syria from the south"The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group aims to open a new front in southern Syria in addition to its ongoing offensive in the northeast, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. "We will aggressively pursue opportunities to build pressure on ISIL in Syria from the south, complementing our existing, robust efforts from northeastern Syria," he said in a speech to US troops at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ISIL is another term for the Islamic State group.


Germany bomber influenced in chat by unknown person: minister

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 11:43 AM PDT

Police secure the area after an explosion in AnsbachA Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up in the southern German town of Ansbach on Sunday was influenced by an unknown person in a chat conversation on his mobile phone, Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said on Wednesday. "It's possible to deduce that another person wherever they were at the time of the call, of the chat, significantly influenced how the attacker acted," Herrmann said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet. Officials say the bombing by the 27-year-old Syrian, who had arrived in Germany two years ago, was clearly a terrorist attack, citing a video found on his mobile phone in which he talks of planning an "act of revenge" against Germans.


U.S. forces help Iraqis build bridge on way to Mosul

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:50 AM PDT

By Yeganeh Torbati and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small group of U.S. troops helped Iraqi forces build a bridge across the Tigris River last week that will support Iraq's campaign to retake Mosul from the militant group Islamic State, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday. This was the first time American forces accompanied the Iraqi army closer to the front lines of battle since U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in April that they would be allowed to do so.

IS suicide attack in mostly Kurdish Syria town kills 44

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:50 AM PDT

IS suicide attack in mostly Kurdish Syria town kills 44DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber riding an empty livestock truck laden with explosives blew himself up Wednesday in a crowded district in the predominantly Kurdish town of Qamishli in northern Syria, causing massive destruction and killing 44 people in a new attack claimed by the Islamic State group.


US: Fighting in Syrian city yields trove of IS intelligence

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 26, 2016 file photo, Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a news conference in Cambridge, Mass. The U.S. is exploiting an enormous amount of digital information about the Islamic State obtained by Syrian rebels fighting for control of the city of Manbij. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is exploiting an enormous amount of digital information about the Islamic State obtained by Syrian rebels fighting for control of the city of Manbij, a spokesman for the American-led military coalition said Wednesday.


The Latest: Obama offers sympathy to Merkel over attacks

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 10:14 AM PDT

GERMANY OUT - Bavarian governor Horst Seehofer, left, and Bavaria's Interior Minister, Joachim Herrmann arrive for a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet ,in Gmund, Germany, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. In the most recent attack, a 27-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker set off a backpack laden with explosives and shrapnel Sunday night after being refused entry to a crowded music festival in the Bavarian city of Ansbach, killing himself and wounding 15 people. ( Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany (all times local):


Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 09:25 AM PDT

Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) said were U.S.-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo GovernorateBy Idrees Ali and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-backed forces fighting to drive Islamic State out of northern Syria have gathered a massive trove of documents and data belonging to the militant group, potentially shedding more light on its operations, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday. The material, gathered as fighters moved from village to village surrounding the town of Manbij, includes notebooks, laptops, USB drives, and even advanced math and science textbooks rewritten with pro-Islamic State word problems, Colonel Chris Garver, the U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, said in a news briefing. "It is a lot of material, it is going to take a lot to go through, then start connecting the dots and trying to figure where we can start dismantling ISIS," Garver said, using an acronym for Islamic State.


INTERVIEW: US general says Afghan IS linked to main group

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 08:58 AM PDT

Head of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group presence in Afghanistan is directly linked to the parent organization in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. Army general in charge of American and NATO troops in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.


Northeast Nigeria now 'close' to famine is 'top' emergency: MSF

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 08:33 AM PDT

Aid agencies have been warning for months that northeast Nigeria faces acute food shortages, after seven years of violence that has left at least 20,000 dead and made more than 2.6 million homelessNortheast Nigeria is "close" to famine with hundreds of thousands trapped without help, and must be declared a "top emergency" by the UN, said Medical charity Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday. The charity known by its French acronym MSF said the region devastated by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency had between 500,000 and 800,000 people trapped in areas that cannot be reached by humanitarian workers. A UN "top emergency" designation -- which would put Nigeria on a list with Syria, Iraq and Yemen -- would immediately mobilise more resources to a crisis that has not received nearly enough attention, MSF said.


DNCC Announces Third Night Program for Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 07:51 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced the program for the third day of the Democratic National Convention being held in Philadelphia from July 25 to July 28.In Philadelphia, Democrats are laying out the clear stakes in this election – a choice between building walls and tearing people down or an optimistic unifying vision where everyone has a role to play in building our future. ...

Kerry talks with new Philippine president critical of US

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 07:11 AM PDT

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat shared a working lunch Wednesday with the new Philippine president, who has criticized U.S. security policies and publicly made friendly overtures to China.


Spanish police arrest two Moroccans accused of funding Islamic State

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 06:52 AM PDT

Spanish police have arrested two Moroccan brothers in the northern city of Girona and charged them with helping to fund Islamic State's operations in Syria and Iraq, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The pair, aged 22 and 33, diverted funds from Europe to pay the costs of moving members of the militant group into conflict zones, the ministry said. Police found a large amount of money and telephone information at the brothers' home, which they hope will yield details on Islamic State's financing networks from Spain, the ministry said.

How is France responding to the militant attack on a Catholic priest?

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 06:13 AM PDT

French president François Hollande met with religious leaders at the presidential palace on Wednesday in a show of interfaith solidarity after two men said to be inspired by the self-proclaimed Islamic State stormed a Catholic church, killing a priest and seriously wounding another person. At the meeting, which included Roman Catholic, Christian Orthodox, Muslim, and Jewish leaders, Paris archbishop Cardinal André Vingt-Trois urged Catholics to "overcome hatred that comes in their heart," telling journalists afterward, "We cannot allow ourselves to be dragged into the politics of Daesh, which wants to set the children of the same family against each other," referring to IS by it's Arabic acronym. Recommended: How much do you know about the Islamic State?

From Beirut to Baghdad, 'useless' bomb detectors guard against disaster

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 04:32 AM PDT

A policeman uses a scanning device to inspect a vehicle at the entrance to Sadr CityBy Dominic Evans and Saif Hameed BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At a checkpoint in central Beirut, a guard checks a small truck for explosives. At the nearby marina where millionaires' yachts are moored by the glistening Mediterranean Sea, and at entrances to the underground parking of an upmarket shopping mall, the same bomb detectors are used. Marketed under names such as ADE651, GT200 and Alpha, they are supposed to respond to the presence of explosives, causing their metal antenna to swivel on a hinge toward the material.


Morocco arrests 52 suspected militants, foils several attacks

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:30 AM PDT

Morocco said on Wednesday that it had arrested 52 suspected militants inspired by Islamic State and that it had foiled several attacks in the North African kingdom by seizing weapons and bomb-making materials. It is the largest group arrested in years and the latest of a series of cells that the authorities say they have found plotting attacks inside and outside Morocco. The North African kingdom, an ally of the West against Islamist militancy, has been on high alert since 2014, when IS took control of large swathes of northern Iraq and Syria.

Tim Kaine’s Declaration of Independence

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 03:00 AM PDT

The Virginia senator's early call for a war vote in Congress helped him break free of President Obama and earn a spot as Hillary Clinton's running mate.

Islamists attack French church, slit priest's throat

Posted: 27 Jul 2016 02:46 AM PDT

Police and rescue workers stand at the scene after two assailants had taken five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near Rouen in NormandyBy Noemie Olive SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (Reuters) - Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat on Tuesday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveillance. The men arrived during morning mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a working-class town near Rouen, northwest of Paris, where the 85-year-old parish priest, Father Jacques Hamel, was leading prayers. News agency Amaq, which is affiliated with Islamic State, a group France is bombing in Iraq and Syria as part of a U.S.-led coalition, said two of its "soldiers" had carried out the attack.


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