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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

US Secretary of Defense Panetta shakes hands with US Ambassador to Afghanistan Crocker before departing Kabul International AirportOLYMPIA, 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

Ambassador Crocker Arrested for DUI, Hit and RunHe'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

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Bettendorf, Iowa. 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 And both must strike a balance with their conventions to fire up core backers without alienating undecided voters who may well decide a close election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)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

Turkish soldiers patrol a road near Cukurca in the Hakkari province, southeastern Turkey, near the Turkish-Iraqi borderDIYARBAKIR, 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

Future Battlefields: Less 'Star Wars,' More Tiny Robots"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

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov speaks in an interview to the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. Gatilov said Russia is working closely with the Syrian government to make sure its arsenal of chemical weapons remains securely in place. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)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

FILE - In this May 14, 2012 file photo Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh waves as he arrives for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria. 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 teeth to a long-stalled probe of suspicions that Tehran worked secretly on atomic arms, diplomats tell The Associated Press in a series of interviews reaching into Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)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

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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

US Navy handout photo of the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis returning to BremertonDUBAI (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

But however closely the soldier watches the plastic pistol-gripped "detector", it will not lead to any bombs or weaponsAn 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

Correa said if the court decides to grant extradition he could overrule that decision "as a last resort"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

Washington agreed last year to sell the F-16s to Baghdad in a multi-billion-dollar dealIraq 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 combat aircraft crossed into Iraqi airspace at about 8:00 am for about 15 minutes," an Iraqi official saidSyrian 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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