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• Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy
• Official: Iraq searches Syria-bound Iranian plane
• Des Moines Register Romney Endorsement Neglects His 800 Massachusetts Vetoes And Billion-dollar Olympics Loss Without Tax Dollars, Says Robert Weiner, Democratic Strategist
• Syrian jihadist spillover haunts Jordan
• Iraq searches Syrian-bound Iran flight, finds no arms
• Iraq searches Syrian-bound Iranian plane
• Bombing near market kills 3 people in Iraq

Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold.

Official: Iraq searches Syria-bound Iranian plane Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:22 AM PDT Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said Sunday.

Des Moines Register Romney Endorsement Neglects His 800 Massachusetts Vetoes And Billion-dollar Olympics Loss Without Tax Dollars, Says Robert Weiner, Democratic Strategist Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:54 AM PDT WEINER ASSERTS REGISTER'S CLAIM ROMNEY "COULD FORGE COMPROMISES" AND "MANAGED OLYMPICS" IGNORES KEY FACTS AS WELL AS OBAMA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ECONOMIC AGENDA NOT BASED ON "TRICKLE DOWN"WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert Weiner, National Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House spokesman, asserted that today's Des Moines Register editorial endorsing Gov. Romney because he "could forge the compromises in Congress,"  "ignores his record. ...

Syrian jihadist spillover haunts Jordan Posted: 28 Oct 2012 08:19 AM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's announcement that it has foiled an al Qaeda plot to bomb the capital highlights the threat to Washington's ally from Islamist fighters hardened by conflict in neighboring Syria, and the danger of Damascus trying to export its crisis. The kingdom is no stranger to turmoil. For decades it has navigated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on its western border and more recently bloodshed in Iraq to the east, which spilled over to Jordan with hotel bombings in Amman seven years ago. ...

Iraq searches Syrian-bound Iran flight, finds no arms Posted: 28 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has stopped and searched an Iranian flight bound for Syria to check for weapons being shipped to President Bashar al-Assad, but found only humanitarian aid, authorities said on Sunday. The search was the second carried out by Baghdad since Washington warned Iraq not to allow Iran to ship weapons through its airspace to help Assad in his battle against a 19-month-long revolt. "Yesterday morning we stopped an Airbus plane from Iran heading to Syria... ...

Iraq searches Syrian-bound Iranian plane Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:51 AM PDT Iraqi authorities have for a second time this month ordered an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it is not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said on Sunday.

Bombing near market kills 3 people in Iraq Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:28 AM PDT Iraqi authorities say twin bombings near a market southeast of Baghdad have killed three people and wounded eight others.

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