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• Afghan Abuse Photos: Military Veterans' Takes
• In court, Zazi describes al Qaeda bomb training
• New military photo scandal: Panetta apologizes
• Coast Guard defends using live animals in training
• Recruitment ads by for-profit colleges targeted
• American Urological Association Applauds Rep. Brett Guthrie For Support of Urotrauma Research, Education and Training
• Obama vs. Romney: Close, nasty and unpredictable
• Bad boy Galloway back at war in Westminster
• Michigan Gov. Snyder Makes Surprise Visit to Troops Overseas
• Iraq war vet wins Arizona Republican primary for Giffords' seat
• Recruitment by for-profit colleges targeted
• US, NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combat
• JetBlue pilot who had midair meltdown to plead insanity-filing
• Ted Nugent Wasn't Threatening Violence Toward President Obama
• Panetta apologizes for photos with corpses
• Brigade that posed with dead Afghan bombers showed signs of trouble
• As Tom Friedman Once Again Calls for a Third Party, Critics Continue to Call Him Out
• Oil buyers cut more Iran imports due to sanctions
• Photos of Afghan Abuse Are Valid (If Unfortunate) News
• Iraq lawyer predicts Hezbollah prisoner to go free
• Iraq's Sadr calls for Bahrain activist's release
• No fans of Assad, Syria's Kurds distrust uprising
• Trial bares world of amateur US terrorists
• Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen Named One of TIME Magazine's TIME 100
• US, NATO ready 2013 plan to step back from frontline Afghanistan combat, hand off to Kabul
• Iran thanks Saudis for sparing death row citizens
• US, NATO ready plan to hand off frontline combat
• 10 things you need to know today: April 18, 2012
• Romney's foreign policy may mean hardball is back
• Iraq vet leads in Arizona GOP primary for Giffords seat
• 'OFF LABEL': Tribeca Film Captures Our Insatiable Appetite for Prescription Drugs
• Amid threats to cease-fire, 'Friends of Syria' seek new ways to press Assad

Afghan Abuse Photos: Military Veterans' Takes Posted: What prompted the photography of dead Afghan insurgents in 2010 -- and the subsequent leak to the Los Angeles Times two years later -- is far more complex than military discipline gone awry or soldiers blowing off steam, say some U.S. military veterans.

In court, Zazi describes al Qaeda bomb training Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - An admitted conspirator in a plot to bomb New York City subways learned to make explosives at an al Qaeda training compound in Pakistan and recorded a "martyrdom" video to be played after his suicide attack, he told a court on Wednesday. Najibullah Zazi, 27, a legal U.S. resident from Afghanistan, testified for the second day against Adis Medunjanin, 28, a Bosnian-born U.S. citizen on trial in Brooklyn federal court on charges of conspiring to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, providing material support to al Qaeda and plotting to use weapons of mass destruction on U.S. ...

New military photo scandal: Panetta apologizes Posted: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta apologized Wednesday for gruesome, newly revealed photographs that show U.S. soldiers posing with the bloodied remains of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. He said war can lead young troops to "foolish decisions" and expressed concern the photos could incite fresh violence against Americans.

Coast Guard defends using live animals in training Posted: The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat's legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel.

Recruitment ads by for-profit colleges targeted Posted: Where do for-profit colleges get the money they spend on all those highway billboards and television and radio ads?

American Urological Association Applauds Rep. Brett Guthrie For Support of Urotrauma Research, Education and Training Posted: LINTHICUM, Md., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week, the American Urological Association (AUA) applauded Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02) for testifying before the House Armed Services Committee in support of increased awareness of combat-related genitourinary injuries, or urotrauma. In his testimony, Congressman Guthrie advocated for the inclusion of H.R. ...

Obama vs. Romney: Close, nasty and unpredictable Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2012 presidential election is more than six months away, but here is what we know so far: It is going to be close, it is going to be nasty, and the outcome could turn on a series of unpredictable events. Democratic President Barack Obama is a slight favorite now, but as tightening poll numbers suggest, his lead over Republican Mitt Romney is tenuous. ...

Bad boy Galloway back at war in Westminster Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - A pariah to Britain's mainstream politicians, a maverick with a silver tongue and a stranger to self-doubt, "Gorgeous George" Galloway is back at Westminster, relishing a remarkable electoral comeback and, as ever, waging war on war. Last month, he stunned the Labour party that expelled him for opposing its Iraq war with an election victory in one of its inner-city strongholds. ...

Michigan Gov. Snyder Makes Surprise Visit to Troops Overseas Posted: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder made a surprise trip to visit troops overseas, the Associated Press reported. Snyder is with several governors traveling to see how military personnel are living and working. Snyder's trip, which was organized through the Department of Defense, was unannounced. The group, which began its trip Monday, visited Kuwait and Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington before going to Afghanistan today.

Iraq war vet wins Arizona Republican primary for Giffords' seat Posted: TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Iraq war veteran Jesse Kelly has won the Republican primary in Arizona to pick the party's candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives seat of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting spree last year and later resigned. Kelly, who narrowly lost to Giffords in 2010, won the four-way primary with 36 percent of the vote, the Arizona Secretary of State's office said on Wednesday. ...

Recruitment by for-profit colleges targeted Posted: Ever wonder where for-profit colleges get the money they spend on all those high billboards and television and radio ads?

US, NATO ready plan to hand off Afghanistan combat Posted: Several NATO allies promised Wednesday to underwrite Afghanistan's armed forces after foreign troops depart, as the United States and other nations plan to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year.

JetBlue pilot who had midair meltdown to plead insanity-filing Posted: (Reuters) - A JetBlue pilot whose midair meltdown prompted a cross-country flight to make an emergency landing in west Texas last month will plead he was insane at the time of the incident, his lawyer said in a federal court filing on Wednesday. Attorney Dean Roper filed the notice in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, saying pilot Clayton Osbon would use an insanity defense. ...

Ted Nugent Wasn't Threatening Violence Toward President Obama Posted: COMMENTARY | I'm no Republican. Still, the truth is the truth. So when one of my favorite political blogs, The Ticket, falsely accused Ted Nugent of making a "violent anti-Obama" statement," I knew someone had to speak up for him.

Panetta apologizes for photos with corpses Posted: The White House and the Pentagon voiced regrets Wednesday for newly published photographs that purport to show U.S. troops posing with the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan, with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calling them a violation of America's "core values."

Brigade that posed with dead Afghan bombers showed signs of trouble Posted: Col. Brian Drinkwine had an inkling of trouble even before his 4th brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division left for Afghanistan.

As Tom Friedman Once Again Calls for a Third Party, Critics Continue to Call Him Out Posted: New York Times columnist Tom Friedman's call Wednesday for a third party candidate to run for president yielded an unusually high-volume round of mustache-bashing from bloggers, but this is all part of a cycle that's beginning to feel pretty rote. Friedman wrote a column calling on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run as an independent and "give our two-party system the shock it needs." Slate's Dave Weigel wrote a sensible takedown noting that "the discriminating reader turns and flees" when Friedman mentions the words "third party. ...

Oil buyers cut more Iran imports due to sanctions Posted: TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Japan will slash crude purchases from Iran in April, and European and Taiwanese customers will also take less, industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday, adding to signs Western sanctions are curbing sales from OPEC's second-largest producer. Japan is cutting volumes by almost 80 percent in April compared with the first two months of 2012. The cuts, amounting to 250,000 barrels per day, are the steepest yet by the four Asian nations that buy most of Iran's 2.2 million bpd of exports. ...

Photos of Afghan Abuse Are Valid (If Unfortunate) News Posted: COMMENTARY | As a U. S. Air Force veteran, and the brother of a U. S. Army lieutenant colonel who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan (twice), the photos showing military servicemembers posing with body parts of dead Afghans disappoint me.

Iraq lawyer predicts Hezbollah prisoner to go free Posted: A Hezbollah commander accused of targeting U.S. soldiers in Iraq may be released from prison within weeks, his lawyer predicted Wednesday, claiming that flimsy American evidence has kept his client behind bars for nearly five years.

Iraq's Sadr calls for Bahrain activist's release Posted: Anti-US Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has called for the release of jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for more than two months.

No fans of Assad, Syria's Kurds distrust uprising Posted: Syria's Kurds, who have long complained of discrimination under President Bashar Assad, would seem a natural fit to join the revolt against his rule. Instead, they are growing increasingly distrustful of an opposition they see as no more likely to grant them their rights.

Trial bares world of amateur US terrorists Posted: A taxi driver, doorman and former coffee cart vendor, the three typical Americans went to school, prayed and played basketball together. Then they tried to go to war together -- against America.

Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen Named One of TIME Magazine's TIME 100 Posted: TIME's Annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

US, NATO ready 2013 plan to step back from frontline Afghanistan combat, hand off to Kabul Posted: BRUSSELS - The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending.

Iran thanks Saudis for sparing death row citizens Posted: Iran -- a country slammed by international rights groups for its state executions -- on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Arabia suspending death sentences against several of its nationals convicted for drug trafficking.

US, NATO ready plan to hand off frontline combat Posted: The United States and its NATO allies are readying plans to pull away from the front lines in Afghanistan next year as President Barack Obama and fellow leaders try to show that the unpopular war is ending.

10 things you need to know today: April 18, 2012 Posted: Citigroup shareholders reject big salaries for execs, North Korea threatens retaliation, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Romney's foreign policy may mean hardball is back Posted: Mitt Romney wants the United States to get much tougher with Iran and to end what a top adviser calls President Barack Obama's "Mother, may I?" consensus-seeking foreign policy.

Iraq vet leads in Arizona GOP primary for Giffords seat Posted: TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran was leading a Republican primary in Arizona on Tuesday to pick a candidate for the seat of former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a shooting spree last year and later resigned. Jesse Kelly, the leading Republican candidate, narrowly lost to Giffords in the 2010 race that saw her elected to her third term to represent southeast Arizona, including part of Tucson. ...

'OFF LABEL': Tribeca Film Captures Our Insatiable Appetite for Prescription Drugs Posted: Iraq War Vet Andy Duffy Gets Dozens of Drugs That Make His PTSD Worse

Amid threats to cease-fire, 'Friends of Syria' seek new ways to press Assad Posted: With the UN-brokered Syrian cease-fire showing signs of falling apart, the Western and Arab countries supporting Syria's opposition are searching for ways to ratchet up the pressure on the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

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