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Libya's Investment With Goldman Ends in Losses, Acrimony - WSJ - 0 views

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libya investment goldman ends losses acrimony

shared by micklethwait on 15 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • micklethwait on 15 Sep 14
     
    This article explains some of the facts around the dramatic waste of Libya's Sovereign Investment Fund in 2008.
nicolet1189

Woman Charged In Denver With Seeking To Aid Islamic Extremists : The Two-Way : NPR - 1 views

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Isis terrorism Syria Americans

shared by nicolet1189 on 14 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • A 19-year-old Denver-area woman has been charged with conspiring to help a foreign terrorist organization after she was arrested in April boarding a flight that would ultimately land her in Syria, where she hoped to wage jihad, according to newly unsealed court documents.
  • she wanted to use her American military training from the U.S. Army Explorers to start a holy war overseas,
  • she planned to live with a suitor she met online, apparently a Tunisian man who claimed to be fighting for [ISIS]," the AP says.
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  • Ashikim Khan, 23, of Texas pleaded guilty on Wednesday to providing "material support to terrorists
  • nicolet1189 on 14 Sep 14
     
    An American woman who was also a former member of the US military was arrested in April and officially charged in July with conspiring to aid members of ISIS. She was arrested when trying to board a plane to Syria where she was planning to meet a Tunisian man and aid the groups in attacks. This story also cites another woman who was arrested on similar charges, it is one of many examples of Americans going abroad to join Isis.
jreyesc

Captured by ISIS and sold into slavery: 15-year-old Yazidi girl tells of her ... - 0 views

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ISIL politics Yazidi slaves

shared by jreyesc on 12 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • jreyesc on 12 Oct 14
     
    This article is about how a Yazidi girl escaped the ISIL territory. It also states how many women who are captured by the group are being treated and how they are forced into marriage and conversion.
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