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Bestselling author Neil Gaiman recounts visiting Syrian refugees
In addition to the nine million-plus Syrians who have fled their three-year war, another 200,000 have escaped the ISIS onslaught in the last week alone, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The best-selling author, poet, and filmmaker Neil Gaiman, and his two million Twitter followers, have been galvanized into action by the plight of these refugees.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour spoke with him just as he returned from his painful firsthand look at the camps.
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The Simpsons go to China
The images of massive protests in Hong Kong are nowhere to be seen in China, but a unique American form of subversion will soon be available there, streaming twenty-four hours a day.
For the first time, The Simpsons will be available for all Chinese to see. CNN's Christiane Amanpour has the story.
China faces ‘most complicated’ protest movement since Tiananmen
By Mick Krever, CNN
In confronting thousands on the streets of Hong Kong demanding more democracy, China is facing “the most complicated outbreak of street unrest that China has faced since Tiananmen Square,” James Miles, China Editor for The Economist, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday.
“It knows that the risks here are enormous,” he said. “The world’s eyes are watching Hong Kong.”
Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ activist digs in for the long-run: ‘It is a war,’ not a battle
By Mick Krever, CNN
Hong Kong’s democracy movement is peaceful and in it for the long-haul, Occupy Hong Kong Central leader Chan Kin Man told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday, warning Beijing that military intervention would be “very costly.”
“We do not know whether we can obtain our goal in the short run. But we shouldn’t look at a democracy movement as a battle. It is a war. As long as the spirit of democracy is alive, we are not, and we will not be defeated.”
Thousands of protesters packed the streets of Hong Kong on Monday to push Beijing to rescind its recent decision to maintain veto power over candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive. Police cracked down on the protests overnight on Sunday, firing tear gas and pepper spray.
“The demonstration was in a very peaceful and orderly manner,” Chan said. “It is totally unacceptable for the police to use such a brutal force.”
Iran's President calls airstrikes on ISIS 'theater,' says broader campaign needed
Click here for part two of Amanpour's interview with President Rouhani, and here for part three.
By Mick Krever, CNN
(CNN) - Airstrikes against ISIS militants are a "psychological operation," not a military one, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Friday.
"It is a common threat for all of us," he said. "And this requires a unison effort from all of us."
"We need a vast campaign of operations ... the aerial bombardment campaign is mostly, I would say, a form of theater, rather than a serious battle against terrorism."
EXCLUSIVE: Qatar's Emir: We don't fund terrorists
Click here to watch part two of Amanpour's interview with the Emir of Qatar.
By Mick Krever, CNN
(CNN) - In his first-ever interview as the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani defended his country against allegations of funding terrorism and pledged support for the fight against ISIS for the long haul.
"We don't fund extremists," the Emir told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday. "If you talk about certain movements, especially in Syria and Iraq, we all consider them terrorist movement."
"I know that in America and some countries they look at some movements as terrorist movements. ... But there are differences. There are differences that some countries and some people that any group which comes from Islamic background are terrorists. And we don't accept that."
EXCLUSIVE: To win release of MH17 bodies and black boxes, Malaysia PM ‘had to act alone’
By Mick Krever, CNN
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is speaking out for the first time on the “unconventional” backdoor negotiations he led to get MH17’S black boxes and victims’ bodies out of eastern Ukraine.
“Sometimes,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview that aired Wednesday, “you have to work the back channels.”
When Malaysian Prime Minister Najib came to the United Nations last year, he could never have imagined that two of his country's planes would soon suffer disasters.
“If you can imagine, he said, “just four months after MH370 disappeared, and all of a sudden, middle of the night, you know, a message comes across: Look, we've just lost a plane; it’s off the radar.”
“I was in a state of disbelief.”
Iraqi leader: U.S.-led military campaign against ISIS welcome if 'they do it right'
Click here to watch Part 2 of Amanpour's interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi.
By Greg Botelho, CNN
(CNN) - Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday he is happy to see the United States and its Arab allies striking ISIS targets in Syria, so long as they "do it right this time."
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Iraq has "paid a heavy price" for polarization in the region and instability in Syria, saying ISIS fighters have inflicted tremendous pain, suffering and losses on his people after crossing into Iraq. He expressed hope the airstrikes will do what U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed: degrade and destroy the group, which calls itself the Islamic State.
It's good some Arab nations have joined the American-led military campaign, al-Abadi added, though he said he wished they had understood and acted on the danger posed by ISIS sooner.
"We have warned ... this is going to end in a bloodbath if nobody stops it," he said. "Nobody was listening."
Why France refuses to call militants ‘ISIS’
By Mick Krever, CNN
For France, “ISIS” is the wrong name for the Sunni militants who control large portions of Iraq and Syria.
“In French they want to be called État Islamique, Islamic State, but it’s a double mistake,” Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Tuesday. “A, they are not a state; they would like to be a state but they are not. And they are not representative of Muslims.”
“We call them Daesh, by the Arab word.”
“Daesh” is a term reportedly despised by the militants, because it sounds like another Arabic word that means “to trample on” or “crush.”
“You have to name things correctly,” Fabius said. “These guys are murderers; they are throat cutters.”
Air campaign in Syria may take more than a year, says Pentagon Press Secretary
By Henry Hullah
United States and Arab strikes against ISIS in Syria were just the start of a campaign that is set to go on much longer, U.S. Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon Press Secretary, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
“For us it’s more important to get this training and equipment done right then it is to get it done fast.”
“It’s going to take three to five months, now that we have the authorization and the funding to do it, to recruit and to vet a proper set of trainees, and then it’s going to take eight to twelve months to get them into the field in a confident way.”
“It’s going to take some time, which is why in the intervening months we’re going to continue to put pressure of ISIL from the air across the region.”
“We’re not turning a blind eye to ISIL’s spread inside Syria which why we conducted these strikes against them last night and why we’re going to continue putting pressure on them going forward.”
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