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• Review: 'Battleship' loud, dumb but stays afloat
• Chicago braces for violence at NATO summit
• Romney pins 'prairie fire of debt' on Obama
• Women Start Jobs in Combat Brigades
• Republicans Attack Obama on Debt, Repeat 'No Experience' Accusation
• Pentagon restricts F-22 flights, safety a concern
• Brent rise boosts premium to slumping U.S. crude
• UN observers caught up in Syrian violence
• Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women to better reflect battlefield realities
• Bush says U.S. must stand by reformists in Arab spring
• Suu Kyi in cautious nod to US sanctions freeze
• Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women
• In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire'
• Homes for Our Troops to Present Severely Injured Arkansas Soldier with Keys to New Home
• Iraq VP masterminded killings: trial witnesses
• US, allies begin major war games in Jordan
• Hollande's visit underlines French-German alliance
• Bodyguard testifies in Iraqi VP terror trial
• Turkey warns against sectarian view of Syrian conflict
• 5 Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing
• Apparently Terrorism Isn't Terrorism If It Targets Iran
• Humanitarian group says Syrian troops target medical workers and the wounded
• Group: Syria troops target health workers, wounded
• Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD
• Terror trial of fugitive Iraq VP starts in Baghdad
• Iran hangs "Mossad agent' for scientist killing
• /C O R R E C T I O N -- The Arab NGO Network for Development/
• Villa's Herd new face in Australia squad
• Secret prison still open in Baghdad, group claims
• Today in History
• U.S. mulling sending Afghanistan general to head Europe troops

Review: 'Battleship' loud, dumb but stays afloat Posted: "Battleship" is big, dumb fun that knows it's big, dumb fun and enthusiastically embraces its big, dumb, fun nature.

Chicago braces for violence at NATO summit Posted: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police, who have a reputation for dealing toughly with protesters, will be prepared for the worst with new riot gear, including "sound cannon", if demonstrators at the NATO summit get out of line this weekend. America's third-largest city and President Barack Obama's hometown has never hosted anything like the meeting starting on Sunday, which will draw representatives from some 50 countries, including leaders of the 28 members of the military alliance. ...

Romney pins 'prairie fire of debt' on Obama Posted: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday painted President Barack Obama as a reckless steward of the country's economy and, as proof, pointed to "a financial crisis of debt and spending that threatens what it means to be an American."

Women Start Jobs in Combat Brigades Posted: The Army has finally opened up some combat-related jobs to women this week after much debate over whether or not women could handle the duties and stressors that go along with jobs that are within the front lines of battle. The policy has not been implemented Army-wide, however, as putting women in these roles is being tested in nine brigades, according to the Associated Press. Here is some more information about this issue.

Republicans Attack Obama on Debt, Repeat 'No Experience' Accusation Posted: In conference calls around the country Tuesday, the Republican National Committee attacked President Obama on the nation's deficit, government spending, and the unemployment rate. In calls with reporters all day in the battleground states of Missouri, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Colorado, Romney...

Pentagon restricts F-22 flights, safety a concern Posted: Facing a mysterious safety problem with the Air Force's most-prized stealth fighter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered new flight restrictions on the F-22 and summoned help from Navy and NASA experts.

Brent rise boosts premium to slumping U.S. crude Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent oil edged higher on Tuesday, snapping three days of declines and lifting its premium to slumping U.S. crude back above $18 a barrel, as supportive German economic growth helped counter political turmoil in Greece. Anticipation that inventory reports would show U.S. crude stocks rose an eighth straight time last week, adding to record stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, helped pressure U.S. crude and increase its price deficit to Brent, brokers and traders said. ...

UN observers caught up in Syrian violence Posted: The U.N.'s observer mission in Syria was caught up in a burst of violence Tuesday captured on video, with a roadside bomb damaging its cars just minutes after witnesses said regime forces gunned down mourners at a funeral procession nearby.

Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women to better reflect battlefield realities Posted: FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Female soldiers this week are moving into new jobs in once all-male units as the Army breaks down formal barriers in recognition of what has already happened in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bush says U.S. must stand by reformists in Arab spring Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States must stand by reformists in the Middle East and North Africa as the euphoria of revolution gives way to the tough work of building democratic societies, former U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday. Bush, who launched the 2003 invasion of Iraq that deposed Saddam Hussein, called the Arab Spring "the broadest challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet communism." However, he warned that the difficult path to democracy would test those societies and their supporters. ...

Suu Kyi in cautious nod to US sanctions freeze Posted: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she would not oppose a freeze on US sanctions but urged caution, warning that her country could slide back after dramatic reforms.

Army opens jobs in combat battalions to women Posted: Female soldiers this week are moving into new jobs in once all-male units as the Army breaks down formal barriers in recognition of what has already happened in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire' Posted: Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has put the economy on a disastrous course, portraying himself in a speech in battleground Iowa as the defender of fiscal responsibility and his opponent as reckless.

Homes for Our Troops to Present Severely Injured Arkansas Soldier with Keys to New Home Posted: CLARKSVILLE, Ark., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Homes for Our Troops (www.homesforourtroops.org), a national non-profit organization dedicated to building specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans, will present keys Friday, May 18, 2012 to Army Sergeant Marco Robledo.

Iraq VP masterminded killings: trial witnesses Posted: An Iraqi court heard on Tuesday testimony from witnesses claiming Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi masterminded killings of his opponents, charges he has dismissed as politically-motivated.

US, allies begin major war games in Jordan Posted: The United States and its allies have started in Jordan what was described as the largest military exercises in the Middle East in 10 years, focusing on "irregular warfare," top officers said on Tuesday.

Hollande's visit underlines French-German alliance Posted: French President Francois Hollande's decision to fly to Germany within hours of taking office Tuesday isn't just a sign of how deep Europe's troubles are — it underlines the deep alliance that the former antagonists have developed over the decades since World War II.

Bodyguard testifies in Iraqi VP terror trial Posted: A bodyguard for Iraq's fugitive vice president testified Tuesday that he was paid $3,000 to assassinate a government security official in one of hundreds of death squad killings that authorities link to one of the nation's highest-ranking Sunni leaders.

Turkey warns against sectarian view of Syrian conflict Posted: ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the violence in Syria should not be viewed as a sectarian or ethnic conflict, and those who did so risked setting the whole region on fire. In an apparent reference to Shi'ite Iran, Ankara's main rival in the region and closest ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Erdogan called on Shi'ites to see the conflict in Syria only through "brotherly eyes". ...

5 Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing Posted: Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber who drove an explosives-rigged fuel truck into the front gate of an army post has killed five soldiers in the country's north.

Apparently Terrorism Isn't Terrorism If It Targets Iran Posted: The Obama administration is moving to delist an Iranian dissident group from the State Department terrorism list, which, as recently as January, placed a magnetic bomb under the car of Iranian scientist, according to U.S. officials. Perhaps unintentionally, the message the move would send appears to be: This activity is OK as long as it's against Iran.

Humanitarian group says Syrian troops target medical workers and the wounded Posted: BEIRUT - Syrian forces are targeting medical workers and patients who were wounded in the 14-month-old conflict, forcing doctors to scramble to help the injured in makeshift clinics, an international aid agency warned Tuesday.

Group: Syria troops target health workers, wounded Posted: Syrian forces are targeting medical workers and patients who were wounded in the 14-month-old conflict, forcing doctors to scramble to help the injured in makeshift clinics, an international aid agency warned Tuesday.

Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD Posted: On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.

Terror trial of fugitive Iraq VP starts in Baghdad Posted: The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive vice president accused of running death squads started Tuesday in Baghdad with witnesses testifying how their relatives were killed in attacks that the authorities have linked to the country's top Sunni official.

Iran hangs "Mossad agent' for scientist killing Posted: DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. Tehran has accused Israel and the United States of assassinating four Iranian scientists since 2010 in order to sabotage its nuclear program which the West suspects is hiding Iran's attempt to develop a nuclear weapons capability. ...

/C O R R E C T I O N -- The Arab NGO Network for Development/ Posted: In the news release, Arabs Question U.S. Role in 'Arab Spring', Effective Aid & Progressive Islam vs Increased Regional Militarization, Drone Victims & Al-Qaida Expansion, issued 14-May-2012 by The Arab NGO Network for Development over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that there was additional information added that was inadvertently omitted in the original release. The complete, corrected release follows:

Villa's Herd new face in Australia squad Posted: Aston Villa's Chris Herd was the only new face in a 26-man Australian squad named Tuesday for next month's friendly against Denmark and their World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Japan.

Secret prison still open in Baghdad, group claims Posted: Iraqis are still being held illegally at a Baghdad prison that the government was supposed to have shut down in 2011 after allegations that detainees were tortured and abused there, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Today in History Posted: Today is Tuesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2012. There are 230 days left in the year.

U.S. mulling sending Afghanistan general to head Europe troops Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering sending its top general in Afghanistan, who commands U.S. and NATO troops there during a crucial withdrawal period, to head U.S. forces in Europe this winter. A U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity said that Marine General John Allen, who took over command of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan in July 2011, was under initial consideration to become head of U.S. European command this winter, noting such plans were preliminary and could change. "Allen is one of the most widely respected leaders in the military. ...

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