Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• U.S. concerned over Iraqi threats to force Iran dissidents from camp
• U.S. to mull more bombers, submarines for Pacific
• House approves new sanctions on Iran
• UN chief tells Iranian exiles in Iraq to move
• AdWatch: Obama ad portrays Romney as favoring rich
• Calls for US 'red line' on military action in Syria
• Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
• Turkish army stages tank exercises near Syria border
• N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue, Industry Leaders Call For Action To Stop Sequestration Budget Cuts
• China hits back at new US sanctions over Iran
• Syria's Assad praises troops, keeps out of public eye
• Christian Solidarity International: Obama Must Defend Syria's Religious Minorities
• Iraq says July deadliest month in nearly two years
• How Oakland became the spiritual capital of Occupy Wall Street
• Revolt against Assad draws Briton to Syria
• Iraq oil revenues up $1 billion in July
• Romney gaffes contrast with Obama in '08
• Keiser University College Awards Wounded Warrior Scholarship
• Iraq 'Qaeda leader' killed: army officer
• Syria's Assad urges his army to step up the fight
• Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war
• July bloodiest month in Iraq in 2 years
• Who's To Blame for Olympic Badminton Match Throwing?
• Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight
• Turkish military stages tank exercises near Syria border
• Turkey military drill on Syria border eyes Kurds
• Turkish minister to meet Iraqi Kurds over Syria
• Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright dies at 86
• Obama tightens sanctions on banks helping Iran sell oil
• AJC Praises New U.S. Sanctions on Iran
• Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege

U.S. concerned over Iraqi threats to force Iran dissidents from camp Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expressed concern on Wednesday over Iraqi threats to force an Iranian dissident group out of a camp in Iraq, but it also urged members of the group to relocate voluntarily to a large former U.S. military base in Baghdad. The United Nations also voiced concerns and urged both the Iraqi government and the Iranian dissidents to avoid violence. Iraqi authorities have been locked in a protracted dispute with the Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) over plans to move 3,000 MEK members from Camp Ashraf, where they have lived for years, to a former U.S. ...

U.S. to mull more bombers, submarines for Pacific Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon planners will consider adding bombers and attack submarines as part of a growing U.S. focus on security challenges in the Asia-Pacific, a senior Defense Department official said on Wednesday. "We will take another look" at sending more such muscle to the strategic hub of Guam in the western Pacific, now that this has been recommended by an independent review of U.S. regional military plans, Robert Scher, deputy assistant secretary of defense for plans, told lawmakers. U.S. ...

House approves new sanctions on Iran Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:02 PM PDT The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to slap sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping and financial industries, convinced that increasing the economic pressure on Tehran will force it to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons program.

UN chief tells Iranian exiles in Iraq to move Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT The U.N. chief is urging some 1,200 Iranian exiles to follow orders to leave a northern Iraq camp, the site of two deadly raids by Iraqi forces, and resettle in a new refugee camp near Baghdad.

AdWatch: Obama ad portrays Romney as favoring rich Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:25 PM PDT TITLE: "Worried"

Calls for US 'red line' on military action in Syria Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT US experts Wednesday urged Washington to drop its cautious stance and boost backing for Syrian rebels, including possible arms and air support, to avoid further bloodshed and atrocities.

Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:

Turkish army stages tank exercises near Syria border Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:03 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's army staged tank exercises near the Syrian border on Wednesday, Turkish officials said, in a move highlighting Ankara's unease about security on the frontier. The exercises were held after a series of Turkish military deployments to the area prompted by the spiraling violence in the 17-month uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. There is no indication Turkish forces will cross the border. ...

N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue, Industry Leaders Call For Action To Stop Sequestration Budget Cuts Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:29 PM PDT More Than 29,000 North Carolina Jobs At Risk Under Sequestration CutsTo Defense Department, Domestic ProgramsCARY, N.C., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- N.C. Governor Bev Perdue met today with North Carolina business leaders to discuss the approaching danger of $1 trillion in federal sequestration budget cuts set to begin on January 2, 2013.  The Governor met with aerospace and defense industry leaders to discuss the upcoming sequestration crisis at a roundtable briefing at LORD Corporation headquarters in Cary. ...

China hits back at new US sanctions over Iran Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:20 PM PDT Beijing reacted furiously Wednesday to new US sanctions imposed on a Chinese bank over transactions with Iran, urging Washington to revoke them and saying it would lodge an official protest.

Syria's Assad praises troops, keeps out of public eye Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:09 PM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle against rebels would decide Syria's fate, but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack on his inner circle. In Aleppo, rebel fighters seized three police stations while fighting the army for control of a strategically important district. Explosions could be heard and helicopter gunships cruised the skies as troops tried to push the rebels out of the northern city and preserve one of Assad's main centers of power. ...

Christian Solidarity International: Obama Must Defend Syria's Religious Minorities Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christian Solidarity International today called on President Obama to defend the rights of Syria's religious minorities in the face of escalating civil war and sectarian violence.In a letter to the president, Dr. John Eibner, the CEO of Christian Solidarity International-USA, warned that "Syrian opposition forces increasingly match the Assad regime's disdain for the lives and liberty of the Syrian people, especially Christians and other non-Sunnis, who constitute about 25% of Syria's population. ...

Iraq says July deadliest month in nearly two years Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT July was the deadliest month in Iraq in almost two years, with 325 people killed in attacks, official figures released on Wednesday showed, and included the deadliest day here since December 2009.

How Oakland became the spiritual capital of Occupy Wall Street Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:49 AM PDT The Anti-Capitalist Brigade started gathering early on May Day at Oakland's Snow Park. There was free coffee, oatmeal, doughnuts, fliers with the day's agenda and plenty of pot. A "street medic"—"I just finished a wilderness first-aid course," he told me when I asked about his training — tended to his first case of the day, a man in his 20s whose leg had been beaten to a purple hue with a metal rod in an overnight fight in the park. Nearby, an organizer reminded protesters to take down the toll-free number for the National Lawyers Guild: "This is important. Do not put it in your cellphones, because if you get arrested, the cops will take those away. Write it on your bodies. In indelible ink. There are Sharpies on the table."

Revolt against Assad draws Briton to Syria Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:47 AM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Moved by his mother's tales of atrocities in her homeland three decades ago, British student Mohammad Qadi Riha set off from London to Syria to join the armed resistance against President Bashar al-Assad. He convinced his mother, a survivor of a 1982 massacre in the city of Hama, that he was going only to film footage on behalf of British media. Rebels, with whom he said he spent six weeks, gave him rudimentary combat training as soon as he arrived in May and took him on their missions. ...

Iraq oil revenues up $1 billion in July Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT Iraq's revenues from oil, which account for the lion's share of the country's income, were up by about $1 billion in July compared to the month before, an oil ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

Romney gaffes contrast with Obama in '08 Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:56 AM PDT The British were offended, the Palestinians accused him of racism and even in friendlier Poland, Mitt Romney's union policies drew criticism from the current leaders of the movement that toppled communism.

Keiser University College Awards Wounded Warrior Scholarship Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:05 AM PDT Keiser University College of Golf names Timmy Lynn King Jr., U.S. Marine, as the recipient of the Wounded Warrior Scholarship Award.Port St. Lucie, FL (PRWEB) August 01, 2012 Keiser University College of Golf School has named Timmy Lynn King Jr. of the U.S. Marine Corp as the new recipient of the Keiser University College of Golf Wounded Warrior Scholarship. The scholarship will cover 100 percent of King's tuition and educational expenses for the term which began on June 25, 2012.King, a native of Ashford, Ala. ...

Iraq 'Qaeda leader' killed: army officer Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:53 AM PDT An alleged Al-Qaeda leader accused of planning an attack on an Iraqi army base that left 15 soldiers dead was killed in clashes with soldiers on Wednesday, a high-ranking army officer said.

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up the fight Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:15 AM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the U.N. reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle for Aleppo.

Analysis: No happy outcome in Syria as conflict turns into proxy war Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:18 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Regional powers are pouring in money and guns, jihadists are joining rebels battling to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, while his own well-armed but hard-pressed forces are fighting back ruthlessly with combat aircraft and artillery. Gruesome scenes of slaughtered civilians or executed rebel fighters provide daily snapshots of the worsening conflict in Syria. Video apparently showing rebels gunning down Assad militiamen in cold blood suggests the insurgents are capable of brutality to match their enemies. ...

July bloodiest month in Iraq in 2 years Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants killed 325 Iraqis in July making it the bloodiest month in two years, Health Ministry figures showed, as the country battles insurgents after the U.S. withdrawal. The figures showed 241 civilians, 44 soldiers and 40 policemen were killed last month and almost 700 people were injured. The worst day of violence was on July 23 when more than 100 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks across Iraq. The coordinated violence against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets was claimed by al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq. ...

Who's To Blame for Olympic Badminton Match Throwing? Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:17 AM PDT One certainly sympathizes with the increasingly annoyed Olympic badminton crowd, which booed the women's doubles teams on Tuesday when they simply refused to play, a move that got eight players disqualified from the games. The bad play happened on Wednesday night, with teams trying to lose so that they could get better positions in the later rounds of the tournament. Take a look at the video below: The match between the South Korean and Chinese doubles teams is just about the lamest "competition" you'll see. ...

Syria's Assad urges his army to step up fight Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:45 AM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his armed forces Wednesday to step up the fight against rebels as the U.N. reported a significant escalation in the civil war with the military using warplanes to fire on opposition fighters in the battle for Aleppo.

Turkish military stages tank exercises near Syria border Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:05 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's army staged tank exercises near the Syrian border on Wednesday, Turkish officials said, in a move highlighting Ankara's unease about security on the frontier. The exercises were held after a series of Turkish military deployments to the area prompted by the spiraling violence in the 17-month uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. There is no indication Turkish forces will cross the border. ...

Turkey military drill on Syria border eyes Kurds Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:38 AM PDT Turkey launched a military drill Wednesday just across the border from a Syrian town it claims is controlled by Kurdish rebels — a show of muscle aimed at Kurdish separatists pushing for autonomy within Turkey's borders.

Turkish minister to meet Iraqi Kurds over Syria Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:12 AM PDT As Turkey moved heavy weapons to its border with Syria, its foreign minister was expected to urge the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region not to support a Syrian Kurdish party that is allegedly collaborating with Iraq-based Turkish Kurdish rebels, NTV television said Wednesday.

Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright dies at 86 Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:38 PM PDT Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday, his nephew said.

Obama tightens sanctions on banks helping Iran sell oil Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced new U.S. sanctions on Tuesday against foreign banks that help Iran sell its oil and said the measure would add pressure on Tehran for failing to meet its international nuclear obligations. Obama's decision came ahead of congressional votes on new sanctions intended to further strip Iran of its oil-related revenues, and drew swift condemnation from China, home to one of the targeted banks and a major buyer of Iranian oil. ...

AJC Praises New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:07 PM PDT NEW YORK, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC praised President Barack Obama for imposing additional sanctions on Iran's energy and banking sectors.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO )Two Executive Orders signed today will further restrict access to Iran's energy and petrochemical sectors, as well as impose sanctions on China's Bank of Kowlun and Iraq's Elaf Islamic Bank. ...

Syria's Aleppo running low on food amid siege Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:19 PM PDT Food and cooking gas were in short supply and power cuts plunged homes into darkness as soldiers and rebels battled Tuesday to tip the scales in the fight for Aleppo, Syria's largest city and the current focus of its civil war.

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