Islamic State: US names the dogs of war

Federal Cabinet is preparing to make the final decision on joining a US-led assault against Islamic State.
THE US has issued a hit list of terrorists believed to be the ringleaders of the Islamic State terrorist army, with orders to confiscate their assets and make it a crime for anyone to have contact with them.
The US State Department issued the note late last week, identifying for the first time the loose hierarchy of the maniacal group also known as ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and Levant) still cutting a bloody swathe through Iraq and Syria.
On top of the hit list is Amru al-Absi, the mastermind in charge of kidnapping foreigners.
The butcher responsible for ordering mass executions and beheadings has also been named as a French ­extremist Salim Benghalem.
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The list issued by the US reveals that the group is not simply locally based extremists but is now largely run and influenced by foreign fighters from all regions of the globe, including senior members of previous civil wars in the Balkans, Chechnya and Afghanistan.
The designation of 10 individuals as terrorists — including two fighters involved in groups elsewhere in the world — under a special executive order, mirrors the deck of cards wanted list for Saddam Hussein’s henchmen issued by the US during the War in Iraq.
The hit list comes as Prime Minister Tony Abbott prepares to give the go-ahead for Australia’s defence forces, primarily a squadron of pre-deployed Super Hornet fighter aircraft, to join bombing raids in Iraq and potentially Syria. Sources claimed the decision is not expected until later this week, possibly Friday, when the National Security Committee is scheduled to meet, with a special Cabinet meeting to be called immediately after for a final sign-off on use of force.
Australia counts three of its citizens among those near the top of the food chain of Islamic State including former Kings Cross bouncer Muhammad Ali Baryalei who claims to be the operational commander.

US President Barack Obama has admitted his country underestimated the threat of Islamic State.
However, the notorious Sydney extremists Khaled Sharrouf and Mohammed Elomar — who claim on ­social media to have been responsible for beheadings are, however, believed to have inflated their seniority among the ranks of Islamic State, which intelligence agencies now claim have more than 70 Australians as members.
A second tranche of legislation proposed by the government to increase powers of counterterrorism agencies will be introduced to Parliament in mid October.
It will broaden the scope of the agencies to arrest anyone under a crime for those not only involved in terrorism or suspected terrorist acts but for individuals or groups who advocate for terrorist organisations.
Also listed in the State Department briefing note is Mohammed Abdel-Halim Hemaida Saleh, named as responsible for the recruitment of suicide bombers from overseas to be sent to Syria.
Lavdrim Muhaxheri is a ­Kosovar Albanian foreign fighter who was the first to post Facebook photos of himself beheading a man.
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