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Ancient Prophecy Has ISIS Hoping for US Ground Troops

Invasion would fulfill prediction, likely be huge boost for recruitment

(Newser) - There's a reason why the Islamic State beheaded American Peter Kassig last year in the city of Dabiq, Syria, and why the group's online magazine shares the city's name. It's one of the reasons President Obama wants to avoid sending ground troops to fight ISIS. As...

FBI Drops Bomb in San Bernardino Shooting

Syed Rizwan Farook, Tashfeen Malik were long 'radicalized'

(Newser) - The husband-and-wife team that murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., last week had apparently been "radicalized" for a good while, the New York Times reports. "We believe that both subjects were radicalized and for quite some time," says FBI assistant director David Bowdich. He adds that...

Leaked ISIS Doc Shows 'Deeply Calculating Organization'

24-page manual outlines setup of self-sufficient state, chilling recruitment of kids

(Newser) - If some remain unconvinced that ISIS wants to actually put the "State" in Islamic State, a leaked document obtained by the Guardian lends further proof that is indeed the case. The paper notes that it got its hands on an internal ISIS manual entitled "Principles in the Administration...

Obama Said 'Close to Nothing,' and Nothing New

The buzzword is 'reassure,' and most agree Obama didn't do it

(Newser) - On Sunday night, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office for the third time in his presidency. What the pundits are saying about the rare event:
  • At Politico , Edward-Isaac Dovere has pretty much nothing positive to say about a speech that "said close to nothing" and did
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Shooter's Dad: He Was 'Obsessed With Israel'

FBI seems more interested in Farook's mother

(Newser) - Syed Rizwan Farook supported ISIS and was obsessed with Israel, his father told Italian newspaper La Stampa in a frank interview that has apparently now been retracted. The elder Farook said his son had been a good, studious boy, but too shy and conservative in his views, and fixated on...

Obama: We Will Not Give In to ISIS &#39;Thugs&#39;
 Obama: We 
 Will Not Give In 
 to ISIS 'Thugs' 
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Dec 6, 2015 7:39 PM CST

Obama: We Will Not Give In to ISIS 'Thugs'

Reassures Americans against terrorism in 3rd Oval Office address of presidency

(Newser) - In a rare Oval Office address, President Obama vowed Sunday night the United States would overcome a terror threat that has entered a "new phase" as he sought to reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California. "I know that after so much war, many Americans...

Airstrikes Pound ISIS in Raqqa
 Airstrikes Pound ISIS in Raqqa 
Dec 6, 2015 1:02 PM CST

Airstrikes Pound ISIS in Raqqa

At least 32 fighters dead; unclear if France, Russia, or US is doing the bombing

(Newser) - Airstrikes hit several positions of the Islamic State group in its de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria on Sunday, killing and wounding at least 15 people, opposition activists and social media pages loyal to ISIS said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 15 blasts shook the...

Huge Car Bomb Kills Yemen Governor; ISIS Takes Credit

Warns "infidels" it will conduct "operations to chop off their rotten heads'

(Newser) - A huge explosion killed the governor of Yemen's southern Aden province and at least six of his bodyguards on Sunday in an attack that was later claimed by a local Islamic State affiliate. Gov. Gaafar Mohamed Saad was traveling to his office when the explosion struck his convoy, in...

ISIS: San Bernardino Shooters Were 'Supporters'

Feds taking second look at Malik's visa application

(Newser) - ISIS is now claiming Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook as supporters—but apparently not ones it had been aware of. In a statement on ISIS radio Saturday, the group praised the San Bernardino shootings, saying they had been carried out by "two supporters of the Islamic State,"...

First of the Paris Targets Reopens Its Doors

A La Bonne Biere's doors open once again after 5 died there on Nov. 13

(Newser) - Three weeks after the deadly terror attacks in Paris, one of the targeted venues has opened its doors again, making it the first of the targets to do so. Customers filtered Friday into A La Bonne Biere—where five people perished at the hands of Islamic State gunmen on Nov....

Female San Bernardino Shooter Praised ISIS Online

Authorities say Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance to Islamic State

(Newser) - Authorities say the woman who took part in this week's mass shooting in San Bernardino had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State online. The details of what Tashfeen Malik wrote and when she wrote it are still developing, but NBC News quotes a source as saying that she posted...

UK Votes to Strike Syria, Strikes Syria

Parliament approves ISIS strikes after long, emotional debate

(Newser) - British lawmakers voted by a wide margin Wednesday to join the international campaign of airstrikes against ISIS in Syria after Prime Minister David Cameron asserted that bombing the "medieval monsters" in their heartland would make Britain safer. Anti-war protesters outside Parliament booed as they learned the result of the...

ISIS Claims Video Shows Beheading of Russian Spy

It claims the execution is retaliation for Russia's bombings in Syria

(Newser) - ISIS released a video Wednesday it claims shows a Russian jihadist beheading a Russian spy, NBC News reports. In the video—titled "You Shall be Disappointed and Humiliated O Russians"—the victim identifies himself as Magomed Khasiyev from the Chechen Republic. According to Arutz Sheva , the 23-year-old admits...

Iraqis' Conspiracy Theory: the US Is Helping ISIS

Officials say idea is spread by Iran to erode US influence

(Newser) - A Shiite commander in northern Iraq says the Islamic State is "almost finished" and could be defeated in days "if only America would stop supporting them." Wait, what? The Washington Post reports many Iraqi fighters and civilians in fact believe that the US is helping ISIS, even...

Trump's ISIS Strategy: 'Take Out Their Families'

'I would knock the hell out of ISIS'

(Newser) - Donald Trump said earlier this year that he doesn't want to tip his hand on how he would defeat ISIS , but he offered a bit of a glimpse into his anti-terrorism strategy on Wednesday. "I would knock the hell out of ISIS, I would hit them … so...

Russia: Turkey's President, Family Buys ISIS Oil

Erdogan says he'll step down if allegations are proven

(Newser) - Russia has made its boldest slam yet about Turkey in the wake of its downed military jet : Russia's deputy defense minister on Wednesday said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is directly involved in buying oil from the Islamic State. Turkey buys stolen oil from Syria and Iraq and...

US Special Ops Force Being Sent to Fight ISIS in Iraq, Syria

'We are acting to defeat [ISIS] at its core'

(Newser) - The US will be sending an unspecified number of special operations troops to Iraq to "put even more pressure" on ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, NBC News reports. "These special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture [ISIS] leaders,...

Star Economist Floats Contentious Theory on ISIS' Rise

Thomas Piketty blames income inequality in Mideast, thanks to the West

(Newser) - French economist Thomas Piketty is no stranger to controversy , thanks in part to his best-selling writing about income inequality. But he may have just floated his most controversial theory yet, one about the rise of the Islamic State, writes Jim Tankersley in the Washington Post . As first laid out in...

ISIS Defections Show Cracks in Armor: Officials

Group has lost 23K fighters since '14; unclear if the trend will continue

(Newser) - Islamic State fighters have been defecting over the last month, military officials say, a sign that US-led bombing and other efforts that have killed 23,000 militants since 2014—3,000 since mid-October—are taking a toll on the group, USA Today reports. However, experts say, it's too early...

Putin: Russia 'Ready to Cooperate' Against ISIS

French president says they agreed to 'strike terrorists only'

(Newser) - The presidents of France and Russia agreed Thursday to tighten cooperation in the fight against ISIS, although they remained at odds over their approach toward Syrian President Bashar Assad. ISIS has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks against both of the countries' citizens in recent weeks, and Francois Hollande and Vladimir...

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