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US Says Anti-ISIS Operation In Iraq Kills Coalition Soldier
The U.S. military said on Monday operations against Islamic State in Iraq over the past week led to the death of a non-U.S. coalition soldier and wounded two other non-U.S. personnel.
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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion Gets 20 Years In Jail
An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.
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US Expects ISIS To Wield Chemical Weapons In Mosul Fight
The United States expects ISIS to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on the city of Mosul, US officials say, although adding that the group's technical ability to develop such weapons is highly limited.
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ISIS 'Connected' To Bangladesh: John Kerry
The United States believes that elements of ISIS are connected to operatives in Bangladesh, Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to the South Asian nation that has faced a wave of attacks by Islamist militants.
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US Tells Allies Campaign To Defeat ISIS Must Be Accelerated
The United States pressed allies on Thursday to contribute more to a U.S.-led military campaign against ISIS that it says must be accelerated, regardless of the fate of diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war.
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Air Strikes Alone Won't Defeat ISIS, Warns US
The United States warned today of the need to find Syrian or Arab ground forces to take on ISIS, saying the militant group would not be defeated by air strikes alone.
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2 'Islamic State-Inspired' Women Accused of Planning Attacks in US
Two New York City women have been arrested and accused of planning to carry out a "terrorist attack" in the United States, according to a federal criminal complaint made public on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Hosts First Anti-Islamic State Coalition Meeting
US Secretary of State John Kerry today hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and in Syria.
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Islamic State Seizes One Third of Syrian Town Kobani: Monitor
Islamic State fighters have seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani despite US-led air strikes targeting them in and around the town, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
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ISIS Offered to Swap Pakistan Scientist For Slain US Journalist
In an email to the family members of slain American journalist James Foley, his captors from the Islamic State militant group demanded release of several prisoners, including a Pakistani woman scientist who has been convicted of terrorism charges in the US.
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US Senator John McCain Says Airstrikes in Iraq Can't Stop Islamic State: New York Times
Republican US Senator John McCain said on Saturday that President Barack Obama's limited military action against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq showed a "fundamental misunderstanding of the threat," and called for strikes against the group's positions in Syria, The New York Times reported.
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Silent on ISI, US assures more access to Headley
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday refused to comment on the involvement of Pakistan's ISI spy agency in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack as alleged by key conspirator David Coleman Headley.But the visiting American official assured India of more "access" to Headley, who has admitted his role in the Mumbai attack and turned i...
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US Says Anti-ISIS Operation In Iraq Kills Coalition Soldier
The U.S. military said on Monday operations against Islamic State in Iraq over the past week led to the death of a non-U.S. coalition soldier and wounded two other non-U.S. personnel.
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US Woman Who Led Female ISIS Battalion Gets 20 Years In Jail
An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday.
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US Expects ISIS To Wield Chemical Weapons In Mosul Fight
The United States expects ISIS to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on the city of Mosul, US officials say, although adding that the group's technical ability to develop such weapons is highly limited.
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ISIS 'Connected' To Bangladesh: John Kerry
The United States believes that elements of ISIS are connected to operatives in Bangladesh, Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to the South Asian nation that has faced a wave of attacks by Islamist militants.
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US Tells Allies Campaign To Defeat ISIS Must Be Accelerated
The United States pressed allies on Thursday to contribute more to a U.S.-led military campaign against ISIS that it says must be accelerated, regardless of the fate of diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war.
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Air Strikes Alone Won't Defeat ISIS, Warns US
The United States warned today of the need to find Syrian or Arab ground forces to take on ISIS, saying the militant group would not be defeated by air strikes alone.
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2 'Islamic State-Inspired' Women Accused of Planning Attacks in US
Two New York City women have been arrested and accused of planning to carry out a "terrorist attack" in the United States, according to a federal criminal complaint made public on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Hosts First Anti-Islamic State Coalition Meeting
US Secretary of State John Kerry today hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition trying to crush the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and in Syria.
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Islamic State Seizes One Third of Syrian Town Kobani: Monitor
Islamic State fighters have seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani despite US-led air strikes targeting them in and around the town, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
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ISIS Offered to Swap Pakistan Scientist For Slain US Journalist
In an email to the family members of slain American journalist James Foley, his captors from the Islamic State militant group demanded release of several prisoners, including a Pakistani woman scientist who has been convicted of terrorism charges in the US.
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US Senator John McCain Says Airstrikes in Iraq Can't Stop Islamic State: New York Times
Republican US Senator John McCain said on Saturday that President Barack Obama's limited military action against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq showed a "fundamental misunderstanding of the threat," and called for strikes against the group's positions in Syria, The New York Times reported.
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Silent on ISI, US assures more access to Headley
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday refused to comment on the involvement of Pakistan's ISI spy agency in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack as alleged by key conspirator David Coleman Headley.But the visiting American official assured India of more "access" to Headley, who has admitted his role in the Mumbai attack and turned i...
