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Monday's Mini-Report, 9.22.14

Today's edition of quick hits.
Today's edition of quick hits:
 
* ISIS: "After six weeks of American airstrikes, the Iraqi government's forces have scarcely budged Sunni extremists of the Islamic State from their hold on more than a quarter of the country, in part because many critical Sunni tribes remain on the sidelines."
 
* Refugees: "Some 130,000 Kurdish refugees fleeing Islamic militants have crossed the border from Syria into Turkey in the past four days, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Monday as fighting raged close to Turkey's southern border."
 
* Related news: "Turkish troops fired tear gas and water cannons Monday to disperse crowds near Suruc, Turkey, on the Syrian border, where Turkish and Syrian Kurds have been demonstrating against border closings and the Islamic State's latest advances in Syria."
 
* Afghanistan: "The two candidates for president of Afghanistan on Sunday signed an American-brokered agreement on a power-sharing government that would make Ashraf Ghani president, while the runner-up, Abdullah Abdullah, would effectively become a prime minister with substantial powers of his own."
 
* Speaking of Afghanistan: "Three missing Afghanistan National Army officers, who disappeared while participating in a training program in Massachusetts, were detained while attempting to cross the border into Canada and are in the custody of the Canada Border Services Agency, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Monday."
 
* Sierra Leone: "Two of the West African nations hardest hit by Ebola were bracing for new caseloads on Monday after trying to outflank the outbreak with a nationwide checkup and a large new clinic."
 
* Fence jumper: "Federal prosecutors alleged Monday in federal court that a man who jumped a fence and ran into the White House's unlocked front door Friday night posed a threat to President Obama and was keeping 800 rounds of ammunition, two hatchets and a machete in his car, parked blocks away."
 
* Obama eyes new international standards: "President Obama will preside this week over an unusual meeting of the United Nations Security Council poised to adopt a binding resolution that would compel all countries to put in place domestic laws to prosecute those who travel abroad to join terrorist organizations and those who help them, including by raising funds."
 
* As someone who was born and raised in Miami, all I can say is, Ugh: "Miami had the highest uninsured rate of any large American city in 2013, new data from the Census Bureau shows. It beats out Houston and Dallas for the top spot."
 
* Um, really? "Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) is attempting to draw a connection between late comedian Joan Rivers' death and the harsh new abortion restrictions that he recently approved in Texas, suggesting that Rivers may not have died under that law."
 
* Some minimum ethical standards seem necessary: "Fox News Sunday invited American Crossroads founder Karl Rove to discuss key 2014 midterm Senate races without disclosing Rove's relationship with the super PAC that has poured millions into influencing the outcomes of the Senate races being discussed."
 
* I wish this were a joke, but it's real: "A Fox host is now connecting the White House fence jumper to Benghazi."
 
Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.