Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Fort Bragg soldier who shot commander dies
• Veterans Donations Helps Healing Heroes Network Provide Assistance to Service Members; Charity Network Announces the Launch of the 2012 Harley’s for Heroes Sweepstakes
• Three dead in Iraq unrest: officials
• Iraq oil revenues lowest since February 2011
• Bombs kill 4, judge shot as Iraq attacks grind on
• Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official
• Iraq June monthly toll one of highest since U.S. exit
• U.S. must arm Syria rebels despite Islamists: opposition
• Bombs kill 4 in Iraq as violence grinds on
• Russia's Bashneft wins energy deal in Iraq
• Israel's Shamir to lie in state before burial
• Iraq attacks kill at least 282 in June
• Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in
• West sees no role for Assad as Syria deal agreed
• Not much progress at Geneva meeting on Syria violence

Fort Bragg soldier who shot commander dies Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:52 PM PDT A soldier who shot and killed his superior officer at Fort Bragg and then turned the gun on himself is also dead, military officials said Sunday.

Veterans Donations Helps Healing Heroes Network Provide Assistance to Service Members; Charity Network Announces the Launch of the 2012 Harley’s for Heroes Sweepstakes Posted: 01 Jul 2012 01:54 PM PDT Healing Heroes announces sponsorship of the second annual Harley's for Heroes sweepstakes, a major fund raising component for the veterans donations driven organization which offers specialized treatments for wounded veterans.Palm Harbor, FL (PRWEB) July 01, 2012 The 2012 Harleys for Heroes Sweepstakes sponsored by Healing Heroes will award one winner two Harley-Davidson ® Motorcycles and a Year of Gas! Enter online at http://www.getthebikes.com for your chance to win. ...

Three dead in Iraq unrest: officials Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:07 AM PDT A criminal court judge was among three people killed in gun and bomb attacks north of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, security and medical officials said, in the latest in a spike in nationwide unrest.

Iraq oil revenues lowest since February 2011 Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:54 AM PDT Iraq's revenues from oil, which account for the lion's share of the country's income, fell in June to their lowest level in 16 months because of rising local demand, an oil ministry spokesman said on Sunday.

Bombs kill 4, judge shot as Iraq attacks grind on Posted: 01 Jul 2012 09:22 AM PDT Bombers killed four people in two Iraqi cities and gunmen assassinated a judge, officials said Sunday, as al-Qaida's affiliate ramped up attacks six months after the last U.S. troops withdrew.

Women in combat: US military on verge of making it official Posted: 01 Jul 2012 08:54 AM PDT In the opening days of America's war in Afghanistan, Capt. Allison Black's AC-130H gunship thundered low through the night sky. Below, US Special Operations Forces (SOF) were fighting alongside Northern Alliance warlords.

Iraq June monthly toll one of highest since U.S. exit Posted: 01 Jul 2012 08:18 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - June was one of the bloodiest months in Iraq since U.S. troops withdrew at the end of last year, with at least 237 people killed and 603 wounded mainly in bomb attacks, a tally by Reuters showed on Sunday. Official government figures put last month's toll at 131 killed and 269 wounded, although Reuters and Health Ministry casualty estimates often vary. Reuters compiled its figures based on reports from police, health and security sources. ...

U.S. must arm Syria rebels despite Islamists: opposition Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:50 AM PDT ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) - Syria's opposition says the United States must overcome its fear of Islamists among the rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, and start arming the resistance movement to show it wants the entire ruling elite removed. Islamists are among the most effective fighters against the Syrian leadership, some opposition figures said, and Washington needs to know that while these rebels are conservative Muslims they are a far cry from Afghan-style jihadi militants. ...

Bombs kill 4 in Iraq as violence grinds on Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:43 AM PDT Bombers killed four people in two Iraqi cities, officials said Sunday, as al-Qaida's affiliate ramped up attacks six months after the last American troops withdrew.

Russia's Bashneft wins energy deal in Iraq Posted: 01 Jul 2012 05:52 AM PDT Iraq has awarded Russian oil giant Bashneft rights to explore for oil in the south of the country after nearly one month of negotiations, a senior Baghdad official said on Sunday, bringing the total number of Russian companies with oil deals in Iraq to three.

Israel's Shamir to lie in state before burial Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:18 AM PDT The body of Israel's former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, who died on Saturday aged 96, will lie in state at the country's parliament before his burial on Monday, a Knesset spokesman said on Sunday.

Iraq attacks kill at least 282 in June Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:44 AM PDT Attacks in Iraq killed at least 282 people in June, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources, though official figures put the death toll at less than half that number.

Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:13 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - In a day full of memorable images, none on Saturday was more powerful than that of Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, flanked by generals at a military parade where he was formally handed authority to govern the nation. For six decades, Mursi's seat had been filled by presidents drawn from the ranks of the military. And for half that time, it was occupied by one man, Hosni Mubarak, a former air force chief who hounded and jailed members of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood. ...

West sees no role for Assad as Syria deal agreed Posted: 30 Jun 2012 08:00 PM PDT World powers agreed a plan for a transition in Syria that could include current regime members, but the West did not see any role for President Bashar al-Assad in a new unity government.

Not much progress at Geneva meeting on Syria violence Posted: 30 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT World powers including the United States and Russia agreed Saturday on a plan for ending Syria's violence – but only by sweeping under the rug their unresolved differences over the role Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should play in a political transition.

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