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Australia finalising legal go-ahead for special forces in Iraq
by Staff Writers
Sydney (AFP) Oct 06, 2014


Canada pledges Can$10 million for IS victims
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 06, 2014 - Canada's foreign minister pledged Can$10 million (US$9 million) on Monday to help victims of sexual violence and human rights abuses that he said were perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) group.

Minister John Baird told parliament the organization's "brutality is matched only by its depravity.

"In one case over the summer it herded up 150 women and girls, mostly Christians and Yazidis, and sent them to Syria to be given to (IS) fighters either as a reward or to be sold as sex slaves," he said.

"Iraqi forces capturing towns from (IS fighters) have reported finding naked women tied to trees."

The minister announced Can$5 million for Justice Rapid Response and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate rapes and rights abuses.

A further Can$5 million will be used for the prevention of and response to sexual violence, including increased access to services and treatment for Syrian and Iraqi refugees and others who have been victims of violence in ISIL-affected areas, he said.

Baird made the pledge at the start of a House of Commons debate on whether Canada should join an international coalition launching air strikes on the Islamist State group in Iraq.

The Commons is expected to greenlight the military mission in a vote on Tuesday.

US teen arrested at airport for trying to join IS
Washington (AFP) Oct 06, 2014 - The United States said Monday it arrested a 19-year-old American at a Chicago airport as he attempted to leave the country to join Islamic State jihadists fighting in Iraq and Syria.

Mohammed Hamzah Khan, who arrived at O'Hare International Airport Saturday with a roundtrip ticket to Istanbul, was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Justice Department said.

Law enforcement agents who searched Khan's home in the southwest Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook said they had found multiple handwritten letters by Khan and others expressing support for the IS group, including travel plans and references to IS and jihad.

His ticket, which was purchased in in late September, had a return date for later this week, the Justice Department said.

Authorities said the investigation was still ongoing.

Khan appeared Monday morning in US District Court and remains in custody. He is scheduled for a detention hearing at 10:30 am on Thursday.

Providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Australian special forces are ready for action in Iraq, but they await final legal approval, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday.

"Our forces are ready to go," Abbott told reporters. "We are finalising the legal documentation.

"I hope that can be done very quickly because it is an absolutely critical mission on which our forces will be embarked to advise and assist Iraqi armed forces."

Australia deployed some 600 troops and several aircraft to the United Arab Emirates in mid-September in preparations to join the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State group.

The prime minister last week clarified that Australian special forces were "not envisaged" to become directly involved in combat missions but would help Iraqi forces with planning and coordination.

"We are already flying combat air patrols in the skies of Iraq," Abbott said Tuesday.

But he said he would not put a time limit on how long the legal green-light would take.

"We have written to the Iraqis, the Iraqis have written back to us and we now need to consider their response," he said without giving further details.

"It's absolutely imperative for the world that we disrupt and degrade the operations of ISIL."

Canberra announced Monday that Australian Super Hornet fighter jets had flown their first armed combat mission against Islamic State militants, but did not launch air strikes.

The United States, which has deployed 1,600 soldiers to Iraq, said last month that dozens of special forces soldiers had also gone in to advise local personnel.

Washington launched the air campaign in August after Islamic State extremists seized swathes of Iraq and Syria, declaring a "caliphate" and imposing a brutal interpretation of Islamic law.

US officials said Monday that the military had started flying attack helicopters against the militants in Iraq for the first time, marking an escalation in the air war.

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