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• IAVA Commander-In-Chief Forum Preview: 10 Things Media Should Know About the VA
• Iran vessel 'harasses,' sails close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf: U.S. officials
• Kaine touts foreign policy background, hits Trump in speech
• The Bombing of Laos: By the Numbers
• Cahill gives Australia win over UAE in World Cup qualifier
• Cahill the hero for Australia, China hold Iran in World Cup qualifying
• Cities, towns and territory retaken from IS
• France sees sharp fall in number of citizens joining Islamic State
• Soccer-Syrians stifle Korea, Japan back on track
• Super-sub Cahill gives Australia win in UAE
• 15 years after Sept. 11: How the unity we forged broke apart
• IS loss of border area with Turkey sharply harms group
• GOP woos veterans, but Trump has rubbed some vets wrong way
• Turkey says 2 of its soldiers killed in IS attack in Syria
• After setbacks, IS digs in with focus on deadly attacks
• Asia's crisis-hit top film festival to go ahead next month
• Turkey's government says under popular pressure to drop EU talks
• China hold Iran to earn first point in World Cup qualifying
• Kyrgyzstan blames Chinese embassy attack on Uighur jihadists
• German hardline preacher's trial for helping Syria militants begins
• UK radical Choudary jailed for encouraging support for Islamic State
• IS car bombing kills at least 12 civilians in Iraqi capital
• NATO chief to make post-coup bid visit to Turkey
• France deploys artillery, readies carrier ahead of Mosul offensive
• Late Saudi penalties catch Iraq napping in World Cup qualifier
• Saudi Arabia's top cleric says Iran's leaders 'not Muslims'
• ISIS puts new twist on terror recruiting: big money
• First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis
• Tajikistan investigates threats by Islamic State
• EU lawmakers seek help to preserve Syria, Iraq mass graves
• How Nations Around the World Teach Their Most Difficult History
• Iraq puts out more oil fires at northern field, some still burning
• Turkish air strikes hit 12 targets in north Iraq: military

IAVA Commander-In-Chief Forum Preview: 10 Things Media Should Know About the VA Posted: 06 Sep 2016 04:35 PM PDT The VA tops the private sector in quality and service. The VA outperforms the private sector by more than 30% in delivering mental health care, and veterans get appointments with their primary care doctors three times faster than patients outside the VA. Since 2014, the VA has hired nearly 14,000 additional health care workers and opened an additional 3.9 million square feet of clinical space – resulting in a 10% increase in direct patient care.

Iran vessel 'harasses,' sails close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf: U.S. officials Posted: 06 Sep 2016 02:40 PM PDT By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after a fast-attack craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came within 100 yards (91 meters) of it in the central Gulf on Sunday, U.S. Defense Department officials said on Tuesday. U.S. officials are concerned that these actions by Iran could lead to mistakes. Years of mutual animosity eased when Washington lifted sanctions on Tehran in January after a deal to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Kaine touts foreign policy background, hits Trump in speech Posted: 06 Sep 2016 02:03 PM PDT WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — In a rare policy address by a vice presidential nominee, Democrat Tim Kaine showcased his own foreign policy expertise Tuesday and painted Donald Trump as clueless and dangerous when it comes to world affairs.

The Bombing of Laos: By the Numbers Posted: 06 Sep 2016 01:55 PM PDT President Obama announced today that the United States is doubling its funding to clear bombs dropped in Laos during the Vietnam War era. An additional $30 million per year will be given to Laos for three years to help clear undetonated cluster bombs that still pockmark the landscape. As the U.S. fought against communism in Vietnam, a civil war was also raging in Laos between the communist Pathet Lao party and the Royal Lao Government.

Cahill gives Australia win over UAE in World Cup qualifier Posted: 06 Sep 2016 01:37 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Tim Cahill came off the bench to give Australia a 1-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in the third round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday.

Cahill the hero for Australia, China hold Iran in World Cup qualifying Posted: 06 Sep 2016 12:35 PM PDT Tim Cahill came off the bench to score with only his second touch as Australia edged the United Arab Emirates 1-0 in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. The 36-year-old, who replaced Tomi Juric in the 71st minute at the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, took only four minutes to ensure Australia's second win in five days in Group B of Asian qualifying.

Cities, towns and territory retaken from IS Posted: 06 Sep 2016 12:30 PM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Islamic State jihadists have given up their last positions along the Turkish-Syrian border, depriving the group of important transit points for recruits and supplies.

France sees sharp fall in number of citizens joining Islamic State Posted: 06 Sep 2016 12:25 PM PDT The number of French citizens traveling to join Islamic State in 2016 has dropped drastically from last year, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Tuesday, putting the fall down to military reverses suffered by the militant group. With Europe's largest Muslim population, France has been a major center for recruitment of would-be jihadis joining Islamic State, with hundreds of people traveling to the region since the group took control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria. Speaking to security agents at the ministry, Cazeneuve said there had been a "fourfold decrease" with just 18 French people recorded traveling to the area in the first six months of the year compared with 69 in the corresponding period in 2015.

Soccer-Syrians stifle Korea, Japan back on track Posted: 06 Sep 2016 12:19 PM PDT * South Korea held by Syria * Japan beat Thailand * Australia win 1-0 to top Group B (Adds remaining Group A and Group B games) Sept 6 (Reuters) - South Korea were held to a surprise 0-0 draw by Syria in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Tuesday, while Japan got their campaign back on track with a 2-0 win over Thailand and Australia beat United Arab Emirates 1-0 to top their group. The Koreans, bidding for a ninth consecutive appearance at the World Cup finals, were lucky to hang on for a 3-2 win over China in their Group A opener last week and again failed to shine against Syria, ranked 57 places below them at No. 105.

Super-sub Cahill gives Australia win in UAE Posted: 06 Sep 2016 12:16 PM PDT Tim Cahill came off the bench to score with only his second touch as Australia edged the United Arab Emirates 1-0 in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. The 36-year-old, who replaced Tomi Juric in the 71st minute at the Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, took only four minutes to ensure Australia's second win in five days in Group B of Asian qualifying. The goal came when a fine build-up saw Brad Smith freed on the left flank and the Bournemouth winger whipped an excellent ball into the area for Cahill to convert.

15 years after Sept. 11: How the unity we forged broke apart Posted: 06 Sep 2016 11:04 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — For a time, it felt like the attack that shattered America had also brought it together.

IS loss of border area with Turkey sharply harms group Posted: 06 Sep 2016 10:57 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Expelling the Islamic State group from the last territory it controlled along the Syrian-Turkish border has effectively cut the militants' supply lines from the outside world. That could affect their ability to protect their last bastions — the cities of Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq.

GOP woos veterans, but Trump has rubbed some vets wrong way Posted: 06 Sep 2016 10:54 AM PDT RENO, Nevada (AP) — It was more than a routine get-out-the-vote knock on the door when Iraq War veteran and Nevada Republican Party staffer Jon Staab asked Kenneth Olofson, a Vietnam veteran, if he'll be voting for Donald Trump. An instant bond was formed as the two swapped stories of service and those of relatives who fought in World War II.

Turkey says 2 of its soldiers killed in IS attack in Syria Posted: 06 Sep 2016 10:27 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and five were wounded in a missile attack Tuesday by the Islamic State group in northern Syria — the first Turkish casualties caused by the militants in Turkey's two-week-old incursion into Syria.

After setbacks, IS digs in with focus on deadly attacks Posted: 06 Sep 2016 09:47 AM PDT The increasing pressure on IS, including Turkey's decision to launch an operation against it in northern Syria, has seen the organisation lose ground at an unprecedented pace. On Sunday, the Turkish operation reclaimed the last stretch of the Syria-Turkey border from the jihadist group, sealing off its self-styled "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq and forcing it to rely on smuggling networks instead. IS now controls just 20 percent of Iraq and 35 percent of Syria, according to Fabrice Balanche, an expert on the political geography of Syria.

Asia's crisis-hit top film festival to go ahead next month Posted: 06 Sep 2016 09:09 AM PDT Asia's top film festival will go ahead next month despite a threatened boycott by some local moviemakers seeking guarantees of artistic freedom, its head said Tuesday. Kim Dong-Ho, chairman of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), urged filmmakers to end their boycott and vowed to guarantee the festival's independence. The prestigious annual festival has been embroiled in a bitter row with the municipal government of the host city Busan since the screening in 2014 of a controversial documentary about the Sewol ferry disaster.

Turkey's government says under popular pressure to drop EU talks Posted: 06 Sep 2016 08:28 AM PDT By Marja Novak BLED, Slovenia (Reuters) - Turkey's government is under "huge pressure" from its people to abandon its decades-old drive to join the European Union because they see it applying double standards toward their country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. Speaking at a forum in the Slovene mountain resort of Bled, Cavusoglu also warned that Europe could be heading toward instability and could succumb to extremism due to the strains of its twin economic and migration crises. Cavusoglu also repeated his previous criticism of EU leaders for not showing sufficient solidarity with Turkey after a botched military coup in July in which President Tayyip Erdogan narrowly avoided capture and possible death.

China hold Iran to earn first point in World Cup qualifying Posted: 06 Sep 2016 08:19 AM PDT China held heavyweights Iran to a gritty 0-0 draw to lift their hopes of reaching just their second World Cup in Asian qualifying on Tuesday. China have only ever reached one World Cup, in 2002, but qualifying for Russia 2018 would be a significant statement for a country which aims to become a global football power. There were encouraging signs in last week's 3-2 defeat to South Korea, and Iran, Asia's top-ranked side, would have held few fears for Gao Hongbo's men in front of a partisan, red-shirted home crowd.

Kyrgyzstan blames Chinese embassy attack on Uighur jihadists Posted: 06 Sep 2016 08:06 AM PDT Authorities in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday blamed Uighur jihadists in Syria for masterminding a suicide attack against the Chinese embassy in the Central Asian country. A van exploded after ramming through a gate at China's diplomatic outpost in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on August 30, killing the driver and injuring three local embassy employees.

German hardline preacher's trial for helping Syria militants begins Posted: 06 Sep 2016 08:04 AM PDT A German man charged with supporting an Islamist militant group in Syria stayed silent on the first day of his trial in Duesseldorf on Tuesday, though his lawyer told the court that the prosecution was "flying blind" and its witnesses were unfit. Prosecutors said Sven Lau, 35, had served as an "extended arm" of the Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, an insurgent group made up of around 1,500 Chechen, Uzbek and Tajik fighters, which last year pledged allegiance to the Nusra Front, then an al Qaeda affiliate. Lau supported the Mujajireen Brigades, which is listed as a terrorist organization in Germany, four times in 2013 by either collecting funds or recruiting fighters for the group, prosecutors say.

UK radical Choudary jailed for encouraging support for Islamic State Posted: 06 Sep 2016 07:29 AM PDT By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Anjem Choudary, Britain's best-known Islamist preacher, was jailed on Tuesday for five years and six months for encouraging support for Islamic State, ending years of frustration for police who had struggled to pin charges on him. Choudary, 49, and close associate Mizanur Rahman, 33, who received the same sentence, had been convicted by a jury in July of using the Internet to urge followers to back the banned group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. "These men have stayed just within the law for many years and there has been frustration for both law enforcement agencies and communities as they spread hate," said Dean Haydon, head of counter-terrorism at London's Metropolitan Police.

IS car bombing kills at least 12 civilians in Iraqi capital Posted: 06 Sep 2016 07:03 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group struck a bustling commercial area of central Baghdad overnight, killing at least 12 civilians, Iraqi officials said on Tuesday.

NATO chief to make post-coup bid visit to Turkey Posted: 06 Sep 2016 06:57 AM PDT NATO head Jens Stoltenberg will travel to key ally Turkey this week to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, one of the highest western officials to visit since a failed military coup in July, a statement said Tuesday. The alliance gave no further details of Stoltenberg's meeting Thursday and Friday with Erdogan, who has berated the West for what he sees as its lukewarm backing and criticism of his massive crackdown on coup suspects. Some 20,000 people have been arrested since the July 15 coup attempt and 70,000 civil servants have been fired as Erdogan purges all those he says have links to Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim preacher Ankara blames for the attempted putsch.

France deploys artillery, readies carrier ahead of Mosul offensive Posted: 06 Sep 2016 06:35 AM PDT France said on Tuesday it was deploying artillery to Iraq and readying its aircraft carrier for deployment to reinforce foreign military support for the Iraqi army's expected push to recapture Mosul, the de facto capital of Islamic State in Iraq. The Iraqi army and its elite units have gradually taken up positions around the city 400 km (248 miles) north of Baghdad, with international coalition forces keen to capitalize on the militant group's loss of territory in both Iraq and Syria.

Late Saudi penalties catch Iraq napping in World Cup qualifier Posted: 06 Sep 2016 06:31 AM PDT Nawaf Al Abed buried two penalties in the last nine minutes as Saudi Arabia came from a goal down to beat regional rivals Iraq 2-1 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday. War-torn Iraq, playing their home fixture in Malaysia's Shah Alam, struck early through Mohannad Abdul-Raheem and looked headed for victory as the clock ticked down.

Saudi Arabia's top cleric says Iran's leaders 'not Muslims' Posted: 06 Sep 2016 05:46 AM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's top cleric is revving up the kingdom's rhetoric against Iran, saying in comments published on Tuesday that Tehran's leaders are "not Muslims," in response to rancorous remarks from Iran's supreme leader.

ISIS puts new twist on terror recruiting: big money Posted: 06 Sep 2016 05:15 AM PDT For Mohammed Bel Jayyed, the path to a martyr's death under the flag of the Islamic State began with dreams of a Tunisian patisserie and the girl next door. Countries facing the stiffest economic challenges – such as Tunisia, Jordan, and Egypt – have become the Islamic State's most fertile recruiting grounds, Mr. Abu Haniyeh adds.

First UN food aid in two years reaches over 30,000 Iraqis Posted: 06 Sep 2016 03:54 AM PDT The UN said Tuesday it has delivered food supplies to more than 30,000 residents of Qayyarah for the first time in two years after Iraqi forces expelled jihadists from the northern town. Government forces on August 25 pushed the Islamic State group out of Qayyarah, considered strategic for a planned offensive against the jihadists' last Iraqi stronghold of Mosul further north. Qayyarah had been "inaccessible for over two years", the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement.

Tajikistan investigates threats by Islamic State Posted: 06 Sep 2016 03:50 AM PDT Tajikistan's security services are investigating unspecified threats of action this month purportedly made by a former commander of the Central Asian nation's elite police force who has defected to Islamic State, security sources said on Tuesday. Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, who has gone through special forces training in Russia and the United States, joined the militant group last May. Last week, Washington offered a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the location, arrest, and conviction of Khalimov, describing him as "a key leader" of the Syria- and Iraq-based group. Two security sources told Reuters that this week servicemen in Tajkikistan, a country bordering Afghanistan and seen by the West and Russia as a possible conduit both for militant Islamists and drug runners, started receiving text messages on their mobile phones in Khalimov's name.

EU lawmakers seek help to preserve Syria, Iraq mass graves Posted: 06 Sep 2016 02:37 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers want help to preserve 72 mass graves in Syria and Iraq documented by The Associated Press so the evidence can be used to bring Islamic State group members to trial.

How Nations Around the World Teach Their Most Difficult History Posted: 06 Sep 2016 01:00 AM PDT OZY's global correspondents reveal what children are learning about deeply politicized homegrown tragedies.

Iraq puts out more oil fires at northern field, some still burning Posted: 05 Sep 2016 11:20 PM PDT Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but at least three fires are still blazing, the oil ministry said on Tuesday. The militants sabotaged much of Qayyara's oil infrastructure before fleeing ahead of the government advance, sending black smoke into the sky for days and oil pouring into main thoroughfares. "The firefighting consisted of removing explosives from these wells, putting out the fires and preventing crude oil from leaking into the river to prevent pollution," ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said.

Turkish air strikes hit 12 targets in north Iraq: military Posted: 05 Sep 2016 09:59 PM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes destroyed 12 targets in northern Iraq late on Monday, the military said, striking a region where Ankara says the leadership of Turkey's outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK is based. The military statement said the sites hit were in the Metina and Hakurk regions of northern Iraq, but did not give further details. In the past, such strikes have been aimed at targets Turkey says are linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The PKK has been fighting a three-decades-old insurgency against Ankara to demand autonomy in Turkey's southeast region. ...

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