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CIA used Israel to justify torture

The newly-released report by the US Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s use of torture says that CIA lawyers used Israel as a justification for building a legal case for torture of Al-Qa’ida suspects after the 9/11 attacks.

Obama says U.S. will ‘take out’ Islamic State leaders

President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States would hunt down Islamic State militants in Iraq and \”take out\” their leaders with the goal of dismantling the organization as it had done with al-Qaida and was doing in Somalia.

Obama says U.S. will ‘degrade and destroy’ Islamic State

The United States plans to fight Islamic State until it is no longer a force in the Middle East and will seek justice for the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.

Israel raises alarm over Islamist militants on its frontiers

Israel\’s frontier with Syria, where militants have kidnapped 45 U.N. peacekeepers, has become a magnet for Islamist activity and Israel itself is now a target, the defense minister and security analysts said on Tuesday.

Fiji says Syrian rebels want compensation, removal from terror list

Islamist fighters who seized dozens of Fijian soldiers serving as U.N. peacekeepers on the Golan Heights last week are demanding that their group be removed from a global terrorism list and that compensation be paid for members killed in fighting, the head of Fiji\’s army said on Tuesday.

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