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Local Vet Reacts To Deteriorating Situation In Iraq
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – As Al-Qaeda renegades move through Iraq toward Baghdad, capturing towns along the way, the Iraqi government is appealing to the U.S. for help. There are reports that...
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Ajamu Baraka Discusses American Involvement In Iraq
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA)- With news of ISIS gaining momentum in Iraq, some are questioning the effectiveness of America’s involvement in the Middle East. Veteran human rights activist and...
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Col. Jeff McCausland On The Latest Developments In Iraq
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – CBS News Military Analyst and former Army Colonel Jeff McCausland joined The KDKA Morning News with Larry Richert for the latest concerning the situation in Iraq....
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Military Analyst McCausland Doesn’t Think ISIS Poses A Major Threat To U.S., Yet
BEIRUT (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA/AP) – The spokesman of the Islamic State militant group says his fighters are ready to face a U.S.-led military coalition and is calling on Muslims worldwide to kill...
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Former Homeland Security Sec. Tom Ridge On Latest ISIS Threat
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI on Monday sent out the strongest warning to date about threats the Islamic State poses to the United States. They...
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Top Ten Stories Of 2014
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES PLANE SHOT DOWN Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was show down over a pro-Russian territory in Ukraine in July during the height of the Russia-Ukraine unrest. All 283 passengers and 15...
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Pirates: “Jihadi John” Wearing Team’s Hat In Photo “Absolutely Sickening”
LONDON (KDKA/AP) – Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that Britain’s intelligence services do a good job and make “incredibly difficult judgments,” after revelations that the masked Islamic State...
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France Launches Air Strikes On Islamic State HQ In Syria, Hunts Fleeing...
PARIS (AP) – France launched “massive” air strikes on the Islamic State group’s de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa,...
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Obama: Attacks ‘Terrible’ Setback In Islamic State Campaign
ANTALYA, Turkey (KDKA/AP) – President Barack Obama on Monday conceded that the Paris terror attacks were a “terrible and sickening setback” in the fight against the Islamic State, but forcefully...
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Pro-ISIS Messages Painted On Youngstown State Rock
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (KDKA) – Officials at Youngstown State University along with police and the FBI are trying to figure out who painted pro-ISIS messages on a well-known rock. According to CBS affiliate...
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Police: Muslim Taxi Driver Shot After Being Asked About ISIS
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Muslim civil rights group is asking the Justice Department to investigate the shooting of a Pittsburgh taxi driver. The driver was shot Thanksgiving night in the Hazelwood section...
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Suspect Arrested, Charged In Shooting Of Cab Driver In Hazelwood
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — Investigators have taken a suspect into custody in the shooting of a cab driver who is Muslim in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day....
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Police: Pennsylvania Teen Arrested For Trying To Help ISIS, May Have Planned...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – A Pennsylvania 19-year-old has been arrested on charges he attempted to provide support to the Islamic State group. Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz of Harrisburg is charged with two...
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Hazelwood Man To Stand Trial For Allegedly Shooting, Injuring Cab Driver
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man accused of shooting a cab driver, who is Muslim, on Thanksgiving will stand trial. Cab driver Hakim Ghorbal left the courtroom Tuesday escorted by city police after his...
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Kent State Professor Investigated For Possible Ties To ISIS
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Kent State University professor is at the center of an FBI investigation after being accused of helping ISIS. Authorities say he went as far as trying to recruit students for the...
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Paris Attacks Fugitive Abdeslam Arrested In Brussels Raid
BRUSSELS (AP) – After an intense four-month manhunt, police on Friday captured the top fugitive in last year’s deadly Paris attacks in the same Brussels neighborhood where he grew up. Salah Abdeslam,...
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Explosions Rock Brussels Airport, Subway; At Least 34 Dead
BRUSSELS (KDKA/AP) – Islamic extremists struck Tuesday in the heart of Europe, killing at least 34 people and wounding scores of others in back-to-back bombings of the Brussels airport and subway that...
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Syrian Forces Recapture City From Islamic State
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) – Syrian government forces recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra on Sunday, scoring an important victory over Islamic State fighters who waged a 10-month reign of terror there and...
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Pa. Senators Take Different Approaches To Tackle Domestic Terrorism
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — No surprise, both U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, a Democrat, and Pat Toomey, a Republican, condemned the violence in Orlando. “It’s absolutely appalling, and it’s devastating,” Toomey told...
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Local Jewish Community Organizes Event Honoring Orlando Victims
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The tragedy is still unimaginable. The images still stunning. People across the country continue to come to grips with what happened at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. 49 people killed,...
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