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ISIS Executes Christian Hostages During Muslim Holiday

The Islamic State has released a videotaped execution of three Assyrian Christian hostages, captured during a February offensive in Syria. The lives of hundreds more Christian captives remain in the balance, a point the savages emphasized by making three of them beg for ransom payments on camera.

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Turkey Busts Suspected ISIS Members for Attempting to Mint Currency

AFP reports that Turkish police have busted six suspected ISIS militants for attempting to illegally mint coins. It seems like one of the more bizarre crimes to emerge from the Islamic State chamber of horrors, but the report notes that ISIS has long been interested in creating its own currency to achieve a measure of independence from what it describes as “the satanic global financial system.”

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Saudi Hackers Expose ISIS Supporters, Discover Most Are Women

In Saudi Arabia, a group calling itself “Cyber of Emotion” declared online warfare against ISIS supporters in the Kingdom last month, and claims to have identified several of them by hacking into their email accounts. According to group’s leader, most ISIS supporters in Saudi Arabia are women who are involved in romantic relationships with the jihadis.

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Following Obama Apology, MSF Demands Probe into Afghan Clinic Bombing

An apology from the President of the United States is not enough for Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) (MSF). The organization wants to pursue an international investigation into the alleged “war crime” committed by U.S. forces when American fighter jets bombed an MSF facility that was operating in Taliban-contested territory, killing 22 people, including 12 members of MSF’s staff.

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A Storm Of Palestinian Terrorism Hits Israel

Throughout the State of Israel, Arab terrorists this week have launched an assault against the Jewish State’s citizens, committing a string of acts of violence and destruction in the process, killing some and wounding dozens more.

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Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Accept UN Peace Deal

Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels, who threw the country into civil war this year after a coup attempt against exiled president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, have written a letter to the United Nations accepting a seven-point peace plan led by Oman.