US urges online fight against IS as strikes hit jihadists
Mursitpinar, Turkey (AFP) Oct 27, 2014 -
The US-led coalition carried out fresh air strikes Monday against jihadists in Syria and Iraq as Washington called for the battle against the Islamic State group to be taken to the Internet.
Fighting continued to rage for the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane, and in Iraq a suicide bomber was reported to have killed at least 14 pro-government fighters south of Baghdad.
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Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria's Kobane
Mursitpinar, Turkey (AFP) Oct 27, 2014 -
Kurdish forces have thwarted a new attempt by Islamic State group fighters to cut off the Syrian town of Kobane from the border with Turkey before Iraqi Kurdish reinforcements can deploy.
The pre-dawn assault marked the fourth straight day the jihadists had attacked the Syrian side of the border crossing as the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head for Kobane, the Syrian Observato ...
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Yellow powder 'not dangerous' as new consulate targeted in Istanbul
Istanbul (AFP) Oct 27, 2014 -
The Hungarian consulate in Istanbul on Monday became the sixth diplomatic mission in Turkey's largest city to receive a suspicious powder through the post but the authorities said there was no indication the substance was dangerous.
The consulates of Belgium, Canada, Germany, France and the United States - all countries involved in the international coalition against Islamic State (IS) jiha ...
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How spending more on the military could make it weaker
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 26, 2014 -
To hear the anguished cries of critics of the Obama administration's defense plans, one would think the nation is disarming.
We are told that at a projected end strength of 450,000 active duty Army personnel, ground forces will be headed to pre-World War II levels. The Navy, with some 290 ships or less, will be down to the size of the pre-World War I fleet. Is the sky falling?
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China to keep closer eye on military spending: Xinhua
Beijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2014 -
China intends to improve efficiency in military spending through tighter monitoring of how funds are used, state media reported Sunday.
Under the new "results-based management system" set to be fully operational by 2020, individuals and military units will be held accountable for inefficiency, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
It cited what it described as a "circular approved by th ...
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