Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Kan. battery case dismissed against NC soldier
• American, Iraqi "lawn chair" balloonists lift off
• Defected Syrian envoy lashes out at Assad
• Lawn chair balloonists take flight
• Is it just the economy? Other issues may play role
• Iraqi Communists mark 1958 revolution
• Nine killed in north Iraq checkpoint attacks
• Iraq PM condemns Treimsa 'massacre'
• Iran issues new oil blockade warning
• Obama Touts Tax Plan and Support for Military During Stops in Virginia
• Veteran Receives Mortgage-Free Home from Tim McGraw, Operation Homefront and Chase

Kan. battery case dismissed against NC soldier Posted: 14 Jul 2012 04:51 PM PDT A soldier who shot and killed a superior officer before killing himself at Fort Bragg, N.C., last month was just one day away from being sentenced in Kansas for punching a woman in the face.

American, Iraqi "lawn chair" balloonists lift off Posted: 14 Jul 2012 12:41 PM PDT BEND, Oregon (Reuters) - Two men sitting in lawn chairs tied to a cluster of 350 helium-filled balloons lifted into the Oregon sky on Saturday in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the longest two-man cluster balloon flight. A crowd estimated at more than 1,000 people watched as Kent Couch and his flying companion Fareed Lafta, of Iraq, lifted off from the parking lot of Couch's Stop & Go Mini Mart in Bend, Oregon at 10:21 a.m. local time Saturday. They soared into clear skies with light winds. ...

Defected Syrian envoy lashes out at Assad Posted: 14 Jul 2012 11:08 AM PDT Nawaf Fares, who this week defected as Syria's ambassador to Iraq, on Saturday accused President Bashar al-Assad of allowing Al-Qaeda to use Syria as a springboard for attacks in his former host country.

Lawn chair balloonists take flight Posted: 14 Jul 2012 10:39 AM PDT An Oregon gas station owner and his Iraqi co-pilot lifted off into flight Saturday on two lawn chairs tethered to 350 balloons.

Is it just the economy? Other issues may play role Posted: 14 Jul 2012 10:37 AM PDT As the economy colors and polarizes voters' attitudes, the Election Day outcome for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney may be decided on the margins by narrower issues that energize small but crucial slivers of the population.

Iraqi Communists mark 1958 revolution Posted: 14 Jul 2012 09:48 AM PDT Hundreds of Iraqi Communist Party supporters marched through Baghdad on Saturday to mark the July 14 revolution, when army officers overthrew the country's monarchy and declared Iraq a republic.

Nine killed in north Iraq checkpoint attacks Posted: 14 Jul 2012 08:46 AM PDT Gunmen killed nine people, including seven members of the security forces, on Saturday in separate attacks on checkpoints in north Iraq, security and medical officials said.

Iraq PM condemns Treimsa 'massacre' Posted: 14 Jul 2012 06:50 AM PDT Iraq's prime minister on Saturday condemned the killing of more than 150 people in a central Syrian town two days ago, describing the deaths as an "ugly massacre."

Iran issues new oil blockade warning Posted: 14 Jul 2012 06:22 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran could prevent even "a single drop of oil" passing through the Strait of Hormuz if its security is threatened, a naval chief said on Saturday, as tensions simmer over Tehran's nuclear program. Tehran will increase its military presence in international waters, said Ali Fadavi, naval commander in Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "If they (the U.S.) do not obey international laws and the IRGC's warnings, it will have very bad consequences for them," Fadavi said, according to Iran's Fars News Agency. ...

Obama Touts Tax Plan and Support for Military During Stops in Virginia Posted: 13 Jul 2012 09:09 PM PDT President Barack Obama began a two-day swing through the hotly contested state of Virginia on Friday. The president touched on a wide range of topics in his appearances, including the economy, taxes, and the struggles of the middle class, according to reports by CNN and other media outlets.

Veteran Receives Mortgage-Free Home from Tim McGraw, Operation Homefront and Chase Posted: 13 Jul 2012 08:28 PM PDT ANAHEIM, Calif., July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At his July 14 concert at Angels Stadium, Tim McGraw will congratulate U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Anthony Hodge on being awarded a mortgage-free home in Canoga Park, Calif. Country music superstar Tim McGraw recently launched a nationwide program called HomeFront, in partnership with Operation Homefront and Chase, to award mortgage-free homes to wounded warriors and servicemembers at each concert of his summer tour.

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