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FBI Launches Public Identification Campaign for ISIS Foreign Fighters

October 7, 2014 Posted by Editor

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a campaign asking citizens to help identify any possible foreign Islamic State fighters. An online form has been set up so that anyone can submit potential tips. "We need the public's assistance in identifying U.S. persons going to fight overseas with terrorist groups or who are returning home from fighting overseas," said assistant director … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News, Uncategorized Tagged With: alan, alan henning, beheading, british taxi driver, FBI, fighter identification, hostage, hostage beheading, hostage release, ISIL, ISIS, ISlamic State, public campaign

ISIS Advancing on Kobani, Kurds Fear City is Lost

October 7, 2014 Posted by Staff

Kurdish forces in Syria fought valiantly on Tuesday as Islamic State militants continued their siege on Kobani, the city near the Turkish border that has been under attack for the previous weeks. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, announced that the Syrian town was about to fall although the United States and their allies continued airstrikes on the extremists. Mr. Erdogan explained that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: ISIL, ISIS, isis advances, ISlamic State, kobani, kobani falls, kobani under siege, kurds, kurds abandon towns, kurds cross border, kurds flee to turkey, refugees, turkey

Parents of American Hostage Held by ISIS Release Letter Written by Kassig

October 6, 2014 Posted by Editor

Peter Edward Kassig, the latest hostage to be threatened with beheading by the Islamic State extremist group, was abducted in Lebanon last year while leading a humanitarian mission for Syrian refugees. After urging the Islamic State to release their son in a YouTube video, the former Army Ranger’s parents released a letter written by Kassig earlier this year, in which he expresses his fear of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: alan, alan henning, beheading, british taxi driver, hostage, hostage beheading, hostage release, ISIL, ISIS, ISlamic State, latest hostage, peter kassig, peter kassig letter, peter kassig parents

Cameron Vows to Hunt Down Alan Henning’s Killers

October 4, 2014 Posted by Editor

After the Islamic State warned westerners that they would kill Alan Henning in a video released last month, the extremist Sunni group has carried out their threat and released the video showing the murder of the British hostage. Henning was a taxi driver and agreed to come to Syria to help in humanitarian missions as a driver. The 47-year-old was kidnapped last December, as he was driving a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: alan, alan henning, alan henning killed, another hostage, beheading, british taxi driver, execution, hostage, hostage beheading, hostage release, ISIL, ISIS, isis executions, ISlamic State

American Intelligence Claims to Have Identified Militant in Beheading Videos

September 26, 2014 Posted by Nathaniel Hooper

According to American Intelligence agencies, the militant in the beheading videos posted on propaganda websites by Islamic State militants, was identified. The fighter appears in two different videotapes where U.S. journalists are beheaded by ISIS. F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, made this information public, declining however to name the man in the video. In the meantime, agents from United … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: alan, alan henning, beheading, british taxi driver, hostage, hostage beheading, hostage release, ISIL, ISIS, ISlamic State

French National Abducted in Algeria by Islamic State Affiliated Militants

September 23, 2014 Posted by Editor

On Sunday, a French national was kidnapped in eastern Algeria by a group called the Caliphate Soldiers, affiliated with ISIS, the extremist organization wreaking havoc throughout Iraq and Syria. A video was issued soon after the kidnapping, threatening to kill the French National if Paris would not put an end to its military intervention in Iraq. Soon after the French foreign ministry announced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: abduction, algeria, algeria abduction, french airstrikes, french national, french national abducted, frenchman, ISIL, ISIS, ISlamic State, kidnapping

U.S. Secretary of State Meets with Iranian Counterpart to Discuss ISIS

September 22, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A rare encounter took place on Sunday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister, to discuss the Iranas nuclear program as well as the international threat that is the Islamic State. The meeting lasted over an hour and occurred at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. It came soon after the United States together with five other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: foreign minister, iran, ISIL, ISIS, john kerry, mohammad javad zarif, nuclear program, secretary of state, United States

Islamic State Advances on Syrian Town as Refugees Pour into Turkey

September 22, 2014 Posted by Staff

While the United Nations had estimated the number of Syrian Kurds that had fled into neighboring Turkey at 100,000 people, the Islamic State was growing closer to the Syrian border town. The U.N. believes that the number of refugees will surely go much higher. According to residents who had managed to flee from the Sunni extremist militants attacking Ayn al-Arab and its surrounding villages, ISIS … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: ISIL, ISIS, isis advances, ISlamic State, kurds, kurds abandon towns, kurds cross border, kurds flee to turkey, refugees, turkey

Ambassador Power Trumpeting International Support Against IS but Failing to Name Supporters

September 21, 2014 Posted by Editor

US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, claimed that America’s efforts to destroy the Sunni extremists wreaking havoc in the Middle East are being supported by over 40 countries. What the ambassador failed to mention was the extent of their commitment and of course, to name them. France has already clearly shown the extent of their involvement in the war against the Islamic State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: airstrikes, allies, coalition, fight against isil, France, international coalition, ISIL, ISIS, samantha power, summit

Alan Henning’s Family Desperately Urging ISIS for Mercy

September 21, 2014 Posted by Editor

Last night, Alan Henning’s family made a desperate appeal for mercy and asked the Islamic State for the British hostage’s release. Their request comes after rumors on social networking sites claiming that the 47-year old Manchester cab driver has become the latest Islamic State hostage to be executed. According to his wife, Barbara, Alan is peaceful and selfless and only accepted the job of … [Read more...]

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