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• 'Lack of options' force 4 million to flee from one conflict to another: report
• Lawyers questioned over Indiana's Syrian refugees order
• WHY IT MATTERS: Iran
• Doctor: Sen. Kirk made 'full cognitive recovery' from stroke
• Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain
• Review: Patriot games in Oliver Stone's 'Snowden'
• French police arrest another teenager suspected of plotting attack
• White House sets goal to take in 110,000 refugees next year
• Powell Email Leak Shows Reluctance to Attack Trump
• Man charged with killing Army veteran heads to trial
• French police hold three teens over jihadist links
• Obama plans 30 percent increase in refugees. Why Dems and GOP are upset
• US official says IS has lost half its territory in Iraq
• US gives $181 million in additional relief aid to Iraq
• Turkish ruling party politician gunned down in restive southeast
• U.S. offers humanitarian aid as Iraq prepares Mosul offensive
• UK parl't committee slams former PM Cameron's Libya policy
• James Patterson's new book has a killer title
• Spain arrests Moroccan man accused of promoting Islamist militancy
• Syria cease-fire deal rife with legal, liability questions
• Chelsea Manning to receive gender transition surgery - lawyers
• Norman Lear on Trump's "Painful" Military Forum: "Matt Lauer Got Taken for a Ride by This Demagogue" (Guest Column)
• Strikes on IS group in Syria may have hit civilians: Pentagon

'Lack of options' force 4 million to flee from one conflict to another: report Posted: 14 Sep 2016 05:20 PM PDT By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For Ahmad al-Rashid, fleeing from his home in Aleppo, northern Syria, to Iraq in 2013 was the safest choice he had. "[Iraq] itself was in a crisis, it got worse and worse. Syria and Iraq were the same - so being a refugee in Iraq was just like being in Aleppo," he said at a media briefing organized by aid group Oxfam UK.

Lawyers questioned over Indiana's Syrian refugees order Posted: 14 Sep 2016 04:41 PM PDT Attorneys defending Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's order to bar agencies from helping Syrian refugees resettle in his state faced unusually fierce questioning before a federal appeals court Wednesday, suggesting ...

WHY IT MATTERS: Iran Posted: 14 Sep 2016 03:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: Last year's nuclear deal has removed for now the threat of a U.S.-Iranian military confrontation. But the deal rests on shaky ground.

Doctor: Sen. Kirk made 'full cognitive recovery' from stroke Posted: 14 Sep 2016 03:07 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — A physician who treated U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk after a 2012 stroke says the Illinois Republican "has made a full cognitive recovery."

Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain Posted: 14 Sep 2016 03:05 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in Syria is not only uncomfortable. Against that background, the reactions of U.S. military officials range from caution to outright skepticism over a Geneva-based "joint integration center" that may soon bring together American and Russian militaries to discuss shared targets for the first time since World War Two. There is a trust deficit with the Russians," acknowledged General Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. military's Central Command, even as he voiced support for the initiative at a forum on Wednesday.

Review: Patriot games in Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Posted: 14 Sep 2016 01:05 PM PDT Edward Snowden, who cast himself as the hero of his own spy movie, gets the real thing in Oliver Stone's Hollywoodized biopic of the National Security Agency whistleblower.

French police arrest another teenager suspected of plotting attack Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:32 AM PDT French police on Wednesday arrested a teenager suspected of plotting to kill in the name of the Islamic State, sources said, bringing the number of 15-years-olds detained on such grounds to three in the last week. The latest youth detained is believed to have been planning an imminent attack and using encrypted social media channels to communicate with a French Islamist militant believed to be in Syria or Iraq. In an operation led by France's domestic intelligence agency, police arrested the teenager in eastern Paris.

White House sets goal to take in 110,000 refugees next year Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:30 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will strive to take in 110,000 refugees from around the world in the coming year, the White House said Wednesday, in what would be a nearly 30 percent increase from the 85,000 allowed in over the previous year.

Powell Email Leak Shows Reluctance to Attack Trump Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:15 AM PDT Leaks of hacked emails have, in general, been bad news for Democrats and Hillary Clinton in particular over the past few months. The emails, published by the website DCLeaks.com, make clear that Powell holds Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in extremely low regard. Powell, who ran the State Department in the first term of the George W. Bush administration and is also a respected former US Army General and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, does not temper his disdain for Trump.

Man charged with killing Army veteran heads to trial Posted: 14 Sep 2016 10:53 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man charged with gunning down a former Army sniper who served in Iraq and Afghanistan is heading to trial.

French police hold three teens over jihadist links Posted: 14 Sep 2016 09:37 AM PDT Three teenagers linked to an Islamic State group jihadist have been arrested around Paris in the past week as investigators probe the use of an encrypted messaging app to plot attacks in France, judicial sources said Wednesday. On Wednesday, a teenager was arrested in a dawn raid on his home in northeastern Paris as part of an investigation into the network of French extremist Rachid Kassim. The 15-year-old, who was already on a watchlist of known radicals, was also arrested over his links to Kassim, who is suspected of using Telegram to direct attacks on France from IS-controlled territory in Iraq or Syria.

Obama plans 30 percent increase in refugees. Why Dems and GOP are upset Posted: 14 Sep 2016 08:56 AM PDT The White House informed Congress Tuesday that it plans to accept 110,000 refugees into the US from around the world during the fiscal year that begins next month. The 30-percent increase angered some Republicans while disappointing those who say the US should accommodate as many as 200,000 of the world's displaced people, who number more than 65 million, according to estimates by the United Nations. "We must remain compassionate toward refugees but we also need to make sure that we use commonsense [sic]," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia, said in a statement.

US official says IS has lost half its territory in Iraq Posted: 14 Sep 2016 08:50 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces aided by the U.S.-led coalition have retaken half the territory the Islamic State group once held in the country, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday during a visit to Baghdad.

US gives $181 million in additional relief aid to Iraq Posted: 14 Sep 2016 08:25 AM PDT The United States on Wednesday announced it was providing $181 million (160 million euros) in additional humanitarian assistance to Iraq ahead of an operation to retake the jihadist hub of Mosul. The announcement was made by US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken shortly after he arrived in Baghdad for meetings, including with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. "Today I am pleased to announce that the United States is providing more than $181 million in additional life-saving assistance to help meet critical humanitarian needs of those displaced by conflict, including those who will be affected as Mosul is liberated," he told reporters.

Turkish ruling party politician gunned down in restive southeast Posted: 14 Sep 2016 07:56 AM PDT A politician of Turkey's ruling AK party was shot dead on Wednesday in front of his house in the largely Kurdish southeast, where insurgency is rising and two dozen opposition mayors have been removed over alleged militant links. Ahmet Budak, an AK Party politician who was an unsuccessful candidate in parliamentary elections last November, was gunned down in the Semdinli district of Hakkari province close to the borders with Iran and Iraq, security sources said. Southeastern Turkey has seen a surge in violence since the PKK, which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in the region, abandoned a ceasefire in 2015.

U.S. offers humanitarian aid as Iraq prepares Mosul offensive Posted: 14 Sep 2016 07:51 AM PDT By Stephen Kalin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would give Iraq $181 million in humanitarian aid, anticipating a wave of displaced people when Iraqi forces launch a drive to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State. The advance on Mosul, the biggest city held by the militant group also known as ISIL, could begin as soon as next month. "We are now in a position where ISIL here in Iraq is increasingly on the run and on the ropes, and the urgent work ahead is to complete that effort.

UK parl't committee slams former PM Cameron's Libya policy Posted: 14 Sep 2016 06:52 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Former Prime Minister David Cameron's 2011 decision to intervene militarily in Libya was misguided and helped give rise to Islamic extremism in North Africa, a key British parliamentary committee said Wednesday.

James Patterson's new book has a killer title Posted: 14 Sep 2016 05:50 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A new novel from James Patterson has a title that calls for a disclaimer and a spoiler alert: "The Murder of Stephen King."

Spain arrests Moroccan man accused of promoting Islamist militancy Posted: 14 Sep 2016 12:16 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested a Moroccan man on Wednesday accused of promoting Islamist militancy through social media, the Interior Ministry said. The man detained in the northeastern town of Manresa had shown signs of increased radicalism after contact with an activist recently returned from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, the ministry said. Spain has now detained 29 people with suspected links to Islamist militancy since the beginning of the year. (Reporting by Paul Day; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Syria cease-fire deal rife with legal, liability questions Posted: 14 Sep 2016 12:13 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The deal crafted by the U.S. and Russia to halt the Syrian civil war and focus efforts on rooting out extremists is rife with legal and liability questions that are fueling Pentagon skepticism about military cooperation between the two powers, senior U.S. officials said.

Chelsea Manning to receive gender transition surgery - lawyers Posted: 13 Sep 2016 10:58 PM PDT U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, ended her hunger strike on Tuesday after the Army said she would be allowed to receive gender transition surgery, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said. Manning's treatment will begin with the surgery that was recommended by her psychologist in April, the ACLU, which represented Manning, said in a statement. Manning is held in Kansas.

Norman Lear on Trump's "Painful" Military Forum: "Matt Lauer Got Taken for a Ride by This Demagogue" (Guest Column) Posted: 13 Sep 2016 09:00 PM PDT The TV legend and World War II vet was there at NBC's commander-in-chief event as a "torrent of verifiably dishonest bullshittery" took over amid denigration of American leadership, praise for Putin and "the media's dangerous failure."

Strikes on IS group in Syria may have hit civilians: Pentagon Posted: 13 Sep 2016 06:57 PM PDT The incidents took place September 7, September 10 and September 12, according to a statement from CENTCOM. On September 7, a raid near Dayz Az Zawr, Syria, on an ISIL target, struck a non-military vehicle that drove into the target area after the weapon was released from the aircraft.

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