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President Admits Flaws In Plan Against ISIS

President Obama has admitted there were flaws in his plans to subdue the Islamic extremist group ISIS in Iraq.

The President insisted, however, that despite the flaws the U.S. is not losing in the battle against ISIS.

“I don’t think we’re losing,” Obama told The Atlantic in an interview days after the fall of Ramadi.

“There’s no doubt there was a tactical setback, although Ramadi had been vulnerable for a very long time, primarily because these are not Iraqi security forces that we have trained or reinforced.They have been there essentially for a year without sufficient reinforcements, and the number of ISIL [ISIS] that have come into the city now are relatively small compared to what happened in [the Iraqi city of] Mosul.”

Members of Congress have been critical of the President and his plans for not using ground troops in Iraq to stop the terrorists.

Senator John McCain of Arizona said the fall of Ramadi to the terrorists was “one of the most disgraceful episodes in American history.”

House Speaker Threatens To Withdraw Military Authorization To Fight ISIS

House Speaker John Boehner is threatening to have the House of Representatives stop the President from receiving military authorization to continue the air campaign against the Islamic terrorist group ISIS.

“The president’s request for an authorization of the use of military force calls for less authority than he has today. I just think, given the fight that we’re in, it’s irresponsible. This is why the president, frankly, should withdraw the authorization of use of military force and start over,” Boehner told reporters.

The announcement by Boehner comes after the Islamic terrorist group overran the Iraqi city of Ramadi, leading to major criticism of the administration’s plan to not use any ground troops to stop the terrorist advance.

Other members of Congress, however, are not ready to withdraw the authorization to continue the fight against the terrorists.

“I think we’re at risk of losing our institutional power to authorize and conduct war, so the stakes here constitutionally are much greater than the issue itself,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., told CBS. “I’m not critical of the speaker and I would like a different kind of resolution, but I think the best way to get there is to simply start acting.”

The White House was critical in their response to the news Congress may not reauthorize their efforts against ISIS.

“At some point, it has to be the responsibility of the speaker of the House to do his job and for members of Congress to do their job. And we have not seen members of Congress, and we certainly have not seen the speaker of the House do his job when it comes to this specific matter,” Earnest said, according to Voice of America.

ISIS Online Manual Teaches How To Carry Out Attacks

A “secret agent training manual” has been released on the internet for ISIS supporters in western nations to plan and carry out their own terrorist attacks.

Radio Free Europe reported the 71 page e-book was originally published in March but has recently made the rounds on the internet. The book contains 11 chapters and advises those who read it to make sure not to appear as if they are devout Muslims so they do not catch the attention of law enforcement.

The book lays out instructions for supporters to “blend in” with western society. One example is not growing a beard despite that being a requirement for living in the areas that ISIS claims as their “caliphate.”

Another example in the book is for the supporters to use a more “western” name because those with Arab names tend to have trouble finding jobs.

“People with Islamic names get less jobs than those with [Western] names. This alias might be important if you need an important position in a specific job, i.e. Mujahideen send people to work in power plants or enemy governmental positions to spy on and leak reports to the Islamic State leadership (as double agents),” the Middle East Media Research Institute quoted the book as stating.

The e-book even makes reference to the Boston Marathon Bombers and how they carried out their attack in 2013.

The guide also tells supporters they can flee to more than just Syria or Iraq if authorities discover their plans.

“Now that the Islamic State has been established in the Muslim world, believers can celebrate, because we are living in a unique time in history,” the manual asserts. “Muslims can now do an act of terrorism and escape the country secretly and find places of refuge in the world. … So if the Muslim finds it hard to flee to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria through Turkey, he can escape to the Islamic State in Libya, or Khorasan [Waziristan in Pakistan], or in Nigeria [under Boko Haram territory.]”

ISIS Captures Key Iraqi City

In a stunning reversal of recent fortune, the Islamic terrorist group ISIS has finally captured the Iraqi city of Ramadi.

Ramadi, only 70 miles from the country’s capital city of Baghdad, is the largest city in Western Iraq. It is also the regional capital for the Anbar province and is a major area for Sunni muslims.

The takeover of the town was confirmed by Ramadi Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisy. He said that anti-terrorist forces were driven out to the east of the city.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged the advance by the terrorists but said that the battle for the city was far from over.

“It is possible to see the kind of attack we have in Ramadi, but I am absolutely confident in the days ahead that will be reversed,” Kerry said on Monday during a visit to Seoul, CNN reported. “Large numbers of Daesh were killed in the last few days, and will be in the next days because that seems to be the only thing they understand.”

Local officials say the terrorists have been carrying out mass murders and burning bodies in the streets. At least 250 civilians have been murdered by the terrorists in two days. Many of those executed are supporters of the current government and leadership.

The United Nations says that in the last month over 110,000 residents have fled the city in advance of the terrorists.

British Citizens Returning From Syria Public Threat

British officials say that hundreds of British citizens who traveled to Syria to join ISIS have found their way back to British shores.

Scotland Yard officials say that the number of citizens radicalized in Syria by the Islamists increases the possibility of terrorist attacks on British soil.

“There is no doubt of the horrific nature of the offenses being committed overseas,” Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said. “The influence of those who wish to bring similar violence to the streets of the UK has been an increasing threat here.”

Scotland Yard says as many as 700 extremists are believed to have traveled to Syria with the majority joining ISIS.

Terrorism related arrests in the UK have risen 33% in the last year.

“The type and level of the threat is complex and ranges from lone actors intent on carrying out crude and violent attacks to sophisticated networks set on completing ambitious and coordinated plots,” Rowley said.

“ISIL and other terrorist groups are trying to direct attacks in the UK,” Rowley said, referring to ISIS by an another name, “encouraging British citizens to travel to Syria to fight and train, and are seeking, through propaganda, to provoke individuals in the UK to carry out violent attacks here.

Investigators say that changes in technology are leading to blind spots that need to be corrected by legislation to allow police to investigate in new ways.

Pope Francis Condemns ISIS, Boko Haram

Pope Francis condemned the prosecution of Christians by Islamic terrorists groups like ISIS and Boko Haram.

The Pope held a mass with a reading from John 16:2-3 where Jesus says “the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. They will do this because they have not known either the Father or Me.”

Francis said that Christians should take heart when they see people who are killing “Christians in the name of God because they think they are infidels” because Jesus said His followers would be persecuted as He was persecuted.

The Pope cited the murder of 21 Coptic Christians on a beach by ISIS terrorists.

“I called to mind his faithful, who were slaughtered on the beach because they are Christians. Because of the strength given them by the Holy Spirit, they were not scandalized,” he said. “They died with the name of Jesus on their lips. This is the power of the Spirit. Witness. Martyrdom is the supreme witness.”

Vatican police have said that the Islamic terrorist extremists have threatened the Pope’s life.

Iraqi Nun: Christians In Iraq Have Lost Everything

An Iraqi nun displaced by the Islamic extremist group ISIS testified before Congress that Christians in her country are having their identity wiped from the earth.

Sister Diana Momeka told the House Foreign Affairs Committee she is one of 120,000 civilians who had to leave their homes and property behind to flee from the terrorists’ takeover of the Mosul region. She said that Iraqi Christians are in “dire need” of assistance to liberate their land.

Momeka said that Christians were the first to settle the Nineheh Plains and that the only Christians left in the area are the ones who were unable to escape the terrorists.

“Why should we leave our country? What have we done? The Christians of Iraq are the first people of the land,” Momeka said. “Uprooted and forcefully displaced, we have realized that ISIS’ plan is to evacuate the land of Christians and wipe the earth clean of any evidence that we existed. This is cultural and human genocide. The only Christians that remain in the Plain of Nineveh are those who are held hostage.”

Momeka admitted Christians have faced persecution for centuries, but that it’s currently worse than it’s ever been in the region.

“While our ancestors experienced all kinds of persecution, they stayed in their land, building a culture that has served humanity for the ages,” Momeka stated. “But the current persecution that our community is facing is the most brutal in our history. Not only have we been robbed of our homes, property and land, but our heritage is being destroyed as well. ISIS has and continues to demolish and bomb our churches, cultural artifacts and sacred places like Mar Behnam and his Sister Sara, a fourth century monastery, and St. George’s Monastery in Mosul.”

ISIS Second In Command Reportedly Killed

The Iraqi ministry of defense has reported that the second in command for the Islamic terrorist group ISIS has been killed.

Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, also called Abu Alaa al-Afari, was killed in a strike on a mosque targeted by Iraqi troops according to Brigadier General Tahsin Ibrahim.

Gen. Ibrahim said that dozens of other terrorists were killed in the strike on the al-Shuhada mosque in the town of al-Iyadhiya near Tal Afar. ISIS took over Tal Afar and the region in June 2014.

The general did not say which nation carried out the air strike.

The Pentagon said they were unable to confirm the death but the Governor of Nineveh said that his contacts had confirmed the death of al-Afari.

Iraqi officials have announced the deaths of ISIS leadership in the past only to have the subject surface alive in new locations. The U.S. had added al-Afari to their list of designated global terrorists in 2014.

Federal Report Shows “Alarming” Increase in Global Persecution

A federal panel on religious freedom has issued their annual report showing that persecution of people of faith has increased significantly over the last year.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom examines religious freedom around the world and then provides the White House with a list of violations along with a report on the implementation of the International Religious Freedom act.

“Humanitarian crises fueled by waves of terror, intimidation, and violence have engulfed an alarming number of countries in the year since the release of [USCIRF’s] prior annual report last May,” the commission wrote. “The horrors of the past year speak volumes about how and why religious freedom and the protection of the rights of vulnerable religious communities matter.”

Much of the report focused on the persecution of Christians at the hands of the Islamic terrorist group ISIS.

“Yazidis and Christians have borne the worst brunt of the persecution by ISIL and other violent religious extremists. From summary executions to forced conversions, rape to sexual enslavement, abducted children to destroyed houses of worship, attacks on these communities are part of a systematic effort to erase their presence from the Middle East,” the commission explained.

The report also cited Boko Haram in Nigeria and their focus on Christians. The report also noted situations where Christians are forced to flee.

“In Iraq, 2 million people were internally displaced in 2014 as a result of ISIL’s offensive,” it outlined. “More than 6.5 million of Syria’s pre-civil-war population now is internally displaced, and more than 3.3 million more are refugees in neighboring states.”

“In Nigeria, Boko Haram’s rampages are responsible for the displacement of more than one million individuals,” the report continued. “In Central African Republic, a million or more people have been driven from their homes. And in Burma, 140,000 Rohingya Muslims and at least 100,000 largely Kachin Christians remain internally displaced.”

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