2012年10月27日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:10 PM PDT

People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in the neighborhood of Bawiya in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Syrians on hajj bring tears for their homeland

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:45 PM PDT

This aerial image made from a helicopter shows tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims moving around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Fortunate enough to squeeze his way through crowds into what Muslims consider one of the most sacred places on earth, Mohammed knelt in worship, put his head on the cold white marble, and wept for Syria.

Baghdad blasts kill more than 30 over Eid holiday

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombings on Shi'ite neighborhoods in Baghdad and a blast on an Iranian pilgrim bus killed more than 30 people on Saturday, marring Iraqi celebrations of the second day of the Islamic Eid al Adha religious festival. Violence in Iraq has eased sharply, but Sunni Islamist insurgents and al Qaeda's Iraq wing often target Shi'ites in an attempt to stir up the kind of sectarian tensions that dragged the country close to civil war in 2006-2007. ...

Bombings, house raids in Iraq leave 31 dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in the neighborhood of Bawiya in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Bombings that hit markets and other insurgent strikes primarily targeting Iraq's Shiite community killed 31 people on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

As US and allies shift away from Afghan combat, some see stalemate even as Taliban weaken

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 10:52 AM PDT

KABUL - A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year.

Spending by outside groups rocks many House races

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:16 AM PDT

In this Oct. 26, 2012, photo, Ami Bera, the Democratic candidate for the California's 7th Congressional district is seen at his campaign office Elk Grove, Calif. Bera is challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Lungren. Lungren knows what it's like to have a big bull's eye plastered on his back. The Democratic Party and labor and environmental groups have spent $4.7 million on TV commercials and other efforts to unseat the nine-term Republican congressman from California. The race has attracted large campaign contributions from outside the state. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Rep. Dan Lungren knows what it's like to have a big bull's eye plastered on his back.

Benghazi attack: Urgent call for military help ‘was denied by chain of command’

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:56 AM PDT

Citing "sources who were on the ground" in Benghazi, Libya, Fox News is reporting that an urgent request for military help during last month's terrorist attack on the US consulate there "was denied by the CIA chain of command."

Bombs, house raids in Iraq leave 18 dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:29 AM PDT

People gather at the scene of a bomb attack in the neighborhood of Bawiya in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)A bombing near playing children and other insurgent strikes killed 18 people in Iraq on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners to exchange for jihadists

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT

CAIRO - The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks.

Bomb near playground, other attacks kill 18 across Iraq as families mark holiday

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:42 AM PDT

BAGHDAD - A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT

This photo taken Oct. 10, 2012 shows Army Brig. Gen. John Charlton, left, foreground, talking to members of the Afghan National Civil Order Police at a military base in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year. A decisive end seems nowhere in sight. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year.

Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 27, 2011 file photo provided by IntelCenter, an American private terrorist threat analysis company, purports to show Al-Qaida's new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a still image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab. The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists. Ayman Al-Zawahri also urged support for Syria's uprising and called for the implementation of Islamic Shariah law in Egypt. In an undated two-hour videotape posted this week on militant forums, the Egyptian-born jihadist said that abducting nationals of "countries waging wars on Muslims" is the only way to free "our captives, and Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman," the Egyptian cleric serving a life sentence in U.S. prisons for his masterminding of 1993 bombings in New York City. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS PICTURE. NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT, INTELCENTERThe leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks.

New Afghan war phrase, with no decisive end seen

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 05:25 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives to review the guard of honor, during the first day of Eid Al Adha celebrations at the palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 26, 2012. Karzai called on Taliban to embrace peace and to join the government and lay down their arms. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)A new chapter of the Afghanistan war is opening with a slimmed-down Western force doing more advising than fighting, a resilient Taliban showing little interest in peace talks, and Americans tempted to pull the plug on a conflict now in its 12th year.

Bomb, other attacks in Iraq leave 18 dead

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 03:33 AM PDT

A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Syria activists report clashes despite cease-fire

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 03:30 AM PDT

A Syrian man cooks near his sons in a refugee camp near Atma, Idlib province, Syria, Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. A powerful car bomb exploded in Damascus and scattered fighting broke out in several areas across Syria Friday, quickly dashing any hopes that a shaky holiday cease-fire would hold for four days.(AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)Syrian troops shelled rebel-held areas and clashed with anti-government gunmen in several parts of the country on Saturday despite an internationally mediated cease-fire, while rebels and Kurdish neighborhood guards fought a rare battle in the embattled city of Aleppo that left nearly two dozen people dead, activists said.

Bomb attached to bus kills 5 in Baghdad

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 01:40 AM PDT

Iraqi authorities say that a bomb attached to a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims has killed five people, including a woman, and wounded nine others.

Kuwait's turmoil brings rare protest partnership

Posted: 27 Oct 2012 12:05 AM PDT

Kuwaiti men walk down Fahed Al Salem Street during a demonstration in Kuwait City on Sunday, October 21, 2012. Several thousand protestors from opposition groups, Bedouin tribes and former MPs gathered in different points of Kuwait City to demonstrate against the Government's amendment of the country's electoral law.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)For Kuwait's embattled rulers, clashes earlier this week with anti-government protesters were more than just a sign tensions may be mounting. The crowds themselves showed the widening nature of the Gulf nation's political crisis: Stirrings of a rare alliance of convenience between liberals and Islamists against Kuwait's Western-backed leadership.

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