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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Fiery Obama embarks on march to the Dem convention

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 04:37 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets the crowd during a campaign stop at the Living History Farms Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)President Barack Obama lampooned the just-completed Republican National Convention as better-suited to an era of black-and-white TV and " trickle-down, you're on your own" economics Saturday, and declared that Mitt Romney "did not offer a single new idea" to fix the economy.


New UN Syria envoy puts pressure on regime

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 02:42 PM PDT

In this image made from video and accessed Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, a Free Syrian Army fighter calls out to comrades as another fighter fires at Syrian Army positions in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian troops bombarded the northern city of Aleppo Saturday with warplanes and mortar shells as soldiers clashed with rebels in different parts of Syria's largest city, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes were concentrated in several tense neighborhoods where some buildings were damaged and a number of people were wounded. (AP Photo via AP video)The U.N.'s new envoy to Syria told President Bashar Assad's regime on Saturday that change is both "urgent" and "necessary" and that it must meet the "legitimate" demands of the Syrian people, words that will not win the seasoned Algerian diplomat and international trouble shooter any friends in Damascus.


New UN Syria envoy tells regime change is needed

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 02:35 PM PDT

In this image made from video and accessed Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, a Free Syrian Army fighter calls out to comrades as another fighter fires at Syrian Army positions in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian troops bombarded the northern city of Aleppo Saturday with warplanes and mortar shells as soldiers clashed with rebels in different parts of Syria's largest city, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes were concentrated in several tense neighborhoods where some buildings were damaged and a number of people were wounded. (AP Photo via AP video)The U.N.'s new envoy to Syria told President Bashar Assad's regime on Saturday that change is both "urgent" and "necessary" and that it must meet the "legitimate" demands of the Syrian people, words that will not win the seasoned Algerian diplomat and international trouble shooter any friends in Damascus.


GOP paints a nation on brink, Dems see rebound

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally. Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Listening to Republicans, a vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is imperative to save the nation.


Obama: Romney, GOP offering only well-worn ideas

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 01:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama arrives at a campaign stop at the Living History Farms, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney and Republicans on Saturday of offering outdated ideas that are ill-suited to voters during the first stop on a march to the Democratic convention. Romney, fresh from his GOP convention, vowed to bring more jobs to the country, bemoaning 23 million people out of work or underemployed.


Syrian rebels hit back at Assad's air power

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters run for cover after Syrian forces fired a mortar in the El Amreeyeh neighborhood of AleppoBEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels seized an air defense facility and attacked a military airport in eastern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group said, hitting back at an air force which President Bashar al-Assad is increasingly relying on to crush his opponents. The attacks in eastern oil-producing Deir al-Zor province follow rebel strikes against military airports in the Aleppo and Idlib areas, close to the border with Turkey. ...


Obama embarks on march to party convention

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a victory rally, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at Union Terminal in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)President Barack Obama embarked on a four-day march through battleground states and the storm-battered Gulf Coast Saturday in the lead-up to his party's convention, trying to blunt his rival's momentum. Republican Mitt Romney vowed to bring more jobs to the country, bemoaning 23 million people out of work or underemployed.


U.S. must show tougher stance against Iran: Netanyahu confidant

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:56 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama had yet to present a credible military threat that could deter Iran from seeking nuclear weapons. The latest criticism was voiced by Tzachi Hanegbi, an influential former legislator who quit the opposition Kadima party in July to join up with Likud and Netanyahu, with whom he has always maintained a close relationship. "I don't see that there is a credible threat for American action, the rhetoric of the U.S. president is too vague, very amorphous ... ...

North Korea and Iran Are Teaming Up

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT

North Korea and Iran Are Teaming UpNorth Korea and Iran are now beat friends, and they're going to help each other with a wide variety of science and technology projects because they have "common enemies." 


UN envoy to Assad: Change is urgently needed

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 10:00 AM PDT

In this image made from video and accessed Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, a Free Syrian Army fighter calls out to comrades as another fighter fires at Syrian Army positions in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian troops bombarded the northern city of Aleppo Saturday with warplanes and mortar shells as soldiers clashed with rebels in different parts of Syria's largest city, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes were concentrated in several tense neighborhoods where some buildings were damaged and a number of people were wounded. (AP Photo via AP video)The U.N.'s new envoy to Syria said on Saturday that President Bashar Assad's regime should realize that the need for change was both "urgent" and "necessary" and that it must meet the "legitimate" demands of the Syrian people.


Obama calls for 'nation-building' at home

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:52 AM PDT

President Barack Obama marked the second anniversary of the end of the US combat mission in Iraq by calling Saturday for "nation-building" back in the United States as it battles a slumping economy.

Iraq oil exports highest in more than 30 years

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:49 AM PDT

Crude exports account for the lion's share of government incomeIraq's oil exports reached their highest level in more than three decades last month as the country's output has continued to increase, oil ministry officials said on Saturday.


Obama embarking on march to party convention

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:31 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks during a campaign stop, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, in Lakeland, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)President Barack Obama embarked on a four-day march through battleground states and the storm-battered Gulf Coast Saturday in the lead-up to his party's convention, trying to blunt his rival's momentum. Republican Mitt Romney vowed to bring more jobs to the country, bemoaning 23 million people out of work or underemployed.


NAM Support for Iran Nuclear Program a "Dark Day for Humankind"

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:28 AM PDT

NEW YORK, Sept. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC called the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement's unqualified and unanimous support for Iran's nuclear program "a dark day for humankind that will further undermine the UN Security Council and endanger global security."(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO )Endorsement of Iran's right to a full nuclear fuel cycle to enrich uranium was included in the lengthy NAM summit final declaration, adopted yesterday. ...

Syrian forces bombard Aleppo from ground and air

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:17 AM PDT

In this image made from video and accessed Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, a Free Syrian Army fighter calls out to comrades as another fighter fires at Syrian Army positions in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian troops bombarded the northern city of Aleppo Saturday with warplanes and mortar shells as soldiers clashed with rebels in different parts of Syria's largest city, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes were concentrated in several tense neighborhoods where some buildings were damaged and a number of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Robert King via AP video)Syrian warplanes and ground forces pounded the country's largest city Aleppo with bombs and mortar rounds on Saturday as soldiers clashed with rebels in its narrow streets, activists said.


Obama Jumps Into National Security Void Left by Romney

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:09 AM PDT

A day after Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney gave a convention acceptance speech that didn't mention Iraq, U.S. troops or the decade-long war in Afghanistan, President Obama visited Fort Bliss in Texas. On Saturday, as Romney released a podcast on his five-point economic plan, Obama used his video address to highlight the Fort Bliss visit and his commander-in-chief role. Then he went to Iowa and hammered the point home some more.

Jordan seeks $700 mn in aid for Syria refugees

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:46 AM PDT

There are currently 177,000 Syrians in JordanJordan needs $700 million in international aid to cope with an influx of 240,000 refugees from the conflict across the border in Syria, its planning and international cooperation minister said on Saturday.


Iraqi Kurdistan to keep pumping oil to September 15: sources

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:59 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan will keep pumping its share of national oil exports until September 15, extending a deadline for the central government to make disputed payments to companies working in the autonomous region, Kurdish sources said on Saturday. Kurdistan had warned it would stop oil shipments again at the start of September over the payments, but two Kurdish sources said the region had decided to give Baghdad more time for payment paperwork to be sorted out. ...

Kurds to continue Iraq oil exports until Sep 15

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:57 AM PDT

The central government and the Kurdish authorities in Arbil are at odds over several issuesIraqi Kurdistan will export oil via federal pipelines until September 15, an official said on Saturday, extending a one-month confidence-building measure amid a row with the central government in Baghdad.


Iraq's monthly death toll halves in August

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:18 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants killed 164 Iraqis in August, half the number killed in July, as security forces wrestled with a stubborn insurgency, figures from government ministries showed. According to the data, 90 civilians, 39 soldiers and 35 policemen were killed last month and 260 Iraqis were injured. In July, 325 Iraqis were killed in waves of attacks across the country, making it the bloodiest month in two years. The deadliest day last month was August 16 when a series of bombs, blasts and shootings aimed at security forces and civilians killed more than 70 people. ...

Obama thanks troops who served in Iraq

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT

President Barack Obama jogs down the ramp of Air Force One as he arrives Andrews Air Force Base, Md., from a trip to Fort Bliss in Texas, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)President Barack Obama is thanking troops for their service as he marks the second anniversary of the end of combat operations in Iraq.


President Obama's Weekly Address Marks the Anniversary of the Iraq War's End

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT

President Obama's Weekly Address Marks the Anniversary of the Iraq War's EndTwo years after he ended the combat mission in Iraq, President Obama is touting his plan to bring troops home from Afghanistan, saying it's time to "do some nation-building here at home." In his weekly address, the president congratulated troops for a "job well done"...


Iraq claims drop in deadly attacks

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 02:50 AM PDT

The government says 164 people died last month -- barely half July's death toll of 325The Iraqi government claimed on Saturday that the number of people killed in attacks nearly halved in August compared to the previous month, but AFP figures indicated violence remained largely unchanged.


Some of the Things Democrats Will be Answering Next Week

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 01:20 AM PDT

It may have started out a bit slow on the red meat front, but by the end of the three-day Republican National Convention in Tampa, plenty of accusations and issues had been laid at President Obama's feet. Here is a look at some of the main attack lines GOP convention speakers used that you will likely see addressed in Charlotte when the Democrats gather.

Bullying–A Way of Life for Teens, Employees, Sex-Partners, Siblings, Military, & Marriages? Dr. Carol Francis, Psychologist, on 94.7 FM The Wave- 6:00AM-CBS Radio LA Open

Posted: 01 Sep 2012 12:31 AM PDT

Bullying – A Way of Life for Teens, Employees, Sex-Partners, Siblings, Military, and Marriages, Imperialistic Governments, Parents? Dr. Carol Francis, Psychologist in Los Angeles' South Bay Beach Cities, Sunday August 26, live on 94.7 KTWV-FM "The Wave" from 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM with Scott Mason on CBS RADIO LA OpenLine. What is you toughest bully moment?Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 01, 2012 September 1 on 94.7FM KTWV-FM "The Wave" at 6:00 AM, Dr. Carol Francis discusses Bullying on CBS Radio LA Openline.  Dr. ...

Iran exiles say last convoy to move from Iraq camp

Posted: 31 Aug 2012 05:08 PM PDT

Iraqi SWAT forces stand guard outside Camp Ashraf in 2011An Iranian opposition organisation said that a final convoy of 680 of its members will leave Camp Ashraf on September 12 for the new Hurriya transit centre near Baghdad.


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