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Iraqis massively heed Jihad on terror Fatwa + pics

Sun Jun 15, 2014 17:48:27

Masses of Iraqi volunteers continue to pour into army registration centers across the war-torn nation following a ‘Jihad on terror’ decree issued by the country’s top Shia scholar Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani.

US deploys 3 warships to Persian Gulf for likely Iraq hit

Sun Jun 15, 2014 16:17:23

The US military has deployed three warships in the Persian Gulf area in a bid to give the American president the option of potentially ordering airstrikes against suspected al-Qaeda-linked insurgents in Iraq.

Israel nabs 80 Palestinians over missing teenagers

Sun Jun 15, 2014 15:05:22

The Israeli regime’s troops have arrested 80 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, including lawmakers and political leaders.

Syria army recaptures strategic town near Turkish border

Sun Jun 15, 2014 14:14:46

The Syrian army has recaptured the strategic town of Kassab near the country’s border with Turkey in the northwestern province of Latakia.

Iraq turmoil rooted in Int’l negligence on Syria: Brahimi

Sun Jun 15, 2014 13:07:13

Former UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has said the unrest sweeping Iraq stemmed from the international community's negligence of the conflict in neighboring Syria.

Iraqi army kills nearly 300 Takfiri terrorists

Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:07:04

Iraq’s army forces have killed almost 300 Takfiri militants in separate attacks across the country as the troops get the upper hand in the battle against the foreign-backed terrorists.

Iraq army kills ISIL commander in Mosul

Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:34:53

A commander of the al-Qaeda splinter, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been killed in Mosul as Iraqi forces continue pushing back the militants.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait bankroll Takfiri militants: Robert Fisk

Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:54:36

From Aleppo in northern Syria to almost eastern Iraq, the terrorists of ISIL and sundry other groupuscules have been paid by the Saudi Wahhabis – and by Kuwaiti oligarchs – now rule thousands of square miles.

Detained leaker says US public lied to about Iraq from the start

Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:19:39

The detained US soldier convicted of leaking a trove of secret documents to WikiLeaks has made a rare foray into public life to warn Americans they were being lied to about Iraq once more.

Pentagon spends millions to prepare for civil unrest

Sun Jun 15, 2014 09:31:48

The Pentagon is pumping millions of dollars annually into programs that set out to explore the factors responsible for creating civil unrest around the world, The Guardian reports.

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