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• Five years after bin Laden killing, CIA chief eyes IS head
• Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS
• Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources
• Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing
• Kurdish group claims attack in Turkish city of Bursa
• Protesters quit Baghdad's Green Zone after unprecedented breach
• France, U.S. target Islamic State with two strikes in Iraq
• The real war against Islamic State
• Iraqi protesters end Green Zone sit-in for now after issuing demands
• Rare IS group bombings in southern Iraq kill 33
• Open house in Baghdad's mythical Green Zone
• IRAQ VIOLENCE
• Anti-immigrant AfD says Muslims not welcome in Germany
• Islamic State suicide attacks kill 32 in southern Iraq
• Iraq says oil exports, revenues increase in April
• Protesters in Green Zone, Iraq PM calls for punishment of rioters
• Australia readies key election budget
• Five years after bin Laden, Al-Qaeda down but far from out
• Global Al-Qaeda franchises
• Al-Qaeda after bin Laden
• Daniel Berrigan, U.S. anti-war priest and poet, dies at 94

Five years after bin Laden killing, CIA chief eyes IS head Posted: 01 May 2016 04:08 PM PDT US special forces killed Al-Qaeda founder bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, 2011. As his agency live-tweeted the events as they unfolded five years ago, the CIA director warned that Al-Qaeda remained a threat and that IS was not just an organization but a phenomenon. "We have destroyed a large part of Al-Qaeda.

Islamic State boosts attacks in response to territorial losses: IHS Posted: 01 May 2016 02:05 PM PDT Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a U.S.-based analysis firm IHS said on Sunday. There were 891 attacks during the first quarter of 2016 in neighbors Iraq and Syria, more than in any three-month period since the militants' sweeping advance in mid-2014, IHS said in a new report. "The group is resorting more and more to mass-casualty violence as it comes under heavy pressure from multiple angles," said Matthew Henman, head of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center.

Suspected Islamic State suicide bomber kills two police in southeast Turkey: sources Posted: 01 May 2016 01:27 PM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - Two police officers were killed and 22 people wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, the governor and police sources said, in one of three attacks on the security forces on Sunday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but security sources said police raided the home of a suspected Islamic State militant believed to have carried out the attack and detained his father for DNA tests and questioning. Turkey has suffered attacks recently both by Kurdish militants and members of Islamic State, raising concern at home and among NATO allies about the increasing spillover of conflict from neighbouring Syria.

Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing Posted: 01 May 2016 12:53 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Anti-government protesters disbanded at least temporarily Sunday from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier after the Islamic State group carried out its second major attack in Iraq in as many days — a pair of car bombs that killed more than 30 people.

Kurdish group claims attack in Turkish city of Bursa Posted: 01 May 2016 12:44 PM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — A Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility Sunday for a suicide attack in the Turkish city of Bursa that wounded 13 people last month.

Protesters quit Baghdad's Green Zone after unprecedented breach Posted: 01 May 2016 12:28 PM PDT Protesters withdrew from Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday after breaking into the fortified area and storming Iraq's parliament in an unprecedented security breach the day before. The move, which lessens the pressure on politicians in Baghdad, came as rare bombings in the south killed 33 people and wounded dozens. "The protest organising committee announces the withdrawal of the demonstrators from the Green Zone," it said in a statement, citing respect for a major Shiite pilgrimage as the reason for their departure.

France, U.S. target Islamic State with two strikes in Iraq Posted: 01 May 2016 11:13 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French and U.S. jets destroyed an Islamic State site in Iraq used by the hardline Sunni Muslim insurgents to build large quantities of bombs and vehicles for suicide attacks, the French Defense Ministry said on Sunday. "The site that was destroyed is situated in Al Qaim, at the Iraqi-Syrian border, and required two separate strikes because of its size," the ministry said, adding that the strikes were carried out on Friday and Saturday. (Reporting by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

The real war against Islamic State Posted: 01 May 2016 11:06 AM PDT To defeat Islamic State – a group President Obama calls the West's "most urgent threat" – the United States and its allies are relying on more than military means. Merely retaking IS territory, such as the key city of Mosul in Iraq, would not be enough. The success of Iraq's elected government is as important as any fighter jet or coalition of nations.

Iraqi protesters end Green Zone sit-in for now after issuing demands Posted: 01 May 2016 09:44 AM PDT By Stephen Kalin and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Protesters camped out in Baghdad's Green Zone for 24 hours left the heavily fortified government district on Sunday after issuing demands for political reform but they pledged to return by the end of the week to keep up the pressure. Iraq has endured months of wrangling prompted by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's attempt to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats as part of an anti-corruption drive. Abadi has warned continued turmoil could hamper the war against Islamic State, which controls large swathes of northern and western Iraq.

Rare IS group bombings in southern Iraq kill 33 Posted: 01 May 2016 08:57 AM PDT The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for rare attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south on Sunday, twin suicide car bomb blasts in the city of Samawa killing at least 33 people. "The hospitals have received 33 dead," a senior official in the Muthanna health department, which covers Samawa, told AFP. An officer in Muthanna Operations Command confirmed the toll.

Open house in Baghdad's mythical Green Zone Posted: 01 May 2016 08:52 AM PDT Thousands of wide-eyed Iraqis marvelled at the fountains, flowers and perfect lawns in Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday, a day after protesters breached the walls of the fortified area. "This is the first time I've been here since I came with my school under Saddam (Hussein)," said 32-year-old Yusef al-Assadi after snapping a "selfie" in front of the monument to the unknown soldier. The visitors were mostly protesters who broke in on Saturday but also included Baghdadis taking the opportunity to see an area that was off-limits for so many years that it acquired almost mythical status in the psyche of ordinary citizens.

IRAQ VIOLENCE Posted: 01 May 2016 08:45 AM PDT Chart shows civilian deaths in Iraq and map locates Samawah, Iraq, site of car bomb deaths; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;

Anti-immigrant AfD says Muslims not welcome in Germany Posted: 01 May 2016 08:18 AM PDT By Tina Bellon STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Members of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday backed an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution and calls for a ban on minarets and the burqa. Set up three years ago, the AfD has been buoyed by Europe's migrant crisis, which saw the arrival of more than one million, mostly Muslim migrants, in Germany last year. The party has no lawmakers in the federal parliament in Berlin but has members in half of Germany's 16 regional state assemblies.

Islamic State suicide attacks kill 32 in southern Iraq Posted: 01 May 2016 05:37 AM PDT Two suicide car bombs claimed by Islamic State killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the center of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Sunday, police and medics said. The first blast was near a local government building and the second one about 60 meters (65 yards) away at a bus station, police sources said. Islamic State said it had attacked a gathering of special forces in Samawa, 230 km (140 miles) south of the capital, with one car bomb and then blew up the second when security forces responded to the site.

Iraq says oil exports, revenues increase in April Posted: 01 May 2016 03:33 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq says April crude oil exports have increased by 2.3 percent from the previous month, filling cash-strapped coffers amid an acute economic crisis.

Protesters in Green Zone, Iraq PM calls for punishment of rioters Posted: 01 May 2016 02:36 AM PDT Thousands of protesters were inside Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday after breaking into the fortified area and storming parliament, as Iraq's premier called for rioters to be pursued and punished. Demonstrators pulled down or scaled slabs of heavy concrete blast wall to enter the fortified area where Iraq's main government institutions are located, the culmination of weeks of political turmoil and inaction by parliament. While there is still the potential for escalation, the situation was calm on Sunday, with protesters touring the area and taking photos of places they have rarely if ever been able to access.

Australia readies key election budget Posted: 30 Apr 2016 11:14 PM PDT Australia's conservative government is pledging to drive economic and jobs growth when it hands down its budget on Tuesday, with an eye firmly on upcoming national elections that are shaping up to be a tight race. The budget is seen as a key test for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a former investment banker who ousted his predecessor Tony Abbott in a party coup in September, ahead of the polls which are widely expected in July. Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison face the tough task of balancing the need to stimulate a resources-heavy economy as it exits an unprecedented mining investment boom with calls to rein in the budget deficit and government debt.

Five years after bin Laden, Al-Qaeda down but far from out Posted: 30 Apr 2016 09:25 PM PDT Five years after the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the network he founded is far from dead even if it has suffered a series of setbacks. Replaced as the preeminent global jihadist power by the Islamic State group, Al-Qaeda nonetheless remains a potent force and dangerous threat, experts say. With last year's Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris and a wave of shootings in West Africa, Al-Qaeda has shown it can still carry out its trademark spectacular attacks.

Global Al-Qaeda franchises Posted: 30 Apr 2016 08:54 PM PDT Dubai (AFP) - Al-Qaeda franchises have emerged on several continents since Osama bin Laden founded the Sunni jihadist network in 1988.

Al-Qaeda after bin Laden Posted: 30 Apr 2016 08:53 PM PDT Dubai (AFP) - The jihadist group Al-Qaeda has survived the death of its founder Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 and bolstered its notoriety with attacks in Africa, Europe and Yemen.

Daniel Berrigan, U.S. anti-war priest and poet, dies at 94 Posted: 30 Apr 2016 08:07 PM PDT Berrigan died at the Murray-Weigel Jesuit Community in New York's Bronx borough, America magazine said. A passionate critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Berrigan gained worldwide attention in 1968 when he, his younger brother Philip, who was a Josephite priest, and seven other Catholics seized draft records from a Selective Service Office in Catonsville, Maryland. "It was Philip who came up with the idea," Berrigan told America in 2009.

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