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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Shiite Mosque Bombing in Saudi Arabia

The endless sectarian bloodshed between militant Islamists continues, with a deadly suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia that killed over a dozen people. According to the BBC, the Sunni fanatics of the Islamic State have claimed responsibility for the attack, with a Twitter message that included an image of the bomber.

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New Disclosures Reveal Clinton Ca$hed $500K to $1 Million from Qatari Govt for 2 Speeches

The Clinton Foundation disclosed approximately $26.4 million dollars in donations Thursday that had previously been withheld from having any oversight from public entities. Among the most alarming findings in the new disclosures was that former President Bill Clinton had been paid between $500,000 to $1,000,000 dollars by the government of Qatar to deliver two separate speeches.

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Legion of Foreign Fighters Battles for Islamic State

PANKISI GORGE, Georgia (AP) — One day this April, instead of coming home from school, two teenagers left their valley high in the Caucasus, and went off to war. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 20-year-old stole her friend’s passport to make

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Something Missing from Iraq War Debate (As Usual)

The Iraq debate that has erupted three, seven, eight, twelve years too late may end up disproving the old adage, “Better late than never.” Why? Too many glaring omissions from the conversation. Let’s start with Numero Uno: Islam. Once again,

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Islamic State Tramples Iraqi Govt Lines East Of Ramadi

REUTERS– Islamic State militants overran Iraqi government defences east of the city of Ramadi on Thursday, police and pro-government tribal fighters said. The defensive line was breached at Husaiba, about 10 km (six miles) from the city, on Thursday afternoon

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US Sending Iraq 1,000 Anti-Tank Missile Systems

Washington (AFP) – The United States is sending Iraq 1,000 anti-tank missile systems to help fight suicide car bombings, which played a “devastating” role in the capture of Ramadi by Islamic militants, a top US official said Wednesday. Iraqi Prime

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Australia to Revoke Citizenship of Australian-Born Jihadis

  AP– Australia plans to strip citizenship from Australian-born children of immigrants who become Islamic State fighters in its crackdown on homegrown jihadis, a minister said on Thursday. The government wants to change the Citizenship Act to make fighting for

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Iran Wants 24 Days Notice Prior to Nuke Inspections

As part of a final nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 world powers (U.S., UK, Germany, France, Russia, China), Tehran has demanded at least twenty-four days notice before inspectors are allowed to review their nuclear enrichment sites, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has reportedly disclosed.

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Kurds Advance Against ISIS In Northeastern Syria

REUTERS– Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes are pressing an attack on ISIS in northeastern Syria that has killed at least 170 members of the jihadi group this week, a Kurdish official and an activist group said Wednesday. The official said Kurdish YPG fighters

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UN, US Condemn Russian Embassy Attack in Damascus

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The United Nations and the United States condemned a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries.  Lithuanian Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaite, whose country holds the rotating

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ISIS Sets Eyes on Syrian UNESCO Site Palmyra

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is on the doorstep of Palmyra, another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Syria. Officials warn if ISIS is not stopped, they will destroy another important historic city as they expand the caliphate.

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Islamic State Plants Flag In Iraq’s Ramadi

(REUTERS) Islamic State militants raised their black flag over the local government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday and claimed victory through mosque loudspeakers after overrunning most of the western provincial capital. The insurgents attacked Ramadi overnight using

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India’s Government Denies Report ISIS Slaughtered 39 Indian Captives

Harjit Masih, a 25-year-old Indian national, returned from Iraq to his native country this week after he and 39 other Indians working in Iraq were abducted by the Islamic State. He claims he survived by playing dead after being missed in a firing squad lineup, and that his colleagues are all dead, but the Indian government is denying the report, insisting the men are still alive.

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