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- The U.S. government has positively identified a relatively small number of Americans-fewer than 12 - who have joined ISIS, but precise numbers are unavailable and intelligence assessments, while educated, are still estimates due to limited U.S. intelligence in Syria, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports.ome have gone to aid groups and some have joined the jihadists. While the U.S. can only confirm a relatively small number of Americans have linked up with terror groups in Syria, officials suspect the actual number may be higher.
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- Americans linked to ISIS. It's unclear how many Americans have been caught attempting to join or help ISIS, but National Intelligence Director James Clapper has said 180 Americans have tried to go fight in Syria. Experts say most of them are disillusioned young people trying to find purpose or make their mark.mericans linked to ISIS. It's unclear how many Americans have been caught attempting to join or help ISIS, but National Intelligence Director James Clapper has said 180 Americans have tried to go fight in Syria. Experts say most of them are disillusioned young people trying to find purpose or make their mark.
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0 US spending $9M a day in ISIS fight. The U.S. has spent more than $2.74 billion — or roughly $9.1 million per day — in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon revealed Thursday. In releasing the new numbers, the Pentagon for the first time offered a cost breakdown, shedding new light on where the money is going.
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- Syria- and Iraq-based insurgent terrorist group known as the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL, ISIS, or the Arabic acronym Da’esh), and the President has ordered actions to “accelerate” U.S. military efforts against the group in both Syria and Iraq.
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ISIS Attacks American Base In Iraq In First Ever Clash With U.S. Troops The U.S. forces attacked by ISIS in Iraq were part of a small group that remained in the country to offer support and training to tribal fighters. 1  Share 24k. 2  Tweet 603. 3  Share 100.
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Iraqi Forces Attack Mosul, a Beleaguered Stronghold for ISIS Some of Mosul’s remaining one million or more residents had grown bolder in showing resistance to the Islamic State force ruling the city — numbering 3,000 to 4,500 fighters, the United States military estimated.
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4,486 American Soldiers Have Died in Iraq. President Obama Is Continuing a Pointless and Deadly Quagmire. The purpose of remembering the 4,486 American soldiers who've died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, a war that already ended in 2011, should be tied directly to the recent words of President Obama: Over the last several years, we have consistently taken the fight to terrorists who threaten our country ...
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Assad Regime: Turkey Joining ISIS Coalition Is 'Act Of Aggression' Against Syria Syria President Bashar Assad heads a meeting of his cabinet in Damascus Aug. 31, 2014. Photo: Reuters/SANA/Handout via Reuters Turkey’s decision to join the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group is an “act of aggression,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Friday, because in addition to eradicating the militant group, the Turkish government wants to see a regime change in Syria.
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FBI: ISIS threatens Muslim leader in Michigan, others ISIS lists Hisham Kabbani, 71, of Michigan, as 1 of 5 Muslim-American religious leaders to be killed. 10 Muslim leaders in U.S. were placed on a hit list by ISIS, 7 in U.K., 2 in Canada, 1 in Australia. Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, who is Sufi Muslim, has been outspoken against Islamic extremists for decades. ISIS alleges that Hisham Kabbani and other leaders like him in the West are not true Muslims.
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Immigration to Swell U.S. Muslim Population to 6.2 Million Minnesota, for instance, which has the largest Somali population in the country, has struggled to stem terror recruiting. The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently reported that six men from Minnesota were arrested and charged attempting to fight alongside ISIS. During the last two years alone, more than 20 Somali-Americans from Minnesota have left the U.S. to fight alongside terrorists under the banner of ISIL. Similarly, as National Review has reported, “Dearborn, Michigan is home to just under 100,000 people, about 40 percent of whom are Muslim.
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Immigration to Swell U.S. Muslim Population to 6.2 Million The importation of Middle Eastern immigrants through the nation’s refugee program has led to the development of pockets of radicalized communities throughout the United States. Minnesota, for instance, which has the largest Somali population in the country, has struggled to stem terror recruiting. The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently reported that six men from Minnesota were arrested and charged attempting to fight alongside ISIS.
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URGENT: American air strikes hit ISIS headquarters in central Mosul The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com that “American warplanes carried out, this afternoon, air strikes on the headquarters of the organization ISIS in Mosul,” noting that “the bombing focused on several areas in the center of the city.”.
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ISIS: Everything you need to know about the rise of the militant group By Nick Thompson, Richard Allen Greene and Inez Torre, CNN. Updated September 25, 2014. The rise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamist militant group that has seized a chunk of land stretching from northern Syria to central Iraq, has struck fear into the hearts of leaders around the world. CNN explains ISIS’ roots, what it controls, and where its support comes from.
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U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here In a memo last September, President Obama said the United States would admit up to 70,000 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2015, as justified by humanitarian concerns or the national interest. The number breaks down as follows: Africa................................17,000.
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- ISIS death toll from MOAB strike in Afghanistan rises to 94 according to local reports. Last Thursday, the United States deployed its largest non-nuclear weapon against an underground ISIS stronghold in Afghanistan.
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More than 5,000 Muslims Serving in US Military, Pentagon Says More recently, Muslims have also served in the Gulf War, Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan. Here's what the numbers tell us. There are 5,896 self-identified Muslims currently serving in the military, according to the Department of Defense. This is out of a total of 1,313,940 active-duty and 826,106 guard and reserve members, respectively.
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ISIS Strikes Deal With Moderate Syrian Rebels: Reports As the United States begins to deepen ties with moderate Syrian rebels to combat the extremist group ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, a key compone...
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Who's doing what in the coalition battle against ISIS A dozen have participated in airstrikes against terror group. ( 1 CNN)It's been more than six months since the United States first sent warplanes to conduct airstrikes against the militant group ISIS, and four months since the formation of an international coalition to help fight the terror group.
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U.S. Tells Iraq: If You Ally w. Russia Against ISIS, Youâre Our Enemy In either case (or both), the U.S. has made clear, to the Iraqis, that America will do anything to defeat Russia — even abandon the fight against ISIS in Iraq, if need be — and that the U.S. will absolutely not ally with Russia against ISIS, under any circumstances.
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Who Is Fighting ISIS? Map Of US-Led Coalition Campaign After Paris Attacks The U.S. has been reluctant to send in troops on the ground in Syria and dispatched the first few dozen special forces soldiers to the region in October. Kurdish irregular forces, protecting the large ethnic minority group native to Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, have been the main force fighting ISIS on the ground. With support from the U.S., Kurdish fighters retook the city of Sinjar, Iraq, from ISIS Friday.
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- This support also went to ISIS. Although the latter was originally founded in Iraq in October 2006, by 2013 the group had significantly expanded its operations in Syria working alongside al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra until February 2014, when ISIS was formally denounced by al-Qaeda.
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America's enemies within: How nearly SEVENTY have been arrested in America over ISIS plots in the last 18 months - including refugees who had been given safe haven but 'turned to terror' America's enemies within: How nearly SEVENTY have been arrested in America over ISIS plots in the last 18 months - including refugees who had been given safe haven but 'turned to terror'. 1  Federal and local law enforcement agencies have made dozens of arrests of men and women suspected of ISIS involvement.
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When ISIS was formed? It has since been disavowed by al-Qaeda, but has become one of the main jihadist groups fighting government forces in Syria and Iraq. Its precise size is unclear but it is thought to include thousands of fighters, including many foreign jihadists.
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Number of ISIS Fighters in Iraq and Syria Drops, Increases in Libya, US Official Says The number of ISIS fighters in Libya was previously estimated at 2,000 to 3,000, the official said, speculating that there might be a correlation between the new ISIS estimates in Iraq/Syria and Libya as it’s getting harder for foreign fighters to get into Syria and that they may be diverting to Libya as a result.
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- “Today @realDonaldTrump told another giant lie today—Obama founded ISIS. Yet, he drops such falsehoods so often that we don’t even notice.” So tweeted Michael McFaul late Wednesday. Your humble columnist had been incommunicado for hours, as we were on a long flight and are too cheap to pay for airline wi-fi.
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ISIS Attacks American Base In Iraq In First Ever Clash With U.S. Troops The U.S. troops, armed with “light and medium weapons,” and were able to inflict casualties against the ISIS fighters, forcing them to retreat, Shafaq News reported. The American troops were also aided by fighter jets, which directed air strikes against the ISIS troops that “silenced their heavy sources of fire.”.