2012年10月28日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Syria truce collapse shows limits of diplomacy

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 12:38 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 photo, a doctor examines an x-ray while a Syrian elder sits on a hospital trolley suffering partial loss of memory after was shot in the head by a sniper in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras).Syria's air force fired missiles and dropped barrel bombs on rebel strongholds while opposition fighters attacked regime positions Sunday, flouting a U.N.-backed cease-fire that was supposed to quiet fighting over a long holiday weekend but never took hold.


Official: Iraq searches Syria-bound Iranian plane

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 10:22 AM PDT

A man inspects the aftermath of Saturday's car bomb explosion, in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday, killed and wounded scores of people. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Iraqi authorities forced an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said Sunday.


Des Moines Register Romney Endorsement Neglects His 800 Massachusetts Vetoes And Billion-dollar Olympics Loss Without Tax Dollars, Says Robert Weiner, Democratic Strategist

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 09:54 AM PDT

WEINER ASSERTS REGISTER'S CLAIM ROMNEY "COULD FORGE COMPROMISES" AND "MANAGED OLYMPICS" IGNORES KEY FACTS AS WELL AS OBAMA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ECONOMIC AGENDA NOT BASED ON "TRICKLE DOWN"WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert Weiner, National Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House spokesman, asserted that today's Des Moines Register editorial endorsing Gov. Romney because he "could forge the compromises in Congress,"  "ignores his record. ...

Syrian jihadist spillover haunts Jordan

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 08:19 AM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's announcement that it has foiled an al Qaeda plot to bomb the capital highlights the threat to Washington's ally from Islamist fighters hardened by conflict in neighboring Syria, and the danger of Damascus trying to export its crisis. The kingdom is no stranger to turmoil. For decades it has navigated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on its western border and more recently bloodshed in Iraq to the east, which spilled over to Jordan with hotel bombings in Amman seven years ago. ...

Iraq searches Syrian-bound Iran flight, finds no arms

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has stopped and searched an Iranian flight bound for Syria to check for weapons being shipped to President Bashar al-Assad, but found only humanitarian aid, authorities said on Sunday. The search was the second carried out by Baghdad since Washington warned Iraq not to allow Iran to ship weapons through its airspace to help Assad in his battle against a 19-month-long revolt. "Yesterday morning we stopped an Airbus plane from Iran heading to Syria... ...

Iraq searches Syrian-bound Iranian plane

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 04:51 AM PDT

Iraqi authorities have for a second time this month ordered an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it is not carrying weapons, an Iraqi official said on Sunday.

Bombing near market kills 3 people in Iraq

Posted: 28 Oct 2012 01:28 AM PDT

Iraqi authorities say twin bombings near a market southeast of Baghdad have killed three people and wounded eight others.
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