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Wary Governors Halt, Question Plan to Accept Syrian Refugees

DETROIT (AP) — Several U.S. governors are threatening to halt efforts to allow Syrian refugees into their states in the aftermath of the coordinated attacks in Paris, though immigration experts say under the Refugee Act of 1980 governors cannot legally block refugees from settling in their communities.

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Ted Cruz to Offer Bill Banning Syrian Refugees

Sen. Ted Cruz has struck back at President Obama’s implication that his rejection of Syrian refugees is “shameful,” telling CNN he will be introducing legislation banning Muslim Syrian refugees from entering the United States.

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Kerry: Paris Islamic Terrorists ‘Psychopathic Monsters’

The Islamic State terrorists who perpetrated Friday’s Paris attacks are “psychopathic monsters”, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said. Speaking on a visit to Paris on Monday, Mr Kerry described France as America’s ally, and pledged solidarity between the

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Hardline Cleric: Nuclear Deal A Plot To Infiltrate Iran

The Iranian leadership’s anti-U.S./anti-Israel sentiment was put on full display during this weekend’s regime-led prayers in Tehran. Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Kazzem Seddiqi called on the Iranian people and their government to be wary of “plots hatched by the U.S.

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Russia Confirms Airbus A321 Plane Brought Down By Bomb Over Egypt

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a homemade bomb placed on board in a “terrorist” act, the head of Russia’s FSB security service told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “According to

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70 U.S.-Trained Afghan Troops Surrender Weapons to Taliban

At least 70 members of the U.S.-trained and equipped Afghan security forces handed over their weapons and equipment, purchased with American taxpayer funds, and surrendered to the Taliban in the restive district of Sangin in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province along the Pakistan border.

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CO, VT, CT: Dem Governors Want Syrian Refugees

Although 52% of Americans believe accepting Syrian refuges will make America less safe, and the F.B.I. has admitted they cannot vet all of these refugees for terror ties, Democrat governors in Colorado, Vermont, and Connecticut have told President Obama that

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Report: ISIS Groups Join Afghan Taliban

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have joined the ranks of the Taliban in Afghanistan, a source at Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) told the Russian state-owned TASS news agency.

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Poll: 52% Believe Accepting Refugees Makes America Less Safe

In the wake of Friday night’s devastating terror attacks in Paris, President Obama has called those concerned with accepting Syrian refugees “un-American.” MSNBC sometimes-anchor Brian Williams calls them “anti-refugee.” According to a Reuters poll taken over the weekend, and as

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Pope Benedict Was Right in Warning About Radical Islam

Pope Benedict was universally pilloried by the media for his famous 2006 Regensburg address, in which he commented on the historical relationship between Islam and violence. But now even the mainstream media are finding themselves forced to ask whether Benedict was right, and perhaps even prophetic in his statements.