(CNSNews.com) – James Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Iraq, argued Wednesday that "Iran simply is not an acceptable partner in the war against terror" in his testimony on Capitol Hill on the state of the fight against Islamic terrorism 15 years after 9/11.
"Iran simply is not an acceptable partner in the war against terror despite a recent article published in the United States by the Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif to that end," Jeffrey said in reference to a recent New York Times editorial by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in which Zarif argued that the international community should unite to combat extremist Sunni Wahhabism.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Violent protesters rampaged through parts of downtown Charlotte as anger continued to build over the deadly police shooting of a black man and the wildly different stories about what happened from authorities and the victim's family and neighbors.
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency Wednesday night in the state's largest city and called in the National Guard after Charlotte's police chief said he needed the help.
