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Iraq investigating whether Islamic State leader al-Baghdadi killed in US air strikes

Nov. 9, 2014 - Air strikes by US-led coalition warplanes may have killed Islamic State (Isil) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It is known that a gathering of ISIL leaders was targeted, but at this time a confirmation is not available.

The death of the elusive Baghdadi would be a major victory for the coalition of countries carrying out air strikes against Isil and aiding Iraqi forces fighting to regain large areas of Iraq that the jihadists have overrun.

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. will send up to 1,500 more US troops to Iraq to advise and train the country's military forces.

Source:Telegraph - UK

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi profile: The mysterious leader of Isis – and why he is called the 'invisible sheikh' - The Independent - UK

Can ISIS maintain the ‘Caliphate’ without Baghdadi? - Al Arabiya

Prophetic Significance of Terrorism

Jihadists from around the world flock to fight with Isil: UN

Oct. 31, 2014 - A UN report reveals that jihadists from more than 80 countries have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the cause of the Islamic State.

Around 15,000 people have travelled to fight alongside Islamic State (Isil) from "countries that have not previously faced challenges relating to al-Qaeda," the report said, despite weeks of US-led airstrikes on the region.

Source: Telegraph - UK

Kurds key in fight against Islamic State group

Oct. 29, 2014 - The Kurds, millions of people from a previously nomadic ethnic group, live in five Middle Eastern countries: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. The majority of them are Sunni Muslims and most of the rest are Shia Muslims. They have valiantly defended Kobani against ISIS so far. The Turkish government has now agreed to allow a group of Kurds to cross into Syria to assist in the ongoing battle in Syria.

The cooperation between Kurds in these countries underscores their loyalty to the shared dream of establishing an independent and unified Kurdistan, or Land of the Kurds — and not to the nations in which they live.

Source: Washington Post

Iraqi Kurdish troops start entering Kobani, while ISIS targets border crossing - Fox

Who are the Kurds? - BBC

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau photo: Islam convert identified as suspect in Parliamant shooting

Oct. 22, 2014 - Officials believe that the shootings at the Canadian Parliament were done by one suspect.

Canadian police are investigating Michael Zehaf-Bibeau after two U.S. officials said that U.S. agencies have been advised that the shooter was a Canadian convert to Islam.

Source: Christian Today

Gunmen open fire at Canadian Parliament building; soldier down, 1 shooter possibly on loose

Oct. 22, 2014 -

Multiple gunmen opened fire at the Canadian Parliament complex, shooting at least one soldier and spraying as many as 30 shots inside the government building just two days after a terror attack in Quebec shook the nation, officials said.

Source: Fox

Live Coverage - Fox Multiple shooters reported in Canada attack - There were two soldiers standing guard at the war memorial in Ottawa near Parliament, and a gunman shot one of them - CNN

Yesterday: Canadian soldier killed by convert to Islam in hit and run - The Guardian

Islamic State 'training pilots to fly fighter jets'

Oct. 18, 2014 - According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), some Iraqi pilots, who were trained under ex-Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, have defected and have joined the Islamic State. Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the SOHR, said that the pilots are flying three captured fighter jets in the vicinity of Aleppo.

Witnesses told the SOHR the planes appeared to be MiG-21 or MiG-23 models. The BBC's Sally Nabil in Baghdad says IS has three planes which it captured earlier from the Syrian military in Aleppo and Raqqa.

Source: BBC

U.S. airstrikes help push ISIS back in Kobani

Nov. 17, 2014 - The number of U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in the besieged Syrian city of Kobani has increased this week. This has allowed the Kurdish fighters to push back the terrorists there.

Rear Adm. John Kirby told the State Department's daily briefing that the increased bombing was not a strategic shift.

Kirby said the number of airstrikes in Syria or Iraq depends on how "target rich" an area is. The past few days around Kobani have seen more ISIS targets, he said.

Source: CNN

State Department warns US businesses in North Africa of ISIS retaliation -Fox

ISIS Takes To The Air, Trains Members To Fly Captured Fighter Jets - International Business Times

Islamic State crisis: US intensifies airs strikes in Kobane

Oct. 15, 2014 - Assisting the Kurdish struggle to keep control of Kobane, near the border of Syria, US-led forces have increased the number of air strikes against the Islamic State (IS). Twenty-one strikes were reported in two days.

President Barack Obama predicted a "long-term campaign" against the group, which holds swathes of Syria and Iraq. He was speaking at a meeting of military commanders from 22 countries that have joined the anti-IS coalition.

Source: BBC

Islamic State Boasts Of 'Revival Of Slavery'
- IS argues it has restored an aspect of Sharia to its original meaning by enslaving those it claims hold deviant religious beliefs. - Sky News

Update 10/16/14 - ISIS Retreating from Kobani, Says Kurdish Official - Time

Islamic State crisis: Kurds 'recapture key Kobane hill'

Oct. 14, 2014 - Kurdish fighters claim that they have recaptured the Tall Shair hill west of Kobane, which the Islamic State (IS) had taken about one month ago.

The advances were made after a series of air strikes by the US-led coalition.

Meanwhile, President Obama plans to hold talks today with military chiefs from more than 20 countries on how to combat IS in Syria and Iraq.

Source: BBC

ISIS takes key Iraq base as battle for Syria’s Kobani intensifies

ISIS nearly made it to Baghdad airport, top U.S. military leader says

Oct. 13, 2014 - Gen. Martin Dempsey told ABC's "This Week" that ISIS forces nearly reached the Baghdad airport until the U.S. used Apache helicopters to stop their progress. Apaches had also been used to stop advancing forces advancing on Falluja on Oct. 13.

"The tool that was immediately available was the Apache [helicopter]. The risk of operating in a hostile environment is there constantly," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Use of the helicopters in Iraq is risky because of a possible strike by surface-to-air missiles, which ISIS is known to possess.

Source: CNN

ISIS militants march on despite airstrikes, international outrage - CNN

With U.S. air campaign against ISIS not working, fmr. Delta Force commander [Lt-Gen. Jerry Boykin] offers five-point plan. - Joel Rosenberg

US says Turkey OKs use of bases against jihadists

Oct. 13, 2014 -

Turkey will let US and coalition forces use its bases, including a key installation within 100 miles of the Syrian border, for operations against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, American defense officials said Sunday.

Ankara’s has also agreed to train several thousand Syrian moderate rebels, but it may not be enough -- or soon enough to stop the ongoing massacre of residents of Kobani.

Source: Times of Israel

Iraq asks for US ground troops as Isil threatens Baghdad

Oct. 12, 2014 - Up to 10,000 ISIL fighters have reportedly ammased in Abu Ghraib, threatening to invade Baghdad

Iraqi officials have issued a desperate plea for America to bring US ground troops back to the embattled country, as heavily armed Islamic State militants came within striking distance of Baghdad.

Source: Telegraph - UK

Source: Secret deal could doom 160,000 to ISIS

Oct. 11, 2014 -

A secret decision apparently has been made by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and even Iran to let the strategic Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani on the Turkish-Syrian border fall to ISIS fighters.

The lives of some 160,000 Syrian Kurds are threatened by this deliberate lack of support. The U.S. bombing in the area has been weak and ineffective, and the surrounding nations do not want to see the establishment of a separate Kurdistan.

Source: WND

Turkey accused of training ISIS soldiers - WND

Experts: ISIS Could Use Ebola In Bio-Terror Attack Against US - Prophecy Central's Plagues section

Intensified U.S. airstrikes keep Kobane from falling to Islamic State militants

Oct. 8, 2014 -

The U.S.-led coalition stepped up airstrikes around the Syrian border town of Kobane on Tuesday after Turkey appealed for help, enabling Kurdish fighters to reverse the advance of Islamic State militants.

Turkey has tanks lined up on the nearby border, but has been reluctant to enter the fight - supposedly because of its complicated relationship with Kurds. But it insists that it does not want the town to fall.

Source: Washington Post

Kurds Say Air Strikes Push Islamic State Back from Kobani - NewsMax

Fall of Kobani could provoke a larger role for Turkey - Foreign Policy

White House reportedly frustrated with Turkish inaction against ISIS - Fox

ISIS reportedly enters strategic Syrian town near Turkish border

Oct. 7, 2014 - In spite of limited air strikes against ISIS, the terrorist army has moved closer to capturing the Syrian town of Kobani. and some ISIS flags are flying over buildings in the city. If the town is taken by ISIS it will give them control of a major portion of Syria and a large segment of the border with Turkey.

The Wall Street Journal reported that ISIS fighters had entered the eastern outskirts of the city on Monday after capturing more than 300 surrounding Syrian Kurdish villages in the previous three weeks.

Kobani has been important destination for some 180,000 refugees from Syria during its three-years-long civil war.

Source: Fox

Source: Secret deal could doom 160,000 to ISIS - WND

Jay Smith vs. Dr. Shabir Ally
Bible vs Quran:
Which is the Word of God?

Oct. 6, 2014 - Watch this important debate in which Jay Smith presents new information from a variety of Christian and Muslim scholars. In an email to his supporters Jay wrote,

"With this evidence Muslims will no longer be able to simply say, as they so often do, that their Qur'an is 1) eternal, 2) sent down 3) complete, and 4) unchanged."

Source: Livestream

View on YouTube

See Jay Smith Page - Apologetics Central

Pakistani terror group swears allegiance to ISIS

Oct. 5, 2014 -

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan – the Taliban group that seeks the overthrow of the Pakistani government – has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, or ISIS, and has directed jihadists across the region to help ISIS set up its caliphate.

If this Taliban group can overthrow the Pakistani government it could take control of the country's nuclear arsenal.

Source: F. Michael Maloof - WND

ISIS Plans On Sending Muslims Infected WIth Ebola Into America To Infect And Kill Americans - Shoebat.com

Isis Militants 'Plotting to seize Iran's Nuclear Secrets with Russia's Help' - International Business Times

ISIS Baghdad March: Islamic State 1 Mile Away From Iraqi Capital

Oct. 1, 2014 - Canon Andrew White, representing Iraq’s only Anglican church in Baghdad, warned that the ISIS group is only about one mile away from Baghdad, and Iraq's own army is not able to stop the attack.

The advance by ISIS toward Baghdad shows that the group isn't weakening despite U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq. ISIS executed 300 Iraqi soldiers last week during their march toward the Iraqi capital and attempted to break into a prison in northern Baghdad.

Source: International Business Times

Reports: ISIS Within a Mile of Baghdad - NewsMax

Gen. Hayden: Obama's Lack of Participation on Intel Problematic - NewsMax

ISIS Continues Gains Despite Air Strikes, Threatens Turkey - NewsMax

Isis Threat to Crucify Lebanon's Christians as Islamic State Prepare to Cross Syria Border - International Business Times

How ISIS could change the world forever - Prophecy Central's "Wars" section

ISIS Threat: Syrian Town Fears Massacre

Sept. 29, 2014 - In spite of airstrikes against ISIS, the terror group is about to overwhelm the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani near the Turkish border. If ISIS takes Kobani, it will gain control of the land from its self-declared capital of Raqqa to the Turkish border -- more than 60 miles away.

“We need help. We need weapons. We need more effective airstrikes,” Kobani official Idriss Nassan said. “If the situation stays like this, we will see a massacre. I can’t imagine what will happen if ISIS gets inside Kobani.”

Source: Fox

Police: FBI probing past of recently fired Oklahoma man who beheaded woman

Sept. 27, 2014 - Shortly after he was fired, 30-year-old Alton Alexander Nolen beheaded one woman and stabbed another at an Oklahoma food processing plant. Nolan had been trying to convert co-workers to Islam. He was shot by a company CEO who was also an off-duty reserve sherrif's deputy.

Source: CNN

Iraq PM: ISIS Plans Subway Attacks in U.S. and Paris

Sept. 25, 2014 - While he is here in the U.S. for the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that his intelligence sources have received information from militants captured in Iraq that ISIS is planning subway attacks in the U.S. and France.

"They plan to have attacks in the metros of Paris and the U.S.," Abadi said. "I asked for more credible information. I asked for names. I asked for details, for cities, you know, dates. And from the details I have received, yes, it looks credible."

Senior U.S. security officials said the United States had no information about such attacks.

Source: NewsMax

First French airstrikes in Iraq hit ISIL depot

Sept. 19, 2014 - French President Francois Hollande announced the first French airstrikes against the Islamic State. A logistics depot occupied by the IS in Iraq was "entirely destroyed" in the attack by Rafale fighter jets.

The extremist group, also known as ISIL, has drawn worldwide condemnation, including a unanimous U.N. Security Council resolution, for such barbarous acts as the beheading of two U.S. journalists and a British aid worker.

Source: USA Today

Fleeing Islamic State, Syrian Kurds cross to safety in Turkey - Haaretz

Will ISIS bring about the demise of Western civilization? - Michael A Youssef - OneNewsNow

Australia raids foil reported ISIS beheading plots

Sept. 18, 2014 - Approximately 800 Counterterrorism forces in Australia raided properties in 12 Sydney suburbs and detained 15 suspects who were said to be planning gruesome acts of terrorism to demonstrate the reach of the ISIS terrorist group. They also targeted suspects in Brisbane and Logan.

The plan involved kidnapping randomly selected members of the public off the streets in Sydney and Brisbane, beheading them on camera, and releasing the recordings through Islamic State's propaganda arm in the Middle East.

Source: Fox

U.S. Expands Airstrikes on Islamic State Targets in Iraq

Sept. 16, 2014 - In the first expansion of air strikes since President Obama's vow to degrade and destroy ISIL, U.S. aircraft bombed Islamic State fighters near Baghdad.

Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff of California will today introduce a formal authorization of “all necessary and appropriate force” against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Source: BusinessWeek

International Support Grows for U.S.-led Campaign Against Islamic State

Sept. 15, 2014 - Many nations have agreed to assist in the campaign to break the strength of the Islamic State. The U.S. and the U.K. have vowed to destroy the group, and many other countries, including leading Middle East countries say they will join the coalition and help with air strikes.

Military experts doubt that the problem can be solved by air strikes alone. Gen. Michael Hayden, a former CIA director, told Fox News, "It is my estimation, that after all the dust settles…I'm betting we're up to around 5,000 [soldiers] by the end of the year" in Iraq. "

It is not clear what the next steps will be and the extent of military forces that the supporting countries will commit.

Source: Wall Street Journal

White House claims Arab nations offer to join airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, Syria - Fox

Islamic State crisis: World leaders pledge Iraq support - BBC

World Coalition Building on ISIS: 'No Time to Lose' - NewsMax

World leaders in Paris to strategize against Islamic State - Times of Israel

Iran: U.S. strikes in Syria will set Middle East ablaze - Haaretz

British PM David Cameron says he will 'drain this poison' after latest ISIS beheading video

Sept. 14, 2014 - After the release of a video showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that countries opposed to the terrorist group Islamic State must “drain this poison from our society.”

The Prime Minister described the murder of Haines as "an act of pure evil" in a tweet from his official account.

Source: Fox

Tony Abbott brands Isis a 'death cult' – and says Australia will send military force to fight extremists - Fox

Gen. John Allen named as US envoy to anti-IS coalition - Times of Israel

Netanyahu: ISIS, Hamas, al-Qaida all branches of the same poison tree - Jerusalem Post

Pope Francis: World's Many Conflicts Amount to WW III - NewsMax

Entire Leadership of ISIS Opposition Wiped Out by 'Unexplained' Explosion

Sept. 13, 2014 -

Nearly fifty senior commanders of a major coalition of Islamic 'moderates' opposed to ISIS in Syria have been killed by an explosion at their secret command bunker as they met to discuss strategy against the the Islamic State.

Source: Breitbart

United Kingdom, Germany Will Not Participate in Obama's Airstrike Against ISIS - Breitbart

Kerry opposes Iran role in anti-Islamic State coalition - Reuters

Islamic State fighter estimate triples - CIA - BBC

Lower Manhattan, the world mark 9/11 anniversary

Sept. 11, 2014 -

In New York, the traditional roll call of the victims began at the World Trade Center site shortly after 8:46 a.m., the same time 13 years ago when the first plane hit the north tower. The event was closed to the public except for families of the victims.

Source: USA Today

Video: Flashback 9/11: As It Happened - Fox

Al-Qaeda morphs into a new movement since 9/11 - USA Today

Coverage from the past: Prophecy Central in the September 11 Library of Congress Archives! - Ron's Blog

Library of Congress Archives - abstract

Archived captures for 2001 & 2002

Obama: Islamic State 'is not Islamic'

Sept. 10, 2011 - President Obama delivered a speech to announce “a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy” to “degrade, and ultimately destroy,” ISIS. His plan includes:

- Conduct a systematic campaign of airstrike against ISIL targets in Iraq and Syria.
- Increase support to forces fighting terrorists on the ground, but avoid getting "dragged into another ground war in Iraq."
- Assist the moderate Syrian opposition to prevail against ISIL and the Assad regime.
- Provide humanitarian aid to oppressed civilians, including Sunni and Shiite Muslims, Christians and other religious minorities.

The President also stressed that ISIL is "not Islamic," because “No religion condones the killing of innocents." In addition, he said, “ISIL is certainly not a state." He explained that it was an al-Qaida’s affiliate that has taken advantage of the unrest in Syria and Iraq, and it is recognized by no government as a legitimate state.

Source: WND

French Muslims Support Mideast Christians Against Islamic State - Voice of America

Israel will cooperate with US in fight against IS, envoy says - Times of Israel

Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria - BBC

Syria, Iran Slam US Strategy in Fighting Militants - NewsMax

Strong reaction to Obama statement: 'ISIL is not Islamic' - CNN

Editor's note: Read the following articles to see that Islam and the Koran do advocate terrorism.

Bush in 2007 delivered eerily accurate warning about Iraq unrest - Fox

What Obama Desperately Wants You To Know About ISIS and Islam - Young Conservatives

‘Terrify the Enemy of Allah': British Imam Cites That Koran Tells Muslims to Terrorize - Christian News

Obama backs more aid to Syrian rebels, laying possible groundwork for airstrikes

Sept. 10, 2014 - President Obama will make a prime-time address tonight about the ISIS threat in Syria and Iraq. Sources close to the President say he is willing to order airstrikes inside Syrian territory, even though Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's government has warned not to do so without their permission.

As for aid to rebels, the White House aide told Fox News the administration has existing funds that could be used to escalate support to the Syrian rebels -- including heavy arms -- and then they would come back to Congress for more money down the road.

Source: Fox

Obama Seeks Congressional Backing Against ISIS

Sept. 9, 2011 -

President Barack Obama will meet Tuesday afternoon with congressional leaders seeking their support for $5 billion in counterterrorism money to combat the Islamic State (ISIS).
On Wednesday, the president is set to publicly outline his approach to dealing with the extremist threat.

The administration first asked Congress for funds in May. $2.5 billion would be used to train and equip "partners" in the battle against the Islamic State. Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq would be given another $1.5 billion for refugee relief.

Source: NewsMax

Arab League's 22 States Agree Fight ISIS - NewsMax

Kerry heads to build coalition against Islamic State - Times of Israel

Experts: Saudi Arabia Has Power to Demolish ISIS - NewsMax

Israel giving US satellite images of Islamic State — report - Times of Israel dd> Saudi cleric: ISIS soldiers must kill their commanders - WND

Exclusive: Obama to Deliver Major Address on ISIS, Vows to 'Hunt Down' Extremists

Sept. 8, 2014 - President Obama told NBC’s Meet the Press that he will ask the American people to support a change of strategy in regard to the ISIS threat. He said he will explain that:

"Number one, this is a serious threat. . . Number two, we have the capacity to deal with it.”

His plan will include striking ISIS in Syria, but he said it is not the same thing as the Iraq war, and it would be “a profound mistake to put American boots on the ground."

Source: NBC

Campaign to Destroy ISIS Could Take Years - NewsMax

US strikes Islamic State militants at Iraq's Haditha dam - BBC

Arab League calls for military, political action against IS - Times of Israel

Obama, Cameron to push for coalition against ISIS at NATO summit

Sept. 4, 2014 -

President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will use this week's NATO summit to press for a multi-national coalition to carry out military action against the Islamic State militant group, formerly known as ISIS.

The two leaders published a joint op-ed in The Times of London saying that they would "not be cowed" by the beheadings of two journalists in Iraq.

Source: Fox

Sotloff Family Challenges ISIS Leader on Islam — in Fluent Arabic - NewsMax

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184712#.VAhykZsg8dV - Israel National News

Texas facing 'clear and present threat' from ISIS - WND

Officials warn that ELEVEN missing planes seized by Islamist rebels in Libya could be used to carry out terrorist attack on 9/11 anniversary

Sept. 3, 2014 - Last month, in the midst of a deteriorating situation in Libya, the militant group Libyan Dawn overtook the international airport in the capital city of Tripoli. Eleven commercial jets operated by two state-owned airlines went missing. U.S. officials are alarmed because the planes could be used to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks about a week from now.

September 11 not only marks the anniversary of the al-Qaeda organized attacks . . . but it will also be the second anniversary of the Islamic militant-led raid of the U.S. Ambassador's compound in Benghazi, Libya.

Source: Daily Mail

Video reportedly shows beheading of reporter Steven Sotloff by ISIS

Sept. 2, 2014 - According to the global terror intelligence firm SITE, a video was released by ISIS showing US reporter Steven Sotloff blaming President Obama for his death. the video then showed a masked militant.

"I'm back, Obama," said the left-handed executioner with a British accent who appears to be the same man who killed Foley. "And I'm back because of your arrogant foreign policy towards the Islamic State."

The video then showed Sotloff's severed head lying next to his body.

Source: Fox

Republicans, Democrats Press For Swift Action Against ISIS - NewsMax

US reportedly targets leader of al-Shabaab with Somalia drone strike

Sept 2, 2014 - The head of the Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group in Somalia may have been killed along with other militants in a forest 105 miles south of Mogadishu.

A senior Somali official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that a U.S. drone targeted al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane as he left a meeting of the group's top leaders.

Source: Fox

David Cameron outlines new anti-terror measures to MPs

Sept. 1, 2014 - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron addressed their Parliament today with plans to respond to the threat of terrorism now that it is known that some 500 British citizens have gone to fight with the Islamic State (ISIL). Some of his proposed actions will require new legislation. When implemented, his proposals will result in:

- Confiscation of passports of suspected terrorists at UK borders
- Blocking suspected British terrorists from returning to the UK
- Ending terrorism prevention and investigation measures, including the power to relocate suspects
- Blocking of the landing of foreign airlines unless they supply adequate information about passengers

Source: BBC

David Cameron stands up to Islamists -- a lesson for Barack Obama -Fox

McCain: ISIS 'Must Be Defeated, Not Contained' - NewsMax

Hill intelligence leaders urge Obama to form ISIS strategy ahead of NATO summit - Fox

Obama foreign policy sparks bipartisan criticism - Washington Post

Obama: Media makes you think ‘world is falling apart’ - The Hill

Iraq crisis: Acts of inhumanity on unimaginable scale - UN

Sept. 1, 2014 -

Deputy Human Rights Commissioner Flavia Pansieri said Islamic State (IS) was believed to have committed systematic and intentional attacks on civilians.
They include targeted killings, forced conversions, slavery, sexual abuse, and the besieging of entire communities.

In what Ms. Pansieri called "ethnic and religious cleansing," thousands of people have been killed, and more than a million others have been forced to flee from their homes.

Source: BBC