IS jihadists carry out mass killings of Iraqi tribe
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 02, 2014 -
The Islamic State group has carried out a fresh wave of mass killings, officials said Sunday, executing more than 200 members of an Iraqi tribe which took up arms against the jihadists.
Women and children were said to be among scores of Albu Nimr tribespeople executed over the past 10 days in western Iraq's Anbar province.
Reports of the killings came with the country on edge as hundreds ...
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US prepares to send military advisers to western Iraq
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2014 -
US officers are drafting plans to deploy American military advisers to Iraq's western Anbar province and to help arm Sunni tribes to fight Islamic State jihadists, officials said Friday.
"It's a plan that's being developed," a senior military officer said on condition of anonymity.
But before any advisers head to the volatile province, there was still more work to be done to ensure Sunni ...
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Russia Ratifies Cuba Space Deal
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 30, 2014 -
Russia's Federation Council has ratified the intergovernmental agreement with Cuba on cooperation in exploring and using space for peaceful purposes on Wednesday.
The agreement was signed on February 21, 2013 in Havana, Cuba and is aimed at creating organizational and legal foundation for the formation and development of cooperation projects between Russia and Cuba in the field of satellit ...
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Foreign jihadists flock to IS despite air strikes
London (AFP) Oct 31, 2014 -
The Islamic State group is recruiting foreign jihadists on an "unprecedented scale" despite international efforts to stem the tide, according to experts and extracts of a UN report published by Britain's Guardian newspaper.
Latest US figures show that around 1,000 foreign fighters are flocking to fight in Iraq and Syria every month, and experts warn that the newest militants may be more extr ...
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Iraqi fighters lift spirits in Syria siege town
Suruc, Turkey (AFP) Nov 01, 2014 -
Iraqi peshmerga fighters prepared Saturday to join the fight against jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane, lifting the spirits of Kurdish defenders in the highly symbolic battle.
The roughly 150 Iraqi fighters, many chanting "Kobane!", were warmly welcomed after crossing the frontier from Turkey late Friday to join fellow Kurds trying to repel the Islamic State (IS) group.
The ...
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Pentagon spy agency trimmed after lawmakers voice concern
Washington (AFP) Nov 02, 2014 -
A Pentagon plan to create an overseas intelligence agency is being trimmed after lawmakers voiced concern with its price and purpose, The Washington Post reported.
The new Defense Clandestine Service, announced by the Pentagon more than two years ago, is to use existing agents, authorities and assets and work closely with the Central Intelligence Agency to track emerging threats.
But a r ...
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Russian flights over Europe raise tension: US military
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2014 -
Russian military flights over European airspace are raising tensions and pose a potential danger to security and to civilian aircraft, a US military spokesman said Friday.
The United States was concerned about the flights of Russian warplanes and was tracking the activity "very closely," Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters.
"We certainly don't see these increased flights and activity ...
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