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Sep 08 2014
News
Destroying ISIS May Take Years, U.S. Officials Say
The Obama administration is preparing to carry out a campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria that may take three years to complete, requiring a sustained effort that could last until after President Obama has left office, according to senior administration officials.
New York Times (News)Aug 16 2016
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Trump Blames 'Corrupt' Media for Slump in Polls
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is laying out his plan to defeat global Islamic terrorism in a speech Monday.
This comes after he spent the weekend trying to explain why he's not doing so well in the polls against Hillary Clinton. Trump blasted the media for his recent slump, calling the press "disgusting" and "corrupt."
CBNSep 03 2014
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Conflicting Signals? Obama vows to ‘destroy’ ISIS, make it ‘manageable’
President Obama sent seemingly conflicting signals Wednesday about his ultimate goal in the fight against the Islamic State, saying at a press conference in Europe that the aim is to "degrade and destroy" the terror group -- but moments later, claiming he wants to make it a "manageable problem."
Fox News (Online News)Sep 02 2021
Analysis
Our Defeat In Afghanistan Is Only The Beginning
As the post-9/11 chapter closes, a new one begins, marked above all by the end of American deterrence and the eclipse of American power.
Our total defeat and ignominious, disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan, after 20 years of war and nation-building, closes a chapter on post-9/11 America — and opens another.
What comes next is to some extent uncertain, but you don’t need to be a
The FederalistApr 08 2019
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Trump just labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. But it could backfire.
The US-Iran standoff was just turned up to 11.
The Trump administration on Monday announced it had labeled the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) — Iran’s hugely influential security and military organization responsible for the protection and survival of the regime — as a “foreign terrorist organization.”
That will make it illegal for any American or person in the US to
VoxJan 26 2021
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How can far-right violence be stopped?
The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month by a mob of Trump supporters has drawn renewed attention to the problem of far-right violence in the United States.
The attack on Congress will be remembered as a singular day in American history, but it fits into an ongoing trend of violence by right-wing extremists. Despite the attention paid to Islamic terrorism after 9/11,
Yahoo! The 360Dec 09 2015
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Trump's proposal to keep out Muslims crosses a line For Many in Both Parties
Republican and Democratic leaders leveled Their Most forceful criticism yet contre Donald Trump on Tuesday, Widely denouncing the GOP presidential front-runner's call to bar Muslims from Reviews entering the United States and signaling That Trump's anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic rhetoric HAS agitated Both sides more than ever.
Washington PostSep 13 2012
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Protesters storm U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Chanting “death to America, hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemens capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East.
Washington TimesSep 13 2012
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Protesters Storm U.S. Embassy Compound In Yemen
Chanting "death to America," hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East.
NPR (Online News)Aug 14 2014
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UN Declares: Crisis in Iraq Has Reached "Level 3 Emergency"
The United Nations on Wednesday called its highest level of emergency for the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, where hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes and tens of thousands have been trapped in a desert mountain by the advance of Islamic militants across the north of the country.
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