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• Iran Policy Committee: Whistleblower Charges UN Collusion with Baghdad against Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
• Former UN official's revelations warrant full inquiry into actions of UNAMI in Iraq, says Association of Iranian-Americans in NY & NJ
• Former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker charged with drunken driving
• US reporter missing in Syria: employers
• Former ambassador Ryan Crocker arrested in DUI
• Clinton seeks Egypt dialogue with Israel
• US: Missile defense for NKorea threat, not China
• Ambassador Crocker Arrested for DUI, Hit and Run
• Former US ambassador Crocker arrested in drunk driving, hit-and-run case; pleads not guilty
• Two different conventions, much different goals
• Obama-Romney debate can't avoid 'nation-building'
• Turkish troops kill 21 PKK militants in clashes
• French defense minister open to Syria buffer zones
• Future Battlefields: Less 'Star Wars,' More Tiny Robots
• Russia: We have Syrian guarantees on chemical arms
• AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency forms special Iran team
• What a Montana farmer could teach Romney and Obama
• MyWay Mobile Storage Helps BAMP with “Touchdown for Homes” Service Project
• Convictions upheld for 3 in Ohio terrorism case
• Obama vs. Romney: National Security--Graphic
• Obama vs. Romney--National Security: Tone Poem
• Obama vs. Romney: Foreign Policy--Graphic
• Obama vs. Romney--Foreign Policy: Competing Worldviews
• Obama vs. Romney: Fiscal Issues--Graphic
• One Turkish soldier killed in fresh PKK attacks
• Free ‘Reverse Bootcamp’ Workshop for Orange County Veterans and Active Duty Military Aims to Ease Transition Back to Civilian Life
• U.S. sends aircraft carrier back to Gulf to face Iran, Syria
• Turkey troops kill 16 Kurdish militants after convoy attack
• Worthless 'bomb detectors' put Iraqi lives at risk
• Petrochina 1H profit down 6 pct on refinery losses
• Kathleen Madigan to Perform at the Palace Theatre in Stamford on September 15
• Al-Qaida claims deadly summer attacks in west Iraq
• The Wrong Kind of Experience: Paul Ryan's Big Foreign Policy Credential
• Correa could deny Belarus blogger's extradition
• Iraq expects first F-16 fighter jets in 2013
• Jets cross into Iraq to bomb Syria town: officials

Iran Policy Committee: Whistleblower Charges UN Collusion with Baghdad against Iranian Dissidents in Iraq Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 23 August 2012, the Iran Policy Committee (IPC) examined three sets of events regarding Iranian dissidents in Iraq, who are members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) and concluded in a press release that certain actions are necessary to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe as well as to correct wrongs. ...

Former UN official's revelations warrant full inquiry into actions of UNAMI in Iraq, says Association of Iranian-Americans in NY & NJ Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The recent revelations by Mr. Tahar Boumedra, a senior former UN Human Rights Official, about the actions of the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Iraq, Ambassador Martin Kobler, raise questions as to whether the SGSR possesses the integrity, the competence and veracity to be an impartial arbiter in dealing with the issue of the 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq, residents of Camp Ashraf and the "prison-like" Camp Liberty.Mr. Kobler's actions, described in full detail, by Mr. ...

Former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker charged with drunken driving Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:02 PM PDT OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Ryan Crocker is facing drunken driving and hit-and-run charges in Washington state after his vehicle collided with a truck last week, authorities said on Thursday. Crocker, who stepped down from his job as ambassador to Afghanistan earlier this year because of ill health, recorded twice the legal limit when he took a blood alcohol breath test after the accident last week, State Trooper Troy Briggs said. ...

US reporter missing in Syria: employers Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:04 PM PDT An American freelance journalist has been missing in Syria for more than a week, his most recent employers said Thursday, expressing concern for his safety amid fierce fighting there.

Former ambassador Ryan Crocker arrested in DUI Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT Former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker is facing hit-and-run and drunken driving charges in Washington state after striking a semi-truck when he tried to make a right turn from the left lane, authorities said Thursday.

Clinton seeks Egypt dialogue with Israel Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:53 PM PDT US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Egypt to keep open communication with Israel after the new Cairo government deployed forces to the Sinai Peninsula, the State Department said Thursday.

US: Missile defense for NKorea threat, not China Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:52 PM PDT The United States is in discussions with close ally Japan about expanding a missile defense system in Asia, the top U.S. general said Thursday.

Ambassador Crocker Arrested for DUI, Hit and Run Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:12 PM PDT He's had to deal with the worst conflict zones in the world, but now former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker has a headache to deal with at home: Hit-and-run and intoxicated driving charges. On Thursday, Washington state authorities said Crocker, one of the most decorated State Department officials in the last 50 years, was arrested last week in Spokane Valley. KXLY reporter Jeff Humphrey has the details:

Former US ambassador Crocker arrested in drunk driving, hit-and-run case; pleads not guilty Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:37 PM PDT SPOKANE, Wash. - Ryan Crocker, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, is facing hit-and-run and intoxicated driving charges in Washington state, authorities said Thursday.

Two different conventions, much different goals Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:36 PM PDT Barack Obama needs to remind voters why they loved him in 2008. Mitt Romney needs for voters to get to know and like him better.

Obama-Romney debate can't avoid 'nation-building' Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT In each election, America redefines itself. But over the decades, one constant remains: Presidential candidates promise to focus on building up the nation, and then once in the Oval Office, they also do "nation-building" abroad.

Turkish troops kill 21 PKK militants in clashes Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers killed five Kurdish rebels who attacked state buildings in a town in southeast Turkey on Thursday evening, bringing to 21 the number of militants killed since they launched a deadly bomb attack on an army convoy a day earlier. The clashes underscore a growing cycle of violence in the remote, mountainous province of Hakkari bordering Iraq and Iran - a development which Turkish officials and analysts are linking to the conflict in nearby Syria. ...

French defense minister open to Syria buffer zones Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian suggested on Thursday that Western nations and allies could consider setting up a limited no-fly zone over part of Syria without a U.N. Security Council mandate. But Le Drian, speaking on France 24 television, said a no-fly zone could not occur without "an international coalition", something that at the moment does not exist. "The scenario mentioned by (U.S. ...

Future Battlefields: Less 'Star Wars,' More Tiny Robots Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT "Star Wars" battlefields may seem imminent given the U.S. military's enthusiasm for testing laser weapons on planes, ships and vehicles. But a Pentagon workshop found that lasers, cyberwarfare, 3D printers and biological tools seem unlikely to revolutionize the battlefield by 2025.

Russia: We have Syrian guarantees on chemical arms Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:21 PM PDT Russia is working closely with the Syrian government to ensure that its arsenal of chemical weapons remains under firm control and has won promises that the weapons of mass destruction will not be used or moved, Moscow's point man on Syria told The Associated Press on Thursday.

AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency forms special Iran team Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:09 PM PDT The U.N. nuclear agency is forming a special Iran team, drawing together sleuths in weapons technology, intelligence analysis, radiation and other fields of expertise as it seeks to add muscle to a probe of suspicions that Tehran worked secretly on atomic arms, diplomats tell The Associated Press.

What a Montana farmer could teach Romney and Obama Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is in a heated race for re-election, but he's not afraid to tackle the thorny issues that Romney and Obama are terrified to touch

MyWay Mobile Storage Helps BAMP with “Touchdown for Homes” Service Project Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:07 AM PDT MyWay Mobile Storage is helping the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh (BAMP) with their 2012 "Touchdown for Homes" community service project. BAMP is partnering with the local former NFL players in a week-long home improvement project to benefit Marine Sergeant Joshua Caskey. Sgt. Caskey was wounded while serving his second tour of duty in Iraq when a building he was in was attacked by a car full of explosives. He received shrapnel wounds and sustained a massive brain injury from the explosion which he is still recovering from. ...

Convictions upheld for 3 in Ohio terrorism case Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the convictions and sentences of three men found guilty in Ohio of recruiting and training terrorists to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Obama vs. Romney: National Security--Graphic Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT NATIONAL SECURITY: Obama

Obama vs. Romney--National Security: Tone Poem Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:59 AM PDT In July, Mitt Romney stood before an audience of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and delivered a series of political broadsides against President Obama. He blasted the administration's "radical cuts in the military," called its leaks of classified information "contemptible," and criticized its "sudden abandonment of friends in Poland and the Czech Republic" for canceling missile-defense sites in those countries.

Obama vs. Romney: Foreign Policy--Graphic Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:58 AM PDT TERRORISM Two of Obama's first official acts as president were to sign executive orders banning "enhanced interrogation techniques" that had been used on terrorism suspects and pledging to close the Guantánamo Bay military prison within one year. Almost immediately, however, Congress began passing bipartisan laws barring the transfer of Guantánamo detainees and the building of prisons on U.S. soil to house them. The administration's response has been to reform the military commissions to try Bush-era detainees at Guantánamo and to remand new terrorism suspects to federal custody. ...

Obama vs. Romney--Foreign Policy: Competing Worldviews Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT Seen through the prism of a presidential-election campaign, the world appears in broad strokes and primary colors, its contours lacking complexity or nuance. In that viewfinder, there is black and white, friend and foe, and the president of the United States has the power to realign the international landscape to his liking. The campaign prism, it turns out, is not only an imperfect lens for navigating the shoals of geopolitics but also a poor predictor of the path a president will ultimately travel.

Obama vs. Romney: Fiscal Issues--Graphic Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:56 AM PDT Economic stimulus now, deficit reduction over the long term. Tax the wealthy to raise additional revenues. Trim military spending, Medicare, federal pensions, and farm subsidies. This litany sums up the Obama administration's approach to taxes, spending, and the federal deficit as outlined in the president's fiscal 2013 budget. These policy proposals are part and parcel of the administration's creed of tax fairness and progressivity: mainly, the principle that the wealthy should shoulder a greater burden of taxes than lower-income Americans. ...

One Turkish soldier killed in fresh PKK attacks Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:01 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants attacked two army posts in southeast Turkey on Thursday, killing at least one soldier, officials said, hours after Ankara said it had killed 16 guerrillas in the area following a raid on a military convoy. The clashes underscore a growing cycle of violence in the remote, mountainous province of Hakkari bordering Iraq and Iran - a development which Turkish officials and analysts are linking to the conflict in nearby Syria. ...

Free ‘Reverse Bootcamp’ Workshop for Orange County Veterans and Active Duty Military Aims to Ease Transition Back to Civilian Life Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:04 AM PDT Three week, comprehensive REBOOT workshop to be held at Brandman University's Irvine CampusIrvine, CA (PRWEB) August 23, 2012 The transition back to civilian life can be a difficult challenge for military personnel, especially for younger military service members who were deployed on the war front multiple times in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Recognizing the critical need for assistance, National Veterans Transition Services, Inc. ...

U.S. sends aircraft carrier back to Gulf to face Iran, Syria Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy is cutting short home leave for the crew of one of its aircraft carriers and sending them back to the Middle East next week to counter any threat from Iran, according to the official Navy News Service. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told sailors aboard the USS Stennis in their home port of Seattle on Wednesday they were needed back in the Middle East soon, after approving calls from the U.S. Central Command for Stennis to return to the region. "Obviously, Iran is one of those threats," the U.S. ...

Turkey troops kill 16 Kurdish militants after convoy attack Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:57 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish troops have killed 16 Kurdish guerrillas in an operation in southeastern Turkey targeting militants who launched a bomb attack on a military convoy that killed five soldiers, the local governor's office said on Thursday. The clashes are part of a growing cycle of violence in the remote, mountainous province of Hakkari bordering Iraq and Iran - a development which Turkish officials and analysts are linking to the deepening conflict in Syria. ...

Worthless 'bomb detectors' put Iraqi lives at risk Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:13 AM PDT An Iraqi soldier walks past a line of cars at an entrance to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, looking for the silver antenna of the bomb detector he holds to swing left, indicating a threat.

Petrochina 1H profit down 6 pct on refinery losses Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:32 AM PDT China's biggest oil and gas company, PetroChina Co., posted a 6 percent decline in first-half profit on Thursday on lower crude prices and continuing refining losses and warned the rest of the year would be "tortuous" as the global economy slows.

Kathleen Madigan to Perform at the Palace Theatre in Stamford on September 15 Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:06 AM PDT Kathleen Madigan's "Gone Madigan" national theater tour is coming to the Palace Theatre in Stamford on Saturday, September 15th at 8 PM, sponsored by the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment.Stamford, CT (PRWEB) August 23, 2012 Stamford Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Kathleen Madigan's "Gone Madigan" national theater tour is coming to the Palace Theatre in Stamford on Saturday, September 15th at 8 PM, sponsored by the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. ...

Al-Qaida claims deadly summer attacks in west Iraq Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:36 AM PDT Al-Qaida's front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for dozens of deadly attacks in the Sunni-dominated western Anbar province this summer.

The Wrong Kind of Experience: Paul Ryan's Big Foreign Policy Credential Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Defending himself against the perception that he has no significant foreign policy experience, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has drawn fresh attention to one of the most controversial acts of the past decade: the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq before U.N. weapons inspections were completed. Ryan now points to his vote for war as a token of his readiness to serve in the White House, but he is on the wrong side of both history and public opinion.

Correa could deny Belarus blogger's extradition Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:16 PM PDT Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he could have the last word on the extradition of a dissident blogger and former soldier from Belarus now before the country's high court.

Iraq expects first F-16 fighter jets in 2013 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:48 PM PDT Iraq expects to receive the first group of F-16 warplanes next year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman said on Thursday, after US officials said the aircraft would not arrive until 2014.

Jets cross into Iraq to bomb Syria town: officials Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:10 PM PDT Syrian military planes crossed into Iraqi airspace on Thursday in order to carry out air strikes against the border town of Albu Kamal, which is held by rebel forces, Iraqi officials said.

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