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U.S. Commander Contradicts Iraqis: Two-Thirds of Fallujah Still Under Islamic State

An American commander is contradicting the claim by Iraqi military leaders that the city of Fallujah has been “liberated” from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS), claiming, instead, that only one-third of the city has been cleared of an ISIS presence, and the rest is littered with traps and bombs for incoming soldiers.

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Report: Islamic State Controls Eight Schools in Afghanistan

Voice of America (VoA) reports that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has taken over at least eight schools, including two high schools, in Afghanistan, imposing a jihadi curriculum that teaches children the fundamentals of sharia and how to commit suicide bombings.

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Famine: Nearly 90 Percent of Venezuelans Have No Money for Food

After months of increasingly alarming reports out of Venezuela, where the legislature declared a “food emergency” in February, The New York Times has finally shed some light on what appears to be the beginnings of a famine in the oil-rich country, where nearly 90 percent of civilians do not have access to food.

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Premeditation: Orlando Jihadi Bought $9,000 in Jewelry Week Before Attack

Omar Mateen, the Islamic State-affiliated jihadi responsible for the killing of 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub last week, spent almost $9,000 at a Kay Jewelers a week before the attack. This is the latest in a string of large, bizarre financial moves made by Mateen shortly before the massacre.

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CDC: 234 Pregnant Women in America Carrying Zika Virus

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have confirmed that six infants have been born in U.S. states with birth defects following their mother’s infection with the Zika virus. 234 women in the continental United States have tested positive for Zika.

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Gorka at Breitbart HQ: Orlando and a President Who Doesn’t Love America

On Friday, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Breitbart News national security editor and author of the new book Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, took questions from the public in a live Facebook chat with Breitbart senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak. He answered questions from viewers concerned about the rise of radical Islam and President Obama’s seeming inability to confront the problem head-on.

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Orlando: Jihadi Had Enough Time During Shooting to Wash His Hands

Omar Mateen, the jihadist responsible for upwards of 100 casualties at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, had enough time to wash his hands in the bathroom, and dry them under an electric blow dryer, according to one witness.

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Venezuela: 400 Arrested, 17-Year-Old Killed in Scramble to Find Food

At least 400 were arrested on Tuesday in eastern Sucre state, Venezuela, with police arguing that the starved people, many chanting “we want food,” were attempting to loot trucks carrying food meant to be distributed later through the socialist government’s ration system.

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Gun Shop Reported ‘Suspicious’ Omar Mateen to FBI

Robbie Abell, owner of a south Florida gun shop, says he alerted authorities that a suspicious man had come in asking about body armor. Two weeks later, Omar Mateen – equipped with weapons he bought at a different shop after Abell’s employees refused to sell to him – killed 49 people and injured as many at Pulse night club in Orlando.

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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Denying Islamic Radicalism Is ‘Endangering American Citizens’

On Fox News Monday, Breitbart News editor and Chair of Military Theory at Marine Corps University Dr. Sebastian Gorka argued that the war on jihad must be fought honestly, and those who deny the Islamic ideology behind attacks like that on Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Sunday morning are “in a fantasy land.”

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Islamic State Fans Make Video Praising Orlando Gay Club Massacre

A pro-Islamic State video has surfaced on YouTube praising Omar Mateen, the jihadi responsible for the massacre of 49 people at the LGBT Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The video does not mention the growing evidence that Mateen himself was gay.

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Families, Friends Mourn Orlando Jihad Victims

Ranging in age from 20 to 50 years old, the victims of the Islamist massacre at Orlando’s Pulse LGBT nightclub Saturday night are being remembered by their loved ones as bright, driven, and independent people whose absence has left a

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Venezuela: Chavista Gang Breaks Legislator’s Nose in Public Beating

Supporters of socialist president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, beat opposition legislator Julio Borges with metal sticks in broad daylight Thursday, causing multiple nose fractures. They also injured several others before the nation’s National Electoral Council, where opposition leaders had convened urging the council to speed up the verification process for a recall on their president.

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China Touts Ramadan Events in Beijing After Muslim Crackdown in West

Chinese state propaganda outlets are making a valiant push to convince the world that Muslims in China enjoy religious freedom, touting Ramadan services in Beijing, while children and Communist Party officials are banned from the traditional fast in western Xinjiang province, home to the nation’s Muslim Uighur minority.

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