Oops! ISIS Bomb Instructor Accidentally Detonates Suicide Vest, 21 Terrorists Dead

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <strong style="font-style: inherit;">Class Dismissed.</strong><br /> <div id="post-body" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 203, 203); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/isis-bomb-vests.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="isis bomb vests" class="aligncenter wp-image-288267" height="299" src="http://3-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/xisis-bomb-vests.jpg.pagespeed.ic.UZd1fPWZyh.jpg" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="544" /></a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Oops!</strong><br />An ISIS bomb instructor north of Baghdad accidentally detonated his suicide vest today killing himself and 21 terrorists.<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-recruiter-detonates-suicide-bomb-kills-21-trainees-2014-8?&platform=bi-androidapp" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Business Insider</a> reported:</span></div> <div class="apd_static_banner writebinapdel991961 apd_writebin" id="writebinapdel991961" style="border: 0px; clip: auto; float: right; font-style: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 10px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3622156405313063" data-ad-slot="99196.5196" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;"><ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 250px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 300px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; display: block; height: 250px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 300px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="250" hspace="0" id="aswift_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_0" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" vspace="0" width="300"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div> <blockquote apd-bannercontent="<ins class="adsbygoogle"style="display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px"data-ad-client="ca-pub-3622156405313063"data-ad-slot="99196.5196"></ins>" apd-clickurl="http://cdn.appendad.com/ox/www/delivery/ck.php?oaparams=2__bannerid=1574__zoneid=99196__cb=64e6f6fc21__oadest=" apd-contenttype="html" apd-event="load" apd-filename="" apd-height="250" apd-id="apdel991961" apd-logurl="http://cdn.appendad.com/ox/www/delivery/lg.php?bannerid=1574&campaignid=31&zoneid=99196&loc=%2F2014%2F08%2Foops-isis-bomb-instructor-accidentally-detonates-suicide-vest-21-terrorists-dead%2F&cb=64e6f6fc21" apd-shown="1" apd-type="static" apd-width="300" apd-zoneid="99196" appendedad="true" style="border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 1.5em; padding: 0px; quotes: ''; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">During a training demonstration at a terrorist camp north of Baghdad on Monday, a commander from the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, accidentally detonated a belt packed with explosives, killing himself and 21 trainees.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With suicide attacks in public places having become commonplace in the country, which has descended into chaos following the advance of the Sunni extremist group, the accident became a source of dark humor for locals, the New York Times reported, adding that the humor was quickly replaced with a sense of sadness, resignation and anger at the ongoing violence that has threatened to tip the country into civil war.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“This is so funny. It shows how stupid they are,” Raad Hashim, a local who works at a liquor store near the site of a restaurant bombing last week, said about the bungled training.</span></div> </blockquote> </div> </div>

Oops! ISIS Bomb Instructor Accidentally Detonates Suicide Vest, 21 Terrorists Dead

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'I'll never understand how he could not find it in his heart to stay' Robin Williams children release touching statements

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'</span></span><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRRsIRcY1Gzgm-cQ16P5p8y7sKHHEQKl6YOcnlVo8AGXkN5sDH5CgotpB7m3mDrXH0nfxJUQiUH5M3_vv7qM5Gu5VgIB6qq373PLcrpp3OeW67VhXPt-GuXXFPt0Y77ByL22t2n42gqI/s1600/article-0-2075AF4F00000578-473_306x423.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdub23MRRur8J4ik44l0c0kfUF00mfRPQD71maWjx_vq9PXLeB3b8RoaOdDsZjBtYzM3F8z_gAdUzWkgGwVr6awtVhhMJMnHX1xWR9wCK4d6o923cbv4z5ZbGgmdQ_N1YZYVSBlmhiUA/s1600/article-0-2076585600000578-838_306x423.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /></h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5906777420662033141" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 616px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Robin William's three children Zak Williams, 31, Zelda Williams, 25 and Cody Williams, 23, have all written their own deeply touching and emotional tributes to their father, who was found hanged in his bedroom on Monday in California after battling with severe depression.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"While I’ll never, ever understand how he could be loved so deeply and not find it in his heart to stay, there’s minor comfort in knowing our grief and loss, in some small way, is shared with millions." - His daughter Zelda wrote</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Williams hanged himself while his wife slept in the next room. So sad! See the tributes after the cut...<br /><br /><a href="" name="more"></a><br /><br /><b>Zelda Williams Tribute </b></span><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'My family has always been private about our time spent together. It was our way of keeping one thing that was ours, with a man we shared with an entire world. But now that’s gone, and I feel stripped bare.<br /><br />'My last day with him was his birthday, and I will be forever grateful that my brothers and I got to spend that time alone with him, sharing gifts and laughter. He was always warm, even in his darkest moments.<br /><br />'While I’ll never, ever understand how he could be loved so deeply and not find it in his heart to stay, there’s minor comfort in knowing our grief and loss, in some small way, is shared with millions.<br />'It doesn’t help the pain, but at least it’s a burden countless others now know we carry, and so many have offered to help lighten the load. Thank you for that.<br />'To those he touched who are sending kind words, know that one of his favorite things in the world was to make you all laugh. As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car. Right after you’ve had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too…<br /><br />'Dad was, is and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls I’ve ever known, and while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world, but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colorful and less full of laughter in his absence. We’ll just have to work twice as hard to fill it back up again.'</span></div> <div class="artSplitter art-ins news"> <div class="splitLeft"> <h3 class="wocc" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'THE WORLD IS A LITTLE GRAYER': ZAK WILLIAMS ON LOSING HIS DAD</span></span></h3> <div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'Yesterday, I lost my father and a best friend and the world got a little grayer. I will carry his heart with me every day.<br />'I would ask those that loved him to remember him by being as gentle, kind, and generous as he would be. Seek to bring joy to the world as he sought.'</span></div> </div> <div class="splitRight"> <h3 class="wocc" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CODY WILLIAMS MOURNS: 'THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME'</span></span></h3> <div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'There are no words strong enough to describe the love and respect I have for my father. The world will never be the same without him.<br />'I will miss him and take him with me everywhere I go for the rest of my life, and will look forward, forever, to the moment when I get to see him again.'</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

'I'll never understand how he could not find it in his heart to stay' Robin Williams children release touching statements

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Suicide bombers can’t make heaven, Sultan tells Boko Haram

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="itemHeader"> <div class="itemTitle" style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <br /></div> </div> <div class="item-info" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <br /><img alt="saad-abubakar1a" src="http://www.tribune.com.ng/images/saad-abubakar1a.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; height: auto; margin: 10px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="itemDateCreated" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px 7px 0px 0px;"><span class="icon-calendar-empty" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; display: inline; height: auto; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"></span> 27.Jul.2014</span></span></div> <div class="itemBody" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="itemFullText"> <div id="ebzNative_above"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">THE Sultan of Sokoto and president-general, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar (III) has stated that any terrorist who thinks he or she could bomb himself and others and still go to heaven is delusional.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Sultan said this yesterday when he hosted security chiefs during the breaking of the Ramadan fast in his palace in Sokoto, said: “For us, one single life lost means a lot to us because life is sacred. You cannot love God if you do not love your neighbour and if we all agree that you cannot love God if you do not love your neighbour, then why are we having all these problems?” the Sultan asked.</span></div> <center style="height: 0px; margin: auto; overflow: hidden; width: auto;"> <div style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: left;"> </div> <div id="ebzNative"> </div> </center> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Noting that Boko Haram has become a franchise used by many to commit series of crimes, the Sultan warned that the insecurity problem facing the country should not be politicized, as such attempt would not bring solutions. </span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sultan also warned against referring to Boko Haram members as Islamic militants, saying “don’t call Boko Haram ‘Islamic militants’. A criminal is a criminal. Do not link him with his religion. The people doing this insecurity are very small compared to the millions of Muslims that are not in any way connected to insurgency.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> “When we politicise the security issue, there can never be a solution to it. We should not narrow it down to an ethnic or religious thing. Let us stop pointing accusing fingers and viewing terrorism as Hausa or Fulani issue. We must all join hands to fight insecurity because by the time you feel relaxed and say they should continue to kill themselves, by the time they finished killing themselves they will now get back to you. Therefore, let us collectively fight insecurity,” the Sultan maintained.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He further added that “though, we might not know those behind this insecurity, we should take our hands up to Almighty Allah to expose those doing these killings. We must also not pray and go to sleep. Let us continue to be proactive. Let us continue to work harder and sensitise our people on security matters.”</span></div> </div> </div> </div>

Suicide bombers can’t make heaven, Sultan tells Boko Haram

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First Ever American Suicide Bomber: Smiling American bomber in Syria

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="inline-content inline-photo" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(213, 213, 213); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img class="" data-hi-res-src="http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2014-07-27/AP/Images/Syria-08c49.jpg?uuid=CJMRDhU2EeSsVnc-VKZZBg" data-low-res-src="http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_400w/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2014-07-27/AP/Images/Syria-08c49.jpg?uuid=CJMRDhU2EeSsVnc-VKZZBg" src="http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/Wires/Online/2014-07-27/AP/Images/Syria-08c49.jpg?uuid=CJMRDhU2EeSsVnc-VKZZBg" style="border: 0px; width: 599px;" /><br /><span class="pb-caption">This undated frame grab from video provided by the Manara al-Bayda, the media arm of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, on Friday, July 25, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows American suicide attacker Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, who was known among rebels as Hurayra al-Amriki. Abu-Salha is the first American to carry out a suicide attack in Syria’s civil war. (Manara al-Bayda/Associated Press)</span></span></div> <div class="pb-sig-line hasnt-headshot has-0-headshots hasnt-bio is-not-column" style="padding-bottom: 20px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="pb-byline" style="display: inline-block; padding-right: 5px;">By Associated Press</span> <span class="pb-timestamp" style="display: inline-block; padding-right: 5px;">July 26 at 10:30 PM</span></span></div> <article><div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BEIRUT — An al-Qaida-linked group fighting in Syria has released video of the first American to carry out a suicide attack in the country’s civil war, showing him smiling and saying he looked forward to going to heaven.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Nusra Front released the new video late Friday showing American citizen Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, 22, with other fighters before the May 25 attack that targeted several army positions at the same time. It said two of the other three suicide attackers in the assault in the government-held northwestern city of Idlib were from foreign countries, including one who was identified as being from the Maldives.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abu-Salha appears smiling in the video and speaks in broken Arabic.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I want to rest in the afterlife, in heaven. There is nothing here and the heart is not resting,” Abu-Salha says. “Heaven is better. When people die they either go to heaven or hell. There is happiness beyond explanation.”</span></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The video, released by Nusra Front’s media arm, al-Manara al-Baydha, was posted on jihadi websites. It corresponded with Associated Press reporting about the attack and Abu-Salha.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Opposition forces previously identified the American who carried out the bombing as Abu Hurayra al-Amriki and said he was a U.S. citizen. The name al-Amriki means “the American” in Arabic.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s unknown how many people were killed in the bombing. Opposition rebels with the Nusra Front said Abu-Salha’s truck was laden with 16 tons of explosives to tear down the al-Fanar restaurant, a gathering site for Syrian troops. The other suicide attackers targeted nearby army positions.</span></div> <div class="wp-inline-bb pb-centered-bb has-subscribe-promo" id="slug_inline_bb" style="background-position: 123px -398px; clear: both; float: none !important; height: 250px; margin: -20px auto 30px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 300px;"> <div id="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_6__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_6" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_6" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" width="300"></iframe></span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abu-Salha grew up in Florida and attended several colleges before dropping out and moving abroad.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thousands of foreign fighters have come to Syria from around the world to fight against President Bashar Assad’s forces after the uprising against his government began three years ago.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The war, which began in 2011, has since taken on strong sectarian overtones, pitting a Sunni-led insurgency that includes al-Qaida-inspired extremist groups against a government dominated by Assad’s minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Syria’s uprising began with peaceful protests in March 2011 but escalated into an armed revolt when government forces launched a sweeping crackdown on dissent. The conflict has killed at least 170,000 people, nearly a third of them civilians, according to activists. Nearly 3 million Syrians have fled the country.</span></div> <div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On Saturday, a car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town near the Turkish border, killing and wounding a number of people.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Aleppo Media Center said the car bomb exploded in a vegetable market in the town of Azaz. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the car blew up near a gas station in Azaz. The Observatory said the blast killed at least four people and wounded several others while the AMC said it killed and wounded a number of people without offering specific figures.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Observatory and an Idlib-based activist who goes by the name of Asad Kanjo said another car blew up in the northern village of Atmeh near the Turkish border. The Observatory said the blast killed two people. Kanjo said the blast occurred near a market and close to a children’s hospital, though it was not affected.</span></div> <div class="wp-inline-bb pb-centered-bb has-subscribe-promo" id="slug_inline_bb_2" style="background-position: 123px -398px; clear: both; float: none !important; margin: -20px auto 30px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 300px;"> <div id="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_9__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_9" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_9" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" width="300"></iframe></span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Observatory also said the Syrian troops recaptured the Shaer gas field in the central province of Homs a week after fighters from the Islamic State group captured it and killed dozens of soldiers. Syrian state television confirmed that troops recaptured the field, saying that “large numbers of Islamic State terrorists were wiped out.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Observatory also said a missile shot down the helicopter Friday night over a neighborhood of Aleppo known as Camp Nairab. Camp Nairab is adjacent to the Nairab military airport southeast of the city, where government aircraft take off to carry out attacks in northern Syria.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Assad’s forces use helicopters to drop barrel bombs — crude explosives that have killed thousands of people and caused widespread destruction, especially in Aleppo.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Observatory and an Aleppo-based activist who goes by the name Abu Saeed Izzedine said the helicopter crash killed four people, including a child. The Observatory said three of the dead were the helicopter’s crew members.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Aleppo, once Syria’s commercial capital, has seen heavy fighting since rebels seized part of the city in 2012.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Observatory also reported Saturday that the number of soldiers killed over the past few days in a northern military base in Raqqa that was overrun by the extremist Islamic State group has risen to 85. It said the fate of 200 other soldiers is still unknown.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The monitoring group, which relies on a network of activists inside the country, said Islamic State fighters have executed and paraded the bodies of “tens” of soldiers in Raqqa, the only provincial capital in rebel hands.</span></div> <div class="wp-inline-bb pb-centered-bb has-subscribe-promo" id="slug_inline_bb_3" style="background-position: 123px -398px; clear: both; float: none !important; margin: -20px auto 30px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 300px;"> <div id="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_8__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_8" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/701/wpni.world/middle_east_8" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 300px;" width="300"></iframe></span></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Amateur videos posted online by activists showed more than a dozen beheaded bodies in a busy square said to be in Raqqa. Some of the heads were placed on a nearby fence, where at least two headless bodies were crucified. The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting of the events.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</span></div> </article></div>

First Ever American Suicide Bomber: Smiling American bomber in Syria

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