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• Bloody day of blasts in Iraq kills more than 70
• Exclusive: White House studying potential oil reserve release
• U.N. monitors quit, saying Syrians choose "path of war"
• Obama Campaigns in Davenport, Iowa
• At least 27 dead in Baghdad car bombing: police, hospital sources
• Ecuador grants Assange asylum in confrontation with Britain
• ALAWITES' RULING POWER IN SYRIA WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE
• 53 killed in pre-Eid Iraq attacks
• UN’s World Humanitarian Day Urges People to Help Others
• Army suicides doubled last month from June's total
• Wave of attacks rumbles across Iraq, killing 59
• Exclusive: Algeria's Brahimi agrees to be Syria mediator - sources
• Baghdad car bomb kills 11, wounds 41: police
• Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 48
• Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 41
• U.N. Syria mission to end, new blow to peace efforts
• Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 37
• Securing Syria chemical weapons may take tens of thousands of troops
• Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 28
• Israel's Peres against any solo Iran attack, trusts Obama
• UN council OKs new Syria office after observers go
• Top Musicians in Politics
• Smoke, donkey mascot for U.S. Marines in Iraq, dies in Nebraska
• Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 24
• Former SEALs, Intel Officers, Form Group Assailing White House for Leaks
• Iraqis charged in Ky. linked to IED attack zone
• Why the world can't tolerate a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran
• Kuwait drama on war unity contrasts current feuds
• UN considers new Syria office after observers go
• Syria rebels 'to turn to Qaeda if West fails them'
• Timeline: Ecuador grants WikiLeaks founder political asylum
• US reality TV show accused of trivializing war
• Israel 'will disappear,' Iran says ahead of rallies
• Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 22
• On eve of promised Assange asylum decision, Ecuador bristles at British 'threat'
• APNewsBreak: Iraqis in Ky. linked to attack zone
• Iraq: Militants strike with bomb and gun attacks, killing 15 people, wounding 70
• Attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 15, hurt 70
• Ecuador decision on Assange asylum due

Bloody day of blasts in Iraq kills more than 70 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:27 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people across Iraq on Thursday in a bloody day of attacks underscoring the country's struggle with a stubborn insurgency more than half a year after the U.S. military withdrew. In the worst of the blasts that erupted in the morning and ended in the evening, at least 27 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad's Zafraniya district as Iraqis took to the streets to end daily fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. ...

Exclusive: White House studying potential oil reserve release Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is "dusting off old plans" for a potential release of oil reserves to dampen rising gasoline prices and prevent high energy costs from undermining the success of Iran sanctions, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday. U.S. officials will monitor market conditions over the coming weeks, watching whether gasoline prices fall after the September 3 Labor Day holiday, as they historically do, the source said. It was too early to say how big a drawdown would be from the U.S. ...

U.N. monitors quit, saying Syrians choose "path of war" Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT BEIRUT/ALEPPO (Reuters) - Syria's government and rebels have "chosen the path of war", a U.N. peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus and deadlock persists among world powers over how to contain the spreading conflict. Two weeks after former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan quit as mediator in frustration with the failure of a four-month-old truce, military observers have no peace on the ground to monitor and U.N. officials said on Thursday the last of the few dozen remaining team members would quit Damascus by August 24. ...

Obama Campaigns in Davenport, Iowa Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:40 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Iowa -- President Barack Obama brought his re-election campaign here on Wednesday. With his wife, Michelle Obama, leading the way, the president charmed an estimated crowd of more than 3,000 people in an important swing-state stop.

At least 27 dead in Baghdad car bombing: police, hospital sources Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:37 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 27 people were killed and 30 more wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad's Zafraniya district, the latest in a series of bombings and shootings in Iraq on Thursday, police and hospital officials said. The bombings hit the Iraqi capital and other cities toward the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week, when al Qaeda affiliates and other Sunni Islamist insurgents had been expected to attempt a major attack. (Reporting by Patrick Markey)

Ecuador grants Assange asylum in confrontation with Britain Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:12 PM PDT Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, triggering a diplomatic confrontation with Britain, which angrily insisted it would extradite him to Sweden.

ALAWITES' RULING POWER IN SYRIA WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Almost any American, looking at the 18-month civil war in Syria, probably sees a conflict of Muslim fighting Muslim, of local Syrian militias linked to a region or town fighting to overthrow the hated government.These Americans would not unexpectedly equate the growing terror in a country formerly rich in commerce and in exquisite ancient ruins with the rebellions of the Arab Spring all around it.They would repeat in knowledgeable dinner conversation that, yes, isn't that Bashar al-Assad a cruel s.o.b. ...

53 killed in pre-Eid Iraq attacks Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:41 PM PDT A wave of attacks across Iraq killed at least 53 people on Thursday amid warnings that insurgents would mount deadly attacks ahead of the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

UN’s World Humanitarian Day Urges People to Help Others Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:15 PM PDT World Humanitarian Day got an extra boost this year. Singing sensation Beyonce delivered her message with a free concert in New York in addition to recording a message for the observance. World Humanitarian Day is designed to get people helping others in any way possible.

Army suicides doubled last month from June's total Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:06 PM PDT Suicides among active-duty soldiers in July more than doubled from June, accelerating a trend throughout the military this year that has prompted Pentagon leaders to redouble efforts to solve a puzzling problem.

Wave of attacks rumbles across Iraq, killing 59 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:56 PM PDT Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a relentless wave of attacks from before dawn until late at night Thursday, killing 59 people and wounding many more in a deadly show of force aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Exclusive: Algeria's Brahimi agrees to be Syria mediator - sources Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:51 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has agreed to replace Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria, though he intends to take a fresh approach as the 17-month-old conflict slips deeper into civil war, U.N. sources said on Thursday Annan, a former U.N. secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is stepping down at the end of August after six months in the job. He said his Syria peace plan was hampered by a divided and deadlocked U.N. Security Council. ...

Baghdad car bomb kills 11, wounds 41: police Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:43 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed and 41 wounded when a car bomb exploded near an ice cream shop in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the latest in a series of bombings and shootings in Iraq on Thursday, police and hospital officials said. The bombings hit the Iraqi capital and other cities toward the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week, a period when analysts believe al Qaeda affiliates and other Sunni Islamist insurgents may attempt a major attack. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem and Raheem Salman; writing by Patrick Markey)

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 48 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:31 PM PDT Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a wave of attacks from before dawn until late at night Thursday, killing 48 people and wounding dozens in a deadly show of force aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 41 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a wave of attacks from before dawn until late in the evening Thursday, killing 41 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a series of persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

U.N. Syria mission to end, new blow to peace efforts Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations' four-month-old observer mission in Syria will withdraw from the country next week, diplomats and U.N. officials said on Thursday, yet another blow to the world body's efforts to broker an end to the conflict. "The mandate of UNSMIS is over on the 19th of August ... UNSMIS will fade out," said French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud, who is the president of the Security Council for the month of August. ...

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 37 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:34 PM PDT Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a wave of attacks from before dawn until late in the evening Thursday, killing 37 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a series of persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Securing Syria chemical weapons may take tens of thousands of troops Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:17 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies are discussing a worst-case scenario that could require tens of thousands of ground troops to go into Syria to secure chemical and biological weapons sites following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government, according to U.S. and diplomatic officials. These secret discussions assume that all of Assad's security forces disintegrate, leaving chemical and biological weapons sites in Syria vulnerable to pillaging. ...

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 28 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:05 PM PDT Insurgents unleashed a wave of attacks Thursday that killed 28 people and wounded dozens in central and northern Iraq, the latest in a series of persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Israel's Peres against any solo Iran attack, trusts Obama Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:08 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday came out against any go-it-alone Israeli attack on Iran, saying he trusted U.S. President Barack Obama's pledge to prevent Tehran from producing nuclear weapons. His comments appeared to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who have both raised the prospect of a unilateral Israeli strike, despite assurances from Washington it will not let Iran get the atomic bomb. "I am convinced this is an American interest. ...

UN council OKs new Syria office after observers go Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:44 AM PDT The Security Council agreed Thursday to end the U.N. military observer mission in Syria in the face of an escalating civil war and back a new liaison office in Damascus to support U.N. and Arab League efforts to end the country's 18-month conflict.

Top Musicians in Politics Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT Musicians Have Political Leanings, Too

Smoke, donkey mascot for U.S. Marines in Iraq, dies in Nebraska Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:04 AM PDT (Reuters) - Smoke, the Iraqi donkey whose journey from a desert battleground to a peaceful retirement in the United States captured the attention of the world, has died in Nebraska. Smoke became lethargic and died this week after frolicking with miniature horses at Miracle Hills Ranch and Stable north of Omaha. Smoke had served as an equine therapy animal to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Smoke's Facebook page has friends from around the world. Smoke was taken in by U.S. Marines after he showed up malnourished and wounded at Camp Taqaddum in Anbar province in 2008. ...

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 24 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:54 AM PDT Insurgents unleashed a wave of attacks Thursday that killed 24 people and wounded dozens in central and northern Iraq, the latest in a series of persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Former SEALs, Intel Officers, Form Group Assailing White House for Leaks Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:52 AM PDT A new group of former intelligence and national security officers is attacking — on the web and soon in TV ads — the Obama White House for the various scandals over leaks. The group, which does not have to disclose its donors, is called the...

Iraqis charged in Ky. linked to IED attack zone Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:43 AM PDT An Iraqi refugee accused of plotting to help terrorists back home may himself have been an insurgent during the war. When he goes on trial this month, watching from the gallery will be several U.S. soldiers who suspect his roadside bombs killed their comrades in Iraq in 2005.

Why the world can't tolerate a preemptive Israeli attack on Iran Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:26 AM PDT Now that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program are at an impasse, we are once again hearing that Israel, with or without US participation, is about to bomb Iran.

Kuwait drama on war unity contrasts current feuds Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:06 AM PDT Each night for the past three weeks, families in Kuwait have been transfixed by a drama in which they already know the ending: Iraq forces will be driven out and the shattered Gulf nation will rebuild. But a 30-part television serial on Iraq's 1990 invasion has become more than just a retelling of the occupation and the brief but intense Gulf War.

UN considers new Syria office after observers go Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT The Security Council on Thursday debated whether to back the establishment of a new civilian office in Syria to support U.N. and Arab League efforts to end the country's 18-month conflict as the U.N. military observer mission ends Sunday.

Syria rebels 'to turn to Qaeda if West fails them' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:33 AM PDT With the West still refusing to arm Syria's opposition in the bloody fight against the regime, rebels in the flashpoint northern city of Aleppo warn that they could turn to Al-Qaeda for help.

Timeline: Ecuador grants WikiLeaks founder political asylum Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT (Reuters) - Ecuador on Thursday granted political asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange. Here is a timeline of the most important events surrounding the case and WikiLeaks. June 7, 2010 - The U.S. military says Army Specialist Bradley Manning, who was deployed to Baghdad, has been arrested in connection with the release of a classified video showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in the Iraqi capital. ...

US reality TV show accused of trivializing war Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:05 AM PDT An NBC television reality show featuring US celebrities competing in quasi-military drills is coming under fire from Nobel laureates and other critics who say the idea trivializes a deadly serious subject.

Israel 'will disappear,' Iran says ahead of rallies Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:32 AM PDT Israel is an artificial "outgrowth" in the Middle East that "will disappear," Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said ahead of rallies on Friday against the Jewish state and supporting the Palestinians.

Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 22 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:36 AM PDT A wave of insurgent attacks killed at least 22 people were killed and wounded dozens in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the latest series of persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

On eve of promised Assange asylum decision, Ecuador bristles at British 'threat' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:30 AM PDT QUITO, Ecuador - In the two months since Julian Assange ducked into Ecuador's London embassy to seek political asylum, President Rafael Correa has been consistently deferential to Britain while insisting on his right to protect what he sees as a free speech advocate facing persecution.

APNewsBreak: Iraqis in Ky. linked to attack zone Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:18 AM PDT An Iraqi refugee accused of plotting to help terrorists back home may himself have been an insurgent during the war. When he goes on trial this month, several U.S. soldiers will be watching from the gallery who suspect his roadside bombs may have killed their comrades in Iraq in 2005.

Iraq: Militants strike with bomb and gun attacks, killing 15 people, wounding 70 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:01 AM PDT BAGHDAD - At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded when insurgents launched attacks in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the latest wave of scattered but persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 15, hurt 70 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:55 AM PDT At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded when insurgents launched attacks in central and northern Iraq on Thursday, the latest wave of scattered but persistent strikes aimed at undermining the government's authority.

Ecuador decision on Assange asylum due Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:44 AM PDT In the two months since Julian Assange ducked into Ecuador's London embassy to seek political asylum, President Rafael Correa has been consistently deferential to Britain while insisting on his right to protect what he sees as a free speech advocate facing persecution.

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