Germany to decide on military aid for Iraq on Sunday: minister
Germany will decide on Sunday what specific military aid it will send to Kurdish forces in Iraq to help them fight Islamic State insurgents, with Chancellor Angela Merkel arguing Berlin had to act because hundreds of Germans had joined the insurgents. "The Islamic State has about 20,000 fighters…
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News this week of the death of Douglas McAuthur McCain, a U.S. citizen from California who reportedly joined the Islamic State and died fighting as part of the militia in Syria, has hit close to home for Robb Leech: The British filmmaker's stepbrother, Richard Dart, turned to Islamist extremism in 2009 and was convicted in England for plotting to commit terrorist acts in 2012.
