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Dirty underwear and contested airspace: the long hunt for Baghdadi
AFP, Published on 30/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: The operation to kill the Islamic State group's leader took months of intelligence work, required the snatching of his underwear and ended when one of the world's most sought-after men blew himself up.
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The art of laughter and avenging
Spectrum, Published on 08/10/2017
» 'We won't force you to do something you don't want to. We're terrorists, not Indian parents." This is a standout joke in the hit YouTube comedic sketch "I want to quit Isis."
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IS 'global jihadis' here to stay
Associated Press, Published on 12/07/2017
» The Islamic State group's mix of a local insurgency and digitally connected global jihadis gives the group staying power and the means to relaunch its future, from small cells of extremists escaping the war zone in Iraq and Syria to those who never went there in the first place.
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Trump administration: Is Pakistan an ally?
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration is exploring hardening its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, two US officials said.
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You've been gouged
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 05/02/2017
» How can we fleece you? Let me count the ways. That probably wasn't an unusual week, just a more transparent one.
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Abu Sayyaf beheading deadline nears
Alan Dawson, Published on 25/04/2016
» Asia's most vicious terrorist group has set a deadline of 2pm Monday (Thailand time) to behead at least one of three foreign and one Filipina hostages it holds in the southern Philippines.
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What Indonesia can teach Asean about blocking Islamic State
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/01/2016
» JAKARTA -- In the wake of last week's attacks here, which killed seven people, fears are growing that the largest Muslim-majority nation in the world is going to be hit by a wave of Islamic State group-linked bombings and shootings.
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Gays under IS rule fear a cruel death
News, Bassem Mroue, Published on 03/12/2015
» Before a crowd of men on a street in the Syrian city of Palmyra, the masked Islamic State group judge read out the sentence against the two men convicted of homosexuality: they would be thrown to their deaths from the roof of the nearby Wael Hotel.
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The unanswered questions facing the investigation
Spectrum, Published on 06/09/2015
» As authorities hunt more suspects involved in the bombing at the Erawan Shrine on Aug 17, questions remain unanswered over the motive of the suspects, who are believed to have taken personal revenge after the Thai police cracked down on fake passports.
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2012 - When Asean felt Beijing's bite
Spectrum, Luke Hunt, Published on 30/12/2012
» Twenty-twelve should be remembered as the year in which China acted on its long-standing claims in the South China Sea, took off the gloves and arraigned its intimidating military and diplomatic arsenal against its neighbours to the south. Gone were the usual glib lines that China only gives foreign aid and soft loans to countries in need, with no strings attached. Cambodia _ for years a benefactor of Beijing's largesse _ was bullied onto China's political front lines, acting as a spoiler against fellow Asean countries attempting to forge a united front against Beijing's territorial and maritime ambitions.
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