Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Oct 8, 2014

  FBI Director: Americans That Joined ISIS in Syria Are 'Entitled' to Return to US

  FBI Director James Comey admitted that the "dozen or so" American citizens that are currently fighting with the Islamic State terror group in Syria have the ability and right, as Americans with passports, to return to the homeland.

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  Oct 7, 2014

  James Foley's Mom Says Son's Location Known 6 Months Prior, But Nothing Done Until Too Late

  The parents of slain American journalist James Foley claim they knew the location of their son and 17 other hostages being held by Islamic State militants in Syria over six months before their son's beheading and feel the U.S. government did little to act urgently.

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  Oct 7, 2014

  Baghdad Church Vicar on ISIS Closing in on Capital: Being British, Pro-Israel Makes Me a Big Target

  After attending an event that promoted peace in Jerusalem last weekend, the Rev. Canon Andrew White, the "Vicar of Baghdad", is delaying his return to Baghdad after he was told that his life is in danger as Islamic State forces close in on Iraq's capital city.

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  Oct 7, 2014

  Ex Female ISIS Member: I Saw Teen Boy Crucified, Man Beheaded and Knew I Had to Escape

  Hoping to expose the underlying truth about Islamic State to other females that might be enticed to join the militant movement, a 25-year-old former Syrian school teacher told CNN how she was fooled into joining the Islamic State and why she deserted the militant group by fleeing into Turkey right before the start of the U.S.-led airstrikes in September.

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  Oct 4, 2014

  Unborn Babies in Alabama Can Have Lawyers; ACLU Files Lawsuit to Overturn State's Strict Abortion Laws

  The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit attempting to overturn a new Alabama law that forces minors seeking an abortion without parental consent to face trial in order to gain the state's permission to follow through with a legal abortion.

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  Oct 4, 2014

  Under 6 Percent Unemployment Rate May Really Be Double? Economic Experts Explain Why

  While people celebrate the fact that America's unemployment rate has fallen below six percent for the first time since 2008, some economic experts say not so fast and point out the discrepancy between the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons.

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  Oct 1, 2014

  Suit Against Pennsylvania Wedding Venue That Declined to Host Same-Sex Weddings Unsuccessful

  A Pennsylvania wedding venue will not have to refund a deposit to a straight couple wedding party that disagrees with the owner's stance on same-sex weddings.

• Oct 1, 2014

  ISIS Threatens Swiss Aid Worker After He Tweets Coordinates of Islamic State Bunker Preventing Aid From Reaching Refugees

  A Swiss humanitarian aid worker in Syria is facing death threats coming from ISIS-associated Twitter accounts after tweeting the location of a bunker seized by Islamic State near the Turkey-Syria border.

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  Sep 30, 2014

  New Iraqi TV Series Devoted to Mocking Islamic State in an Anti-ISIS Propaganda Campaign

  An Iraqi state television station is now airing a nationally televised parody series that directly mocks Islamic State militants and acts as an anti-ISIS propaganda tool, hoping to prevent more people from joining the jihadist movement.

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  Sep 30, 2014

  New AP US History Curriculum Will Make Students Want to 'Sign Up for ISIS,' Ben Carson Jokes

  Retired neurosurgeon and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Ben Carson, criticized the newly modified AP U.S. History curriculum being taught in America's high schools joking on Monday that after completing the course students would want to "sign up for ISIS."