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Swede arrested in Brussels 'brainwashed' by militants

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 03:22 PM PDT

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Osama Krayem lived a delinquent lifestyle in Rosengard, an immigrant neighborhood in the Swedish city of Malmo, before he was "brainwashed" and joined Islamic militants in Syria, community activists and his aunt said Saturday.

US deploys B-52 bombers against Islamic State

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 01:48 PM PDT

The B-52, the first US long-range heavy bomber, was developed to carry nuclear weapons and has been adapted over the years. It has been used in missions in the Vietnam War, the 1991 Gulf War and in AfghanistanThe US Air Force on Saturday deployed Cold War-era B-52 bombers to bolster the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, stepping up efforts to defeat the extremists. The B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, which arrived in Qatar, were based in Saudi Arabia and last flown operationally in May 2006 as part of the war in Afghanistan, air force officials said. "The B-52 will provide the coalition continued precision and deliver desired airpower effects," said Lieutenant General Charles Brown, commander of US Air Forces Central Command.

Why the US is sending B-52 bombers to battle ISIS

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 01:41 PM PDT

As part of a larger effort to bolster its fight against ISIS (aka Islamic State), the United States is deploying the B-52 bombers – the first time the Pentagon is sending the aircraft to the Middle East since the 1991 Gulf War – officials said Saturday. An unknown number of B-52s will be based at Al Udeid air base in Qatar, replacing the B-1 Lancer bombers that were withdrawn from the fight in Syria in February, to undergo maintenance and upgrading. "The B-52 demonstrates our continued resolve to apply persistent pressure on Daesh and defend the region in any future contingency," said Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Brown, commander of US Air Forces Central Command, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS, Al Jazeera reported.

Osama Krayem, a Swedish radical linked to Brussels attacks

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 12:28 PM PDT

Osama Krayem was identified as the man who appeared with the suicide bomber at the Malbeek subway station and the one who bought bags used to conceal the bombs set off by two suicide attackers at the airport on March 22Swedish national Osama Krayem, charged with terrorist murders over the Brussels metro bombing, is remembered back home as an idle youth who smoked and drank before suddenly turning radical and heading off to wage jihad in Syria. The son of Syrian exiles from the Rosengard district of the southern Swedish city of Malmo, where football great Zlatan Ibrahimovic also grew up, Krayem was arrested Friday in Brussels with Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini and several other men.

Kerry presses Afghan leaders on unity; no US troop changes

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 12:06 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a conference with Afghan Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 9, 2016. Kerry hoped a brief stop Saturday in Afghanistan would help promote cooperation from a would-be "unity" government that has proved largely incapable of running the country less than two years after he worked to install the leadership team. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, Pool)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday committed to pushing reforms after his picks for attorney general and interior minister won long-sought Cabinet confirmation, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pleaded with the government's power-sharing leaders to bury their "factional divisions" for the good of the country.

US brings B-52 bombers back to the Mideast to target IS

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 11:38 AM PDT

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016. The U.S. Air Force says it has deployed the bombers to take part in the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group. It is the first time the Cold War-era heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1991 Gulf War, when they operated from neighboring Saudi Arabia. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has deployed B-52 bombers to the Mideast nation of Qatar to take part in the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group, the Air Force said Saturday.

Turkey police explode bag in Istanbul square after U.S. warns about threats

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 09:36 AM PDT

A tourist takes a picture of the Hadrian's Gate, a triumphal arch in the Mediterranean resort city of AntalyaBy Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police carried out a controlled explosion of a bag left in Istanbul's popular Taksim square on Saturday, a Reuters witness at the scene said, hours after the U.S. embassy warned of "credible threats" to tourist areas. Police cordoned off Taksim, a square lined with hotels and restaurants frequented by tourists, while a member of the police bomb squad was seen opening what appeared to be a bag, the witness said. The bomb squad later detonated it in a controlled explosion, causing a loud boom to echo across the square, the witness said.

U.S., allies conduct 23 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 08:19 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants with 21 strikes in Iraq on Friday and two in Syria, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Four of the strikes in Iraq were near Hit, striking a large tactical unit and 30 Islamic State boats. In Syria, one strike destroyed seven Islamic State rockets and a mortar system near Manbij. (Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Alison Williams)

The Latest: Greece: 2 weeks or more to fix deportations

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 07:32 AM PDT

A migrant boy cries as his mother washes him at the open field near their tent at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Saturday, April 9, 2016. More than 11,000 people have been stranded in Idomeni, an impromptu camp that has burgeoned right on the border with Macedonia, for weeks after Europe closed its land borders to migrants and refugees last month. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the flow of people into Europe (all times local):

U.S. deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar for fight against Islamic State

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 05:25 AM PDT

U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, EnglandThe U.S. Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991. U.S. Air Forces Central Command said it last flew the long-range bombers operationally in the region in May 2006 as part of the war in Afghanistan, and during a U.S.-led military exercise in Jordan in May 2015. "The B-52 demonstrates our continued resolve to apply persistent pressure on Daesh and defend the region in any future contingency," said Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Brown, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command.

Philippine militants wound 22 soldiers in clash after freeing Italian

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 04:59 AM PDT

Retired Italian priest Rolando Del Torchio receives treatment at a military hospital in Zamboanga City after his releaseSome 22 Philippine soldiers were wounded Saturday in a firefight with Islamic militants, the military said, a day after the release of a retired Italian priest taken hostage in the Muslim-populated south of the country. The Philippine security forces have been hunting the militant Abu Sayyaf group for two weeks in an operation launched across the southern Basilan and Jolo islands -- two remote strongholds of the rebels in the mainly Catholic Asian nation. The army soldiers were injured when clashes broke out early Saturday with up to 120 Abu Sayyaf gunmen in a remote rural village on Basilan, regional military spokesman Major Filemon Tan told reporters.

Freed Italian hostage leaves Philippines hospital

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 02:01 AM PDT

Retired Italian priest Rolando Del Torchio receives treatment at a military hospital in Zamboanga City after his releaseA retired Italian priest held hostage for six months by suspected Islamic militants left a Philippine hospital Saturday a day after his ordeal ended, looking frail though officials said he was in good health. The authorities found him late Friday aboard a ferry docked on the remote island of Jolo, the main stronghold of the militant Abu Sayyaf group, some 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Manila. The Italian government chartered the private plane for the former Catholic missionary, Tan told AFP, but Philippine officials would not say where he was taken.

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