2012年11月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Obama's closing case to voters recalls the past

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 03:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama greets supporters at a campaign event at Cheyenne Sports Complex in Las Vegas, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama has spent months urging Americans to move forward. Now he's asking them to look back.


Former GOP Sen. Hagel to back Democrat Kerrey

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 02:55 PM PDT

Democrat Bob Kerrey got an atta-boy Thursday from former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, who said the former senator would break the partisan "nonsense that's literally strangling our country." Republicans supporting GOP hopeful Deb Fischer in Nebraska's tight Senate race scoffed and suggested Hagel was sniffing around for a cabinet seat under President Barack Obama.

Keeping up a routine aboard the USS Underwood

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PDT

In this Oct. 16, 2012 photo, Boatswain's Mate 3 Billy Lewis, from Trenton, Tennessee, watches a helicopter land on the flight deck from the window of a hatch door onboard the USS Underwood while patrolling in international waters near Panama. In October, the 30-year-old ship was patrolling the Caribbean waters off Panama, as part of a multi-national effort to hit illicit trafficking routes on both coasts of the Central American isthmus. The deployment was the Underwood's last voyage, with 10 other U.S. Navy ships scheduled to be decommissioned early next year. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)The crew of the USS Underwood is waiting.


Mass. man sentenced to 17 years in terror plot

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:56 AM PDT

FILE - This undated Massachusetts driver license file photo obtained by WBZ-TV in Boston shows Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass., arrested Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Ferdaus was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in federal court in Boston to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Courtesy WBZ-TV Boston, File) MANDATORY CREDIT. TV OUT. TV WEBSITES OUT.A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison in a plot to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol.


Report: $800 million is snuck out of Iraq each week

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 11:09 AM PDT

Shortly before Iraqi central bank governor Sinan al-Shabibi was fired on Oct. 16, his soon-to-be replacement charged, in essence, that Iraq's economy is among the most corrupt on the planet.

Obama revives his 2008 "change" slogan in final campaign pitch

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 10:52 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama waves at a campaign event at Austin Straubel Airport International Airport in WisconsinGREEN BAY, Wisc. (Reuters) - In what his advisers billed as his closing argument, President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail for the first time in four days on Thursday, declaring "our work is not yet done" and reviving his successful 2008 campaign slogan: change. Obama resumed re-election rallies after overseeing the response to the devastating storm that hit the eastern seaboard. The president, who won the White House four years ago thanks in part to his themes of "hope" and "change," had largely avoided them until now. ...


Support for jihadists in Syria swells as US backing of rebels falls short

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:57 AM PDT

When asked about the role of Islamic jihadists in Syria's long-burning civil war, an Aleppo hospital doctor recalled what prompted one Syrian to join their ranks.

Memorial Bracelets Recognizes Military Working Dog Handlers and their 9-K partners

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Memorial Bracelets has designated Military Working Dog Handlers Killed In Action (KIA) on the http://www.MemorialBracelets.com web site by adding the abbreviation MWDH next to their branch of service. Memorial Bracelets has also listed the Military Working Dogs Killed In Action (KIA) on the web site so awareness of their service can also be generated by wearing an engraved bracelet or dog tag.Novi, MI (PRWEB) November 01, 2012 As a tribute to the job of Military Working Dog Handlers Killed In Action (KIA), Memorial Bracelets has designated them on the http://www.MemorialBracelets. ...

Damascus Bombed After Failed Truce in Syria

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 09:15 AM PDT

A short-lived truce meant to halt fighting over the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha was immediately violated,according to Arab News (SRPC), when government forces fired missiles on rebel strongholds and opposition fighters shot back on Sunday. Since the expiration of the truce agreement, the war has continued to escalate, with Syrian warplanes bombing Damascus suburbs on Wednesday as reported by the Associated Press .

Iraq court hands Sunni VP 2nd death sentence

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 07:24 AM PDT

An Iraqi court on Thursday unexpectedly convicted the country's fugitive Sunni vice president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a senior government official and sentenced him to death.

Fugitive Sunni Iraq VP sentenced to death on second charge

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 06:28 AM PDT

Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi gestures during an interview with Reuters in IstanbulBAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi court sentenced fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to death for a second time on Thursday on a charge of involvement in a plot to assassinate an interior ministry official, a judicial spokesman said. Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim who fled to Turkey earlier this year when Shi'ite-led Iraqi authorities sought his arrest, was subsequently sentenced to death in absentia on charges of running death squads, which he denies. ...


Iraqi court sentences Sunni VP to death for 2nd time over alleged assassination plot

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 05:51 AM PDT

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi court has convicted the country's Sunni vice-president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a senior government official and sentenced him to death.

Kuwait warns of harsher measures against protests

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:39 AM PDT

Kuwaiti opposition leader Ahmad al-Khateeb, center, talks to Kuwaiti citizens during a demonstration in Shuwaikh, Kuwait City, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Anti-government groups have denounced the detention of former parliament member Musallam al-Barrack for allegedly insulting Kuwait's emir during protests. Parliament elections are planned for Dec 1..(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)Authorities in Kuwait warned Thursday they will use harsher measures to crack down on anti-government demonstrators defying bans on protest gatherings in the increasingly tense Gulf nation.


San Antonio-based Orthopaedic and Spine Institute Medical Centers Partner with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EMHE), Episode Airing on ABC December 17, 2012

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:34 AM PDT

Founder of the Orthopaedic and Spine Institute, Dr. Steven J. Cyr, M.D., FAAOS partnered with ABC's hit TV show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to deliver a new home to a wounded U.S. Army soldier, SSgt Shiloh Harris of Floresville, Texas. The episode featuring SSgt Harris will air December 17, 2012 at 8:00 pm CDT.San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) November 01, 2012 Dr. Cyr, himself an Iraqi war veteran Air Force surgeon, served two tours of duty in Iraq, where he helped solders and airmen who had been injured on the battle field. ...

Disabled Veterans National Foundation Calls for Increased Attention to Meeting the Social, Economic and Health Needs Faced by Women Veterans

Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:30 AM PDT

While overall veteran employment shows a slight improvement, nearly one in five women who served in Afghanistan or Iraq are without adequately paying jobs.(PRWEB) November 01, 2012 The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF), founded by women veterans to change the lives of soldiers returning home with emotional and physical wounds, is urging Congress and the nation to increase the attention given to issues faced by women veterans in light of statistics showing their needs for housing, health care and jobs, which are not being adequately sufficiently met. ...

TheDC Interview: Mark Bowden, author of ‘The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden’

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:32 PM PDT

Mark Bowden, the author of the recently released "The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden," says not every president would have ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and that some credit for the successful operation should go to former President George W. Bush."A more timid president would have waited," Bowden told The Daily Caller, assessing President Obama's decision."A more cautious president would have opted for the missile attack, with its relatively minimal risks in every respect except certainty of hitting bin Laden. Obama gambled big. ...

Brent edges down toward $108 on US fuel demand concerns after Sandy

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:18 PM PDT

An engineer conducts routine checks on oil tanks at a refinery in WuhanSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude edged down toward $108 a barrel on Thursday as investors focused on concerns that storm Sandy's rampage across the U.S. East Coast could reduce fuel demand and shrugged off data pointing to a recovery in China. Industrial activity in China improved in October, confirming a trend toward recovering growth, though the recovery remains sluggish. Investors also kept to the sidelines on an uncertain political outlook at the world's two largest oil consumers as Americans head to the polls and new Chinese top leaders take over. ...


“If All the Sky Were Paper” at Chapman University Brings American War Heroes’ Battlefront Letters to Life

Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:52 PM PDT

Andrew Carroll's If All the Sky Were Paper, based on his bestselling books, opens on November 7 and runs through Veterans Day, November 11 in the newly renovated Waltmar TheatreORANGE, Calif. (PRWEB) October 31, 2012 The wartime letters of American soldiers, sailors and airmen and their loved ones at home are brought to life in a new play opening on Wednesday, November 7 at Chapman University. ...
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