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To Silence Propaganda, Iraq Seeks to Take Islamic State Offline
Militants use satellite dishes to connect to the Web, or illicit microwave dishes that hook them into broadband networks in government-held areas.
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Twitter Sued by US Widow for Giving Voice to Islamic State
Tamara Fields said Twitter knowingly let the militant Islamist group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money, and attract recruits.
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Under Iraqi Town, ISIS Militants Built Network of Tunnels
Under the Iraqi town of Sinjar, Islamic State group militants built a network of tunnels, complete with sleeping quarters, wired with electricity and fortified with sandbags. There, they had boxes of US-made ammunition, medicines and copies of the Quran stashed on shelves.
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Islamic State Kills 3 Assyrian Christian Captives: Activists
Islamic State militants have killed three Assyrian Christian captives who were among nearly 200 Christians abducted earlier this year in northeastern Syria, two human rights monitoring groups said today.
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New Taliban Leader Moves Fast to Heal Rifts in Afghan Insurgency
If the first public comments from the Afghan Taliban's newly appointed leader are anything to go by, Akhtar Mohammad Mansour recognises how fractured the militant movement has become and that humility and consensus may be his best way forward.
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Syria Returnees Likely Behind Indonesia Chlorine Bomb, Says Police
Indonesian militants believed to have returned from fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria are suspected of being behind an attempted chlorine bomb attack in a shopping mall last month, police said today.
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Islamic State Allegedly Threatens Twitter Executive and Staff
Twitter Inc and US authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's co-founder and other employees, according to media reports.
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US and Turkey Vow to Jointly Fight Islamic State Financing
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan asserted a strong joint commitment to combat financial networks supporting Islamic State militants at a G20 summit in Istanbul, a US Treasury spokesperson said today.
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Islamic State Group Cuts Off Phone Lines in Mosul, Say Residents
Militants from the Islamic State group blocked all mobile phone networks in the largest Iraqi city they control, Mosul, accusing informants in the city of tipping off coalition forces to their whereabouts, residents told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Obama Calls for Dismantling Islamic State's 'Network of Death'
Declaring the world at a "crossroads between war and peace," President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to lead a coalition to dismantle the Islamic State militant group's "network of death" that has wreaked havoc in the Middle East and drawn the U.S. back into military action in the region.
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To Silence Propaganda, Iraq Seeks to Take Islamic State Offline
Militants use satellite dishes to connect to the Web, or illicit microwave dishes that hook them into broadband networks in government-held areas.
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Twitter Sued by US Widow for Giving Voice to Islamic State
Tamara Fields said Twitter knowingly let the militant Islamist group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money, and attract recruits.
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Under Iraqi Town, ISIS Militants Built Network of Tunnels
Under the Iraqi town of Sinjar, Islamic State group militants built a network of tunnels, complete with sleeping quarters, wired with electricity and fortified with sandbags. There, they had boxes of US-made ammunition, medicines and copies of the Quran stashed on shelves.
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Islamic State Kills 3 Assyrian Christian Captives: Activists
Islamic State militants have killed three Assyrian Christian captives who were among nearly 200 Christians abducted earlier this year in northeastern Syria, two human rights monitoring groups said today.
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New Taliban Leader Moves Fast to Heal Rifts in Afghan Insurgency
If the first public comments from the Afghan Taliban's newly appointed leader are anything to go by, Akhtar Mohammad Mansour recognises how fractured the militant movement has become and that humility and consensus may be his best way forward.
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Syria Returnees Likely Behind Indonesia Chlorine Bomb, Says Police
Indonesian militants believed to have returned from fighting with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria are suspected of being behind an attempted chlorine bomb attack in a shopping mall last month, police said today.
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Islamic State Allegedly Threatens Twitter Executive and Staff
Twitter Inc and US authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's co-founder and other employees, according to media reports.
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US and Turkey Vow to Jointly Fight Islamic State Financing
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan asserted a strong joint commitment to combat financial networks supporting Islamic State militants at a G20 summit in Istanbul, a US Treasury spokesperson said today.
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Islamic State Group Cuts Off Phone Lines in Mosul, Say Residents
Militants from the Islamic State group blocked all mobile phone networks in the largest Iraqi city they control, Mosul, accusing informants in the city of tipping off coalition forces to their whereabouts, residents told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Obama Calls for Dismantling Islamic State's 'Network of Death'
Declaring the world at a "crossroads between war and peace," President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to lead a coalition to dismantle the Islamic State militant group's "network of death" that has wreaked havoc in the Middle East and drawn the U.S. back into military action in the region.
