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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press As NKorea vows response, US dismisses calls to pause drills Trump vows continued fight in Afghanistan; reversing stance WASHINGTON — Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, President Donald Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, declaring U.S. troops must “fight to win.” He pointedly declined to disclose how many more troops will be dispatched to wage America’s longest war. In a prime-time address to unveil his new Afghanistan strat- egy, Trump said Monday the U.S. would shift away from a “time- based” approach, instead linking its assistance to results and to cooperation from the beleaguered Afghan government, Paki- stan and others. He insisted it would be a “regional” strategy that addressed the roles played by other South Asian nations — espe- cially Pakistan’s harboring of elements of the Taliban. “America will work with the Afghan government as long as we see determination and progress,” Trump said. “However, our com- mitment is not unlimited, and our support is not a blank check.” Still, Trump offered few details about how progress would be measured. Nor did he explain how his approach would differ sub- stantively from what two presidents before him tried unsuccess- fully over the past 16 years. Although Trump insisted he would “not talk about numbers of troops” or telegraph military moves in advance, he hinted that he’d embraced the Pentagon’s proposal to boost troop numbers by nearly 4,000, augmenting the roughly 8,400 Americans there now. Trump promises victory, but his plan is murky WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is vowing to win what has seemed to be an unwinnable war. How he plans to do so is still murky despite the months of inter- nal deliberations that ultimately persuaded Trump to stick with a conflict he has long opposed. In a 26-minute address to the nation Monday, Trump alluded to more American troops deploying to Afghanistan, but refused to say how many. He said victory would be well-defined, but outlined only vague benchmarks for success, like dismantling al-Qaida and preventing the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan. He said the U.S. would not offer Afghanistan a “blank check,” but provided no specific timetable for the end of an American commitment that has already lasted 16 years. Instead, Trump projected an “I got this” bravado that has become a hallmark of his presidency. “In the end, we will win,” he declared of America’s longest war. Divers search McCain’s flooded compartments for 10 sailors SINGAPORE — The focus of the search for 10 U.S. sailors missing after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters shifted Tuesday to the dam- aged destroyer’s flooded compartments. The sea search by aircraft and ships from the U.S., Singapore and Malaysian navies will continue east of Singapore where the McCain and the tanker collided at daybreak Monday, the 7th Fleet said, but the deployment of divers to search inside the warship, now docked at Singapore’s naval base, was a blow to families still hoping for a miracle. “Equipped with surface supplied air rigs, divers will access sealed compartments located in damaged parts of the ship,” the fleet said in a statement announcing that divers had joined the search. “Additionally, they will conduct damage assessments of the hull and flooded areas.” The collision tore a gaping hole in the McCain’s left rear hull and flooded adjacent compartments including crew berths and machinery and communication rooms. Five sailors were injured. It was the second major collision in two months involving the Pacific-based 7th Fleet and the Navy has ordered a broad investiga- tion into its performance and readiness. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided in waters off Japan. There were two lesser-known incidents in the first half of the year. In January, the USS Antietam guided missile cruiser ran aground near Yokosuka base, the home port of the 7th Fleet, and in May another cruiser, the USS Lake Champlain from the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, had a minor collision with a South Korean fishing boat. Mattis: IS militants caught in Iraq-Syria military vise BAGHDAD — Expelled from their main stronghold in north- ern Iraq, Islamic State militants are now trapped in a military vise that will squeeze them on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said. Mattis arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday during an address to the nation about a strat- egy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. Tuesday just hours after President Donald Trump outlined a fresh approach to the stalemated war in Afghanistan. Trump also has vowed to take a more aggressive, effective approach against IS in Iraq and Syria, but he has yet to unveil a strategy for that conflict that differs greatly from his predecessor’s. In Baghdad, Mattis was meeting with senior Iraqi government leaders and with U.S. commanders. He also planned to meet in Irbil with Massoud Barzani, leader of the semi-autonomous Kurd- ish region that has helped fight IS. Mattis told reporters before departing from neighboring Jordan that the so-called Middle Euphrates River Valley -- roughly from the western Iraqi city of al-Qaim to the eastern Syrian city of Der el-Zour — will be liber- ated in time, as IS gets hit from both ends of the valley that bisects Iraq and Syria. “You see, ISIS is now caught in-between converging forces,” he said, using an alternative acronym for the militant group that burst into western and northern Iraq in 2014 from Syria and held sway for more than two years. “So ISIS’s days are certainly num- bered, but it’s not over yet and it’s not going to be over any time soon.” Mattis referred to this area as “ISIS’s last stand.” 4 surviving Barcelona attack suspects appear in court MADRID — Four alleged members of a terror cell accused of killing 15 people in attacks in Barcelona and a Spanish resort appeared in court Tuesday, a day after the last missing member of the cell was gunned down by police near Barcelona. The four men were arrested last week for their alleged involve- ment in the planning or execution of attacks in Barcelona on Thurs- day and the northeastern resort town of Cambrils early Friday. They were to testify before National Court Judge Fernando Andreu in Madrid, who will decide whether they should be jailed or released. Spanish media have named the suspects as Driss Oukabir, Mohammed Aalla, Salh el Karib and Mohamed Houli Chemal. Police have not yet confirmed their names. Three were arrested in the northern Catalan town of Ripoll and another in Alcanar, south of Barcelona, where a house that was blown apart turned out to be a botched bomb-making workshop. 2 children pulled from rubble on quake-hit Italian island MILAN — Firefighters in Italy freed a 7-month-old baby and his older brother from rubble early Tuesday following a 4.0-mag- nitude quake on the resort island of Ischia off Naples, and rescu- ers were working on helping a third brother who remained trapped. At least one person — an elderly woman who was inside a church that collapsed — was killed in the quake that struck just before 9 p.m. Monday. Another 39 were injured and some 2,600 were left homeless. Video released from the firefighting service showed rescuers passing the baby, who was wearing a white onesie and appearing alert, out of the collapsed structure in hardest-hit Casamicciola at around 4 a.m. The news agency ANSA said cries of joy went up in the crowd and the boys’ mother ran to take him. One of the baby’s brothers was rescued some seven hours later, and quickly loaded onto a stretcher and into an ambulance. A firefighter photo showed the boy, identified as Mattias, being pulled out of the rubble in just his underwear covered with cement dust. Firefighters said on Twitter that they had reached the other boy, named Ciro, and were working on extracting him. 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Two others worked temp jobs at a recycling plant and talked about joining the military. The fourth caught flak from his roommates for wasting his days with video games. Now two of the young men are dead, the other two are in jail and authorities are left to answer this question: Was Atomwaffen Division plotting violent acts or were the four young men merely posers? Four days after police say one of the roommates shot and killed two others, Atomwaffen posted an ominous video on YouTube depicting members standing with arms extended in “Heil Hit- ler” salutes and posing with guns in front of a swastika flag, their faces obscured by images of skulls. It ended with a stark slogan, scrawled in red: “Join your local Nazis.” Inside the apartment the men shared, authorities said they found guns, ammunition and bomb-making material, along with a framed picture of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on a bed- room dresser. India’s top court: Instant divorce among Muslims unlawful NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives is unconstitutional and ordered the government to legislate an end to the practice. The bench, comprising five senior judges of different faiths, deliberated for three months before issuing its order, which was in response to petitions from seven Muslim women who had been divorced through the practice known as triple talaq. The government must now amend the sections of India’s Mus- lim personal law that allows the practice. The decision was widely lauded by women’s rights activists as a step toward granting Muslim women greater equality and justice. “It’s a very happy day for us. It’s a historic day,” said Zakia Soman the co-founder of the Indian Muslim Women’s Movement, which was part of the legal battle to end triple talaq. Officials: 33 injured in suburban Philadelphia train crash UPPER DARBY, Pa. — More than 30 people were injured when a train crashed into another train that was parked at a station in suburban Philadelphia. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority said the crash happened around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday. An inbound Norristown High Speed Line train crashed into an unoccupied, parked train at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby, said SEPTA spokeswoman Heather Redfern. SEPTA said 33 people aboard the train were injured. LISTINGS THE DAILY ASTORIAN A OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — As North Korea vowed “merciless retaliation” against U.S.-South Korean military drills that it claims are an invasion rehearsal, senior U.S. military com- manders on Tuesday dismissed calls to pause or downsize exercises they called crucial to countering a clear threat from Pyongyang. The heated North Korean rhetoric, along with occasional weap- ons tests, is standard fare during the spring and summer war games by allies Seoul and Washington, but always uneasy ties between the Koreas are worse than normal this year following weeks of tit- for-tat threats between President Donald Trump and Pyongyang in the wake of the North’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month. There have been calls in both the United States and South Korea to postpone or modify the drills in an attempt to ease hostil- ity on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’s threat to lob missiles toward the U.S. territory of Guam. But a visiting group of senior U.S. military commanders, including Adm. Harry Har- ris, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said the drills are critical for the allies to maintain readiness against an aggressive North Korea. “A strong diplomatic effort backed by a strong military effort is key because credible combat power should be in support of diplo- macy and not the other way around,” Harris said during a news conference at South Korea’s Osan Air Base. Vincent Brooks, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said the allies should continue the war games until they “have reason not to.” ‘’That reason has not yet emerged,” he said. Evening listings TUESDAY A UGUST 22 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune Bachelor in Paradise (N) Somewhere Between "Madness" (N) KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! 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