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CA State Senator Welcomes Iraqi Christians to The USA

CA State Senator Welcomes Iraqi Christians to The USA

California State Senator Joel Anderson is sponsoring a bill calling for President Barack Obama to eliminate quotas and speed up the process for Iraqi Christian refugees to enter the United States. Fox 5 reported that Bill SJR17 directs the State

Boy's Heart Surgery Saves Him From Probable Death By ISIS

Kheidr Wissam, Yazidi father and his toddler son Abu were in Israel for Abu’s heart surgery as the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), slaughtered his neighbors and relatives in Sinjar, northern Iraq in August, Vocativ reported. : Perched on his son’s

Obama is the man who doesn't WANT to have a plan

In response to Feinstein: Obama is a Too Cautious Man Without a Plan: Obama isn’t cautious about ISIS, he’s annoyed.  He has stuff he wants to do to the United States, and he was really enjoying the luxurious perks of

Paper: NATO Ready To Back Jordan Against Islamic State

Paper: NATO Ready To Back Jordan Against Islamic State

A Saudi Arabian newspaper reports that NATO is ready to back Jordan against the Islamic State. According to The Jerusalem Post, the Saudi paper Okaz reports that Jordan has its intelligence services “deploying their full range of tools to counter

Australia and Germany to Arm Islamic State Opposition Forces

Australia and Germany to Arm Islamic State Opposition Forces

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pledged weapons and ammunition to Iraqi forces battling the threat of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.  He issued a statement saying: The United States government has requested that Australia help to transport stores of military

Merkel: Arming Kurds Against ISIS in Germany's Interest

Merkel: Arming Kurds Against ISIS in Germany's Interest

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers that it’s in Germany’s interests to arm the Kurdish fighters who are battling Islamic extremists in Iraq. The government decided Sunday to send 16,000 assault rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition,

Suicide Bomber Kills 37 in Western Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thirty seven people were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed Humvee military vehicle into a construction site, used by the army and police, according to two police officers and a medical official. The blast killed

America's Oil Boom Overwhelms Global Production Decline

America's Oil Boom Overwhelms Global Production Decline

The United States, sometime in the first quarter of 2014, passed Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of petroleum liquids, with daily output exceeding eleven million barrels per day (bpd), according to the International Energy Agency. Growth from January

German Security Official Warns of Terror Threat

German Security Official Warns of Terror Threat

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s domestic intelligence chief says he expects Islamic extremists who have traveled to Syria and Iraq will return and commit terror attacks. Hans-Georg Maassen told Deutschlandfunk radio on Sunday that there was an “increased abstract threat” of

Iraqi Forces Break Jihadis' 6-Week Siege of Shiite Town

Iraqi Forces Break Jihadis' 6-Week Siege of Shiite Town

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen on Sunday broke a six-week siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern Shiite Turkmen town of Amirli, following U.S. airstrikes against the Sunni militants’ positions, officials said.

Cameron: Britain Facing 'Greatest Terrorist Threat' in History

Cameron: Britain Facing 'Greatest Terrorist Threat' in History

Britain is facing the “greatest and deepest” threat from terrorism in the country’s history, according to Prime Minister David Cameron. Speaking after the UK’s terror threat level was raised to “severe”, meaning that an attack is “highly likely”, Cameron said