Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• AP: Workers say charity gave little money to vets
• Democrats call for ban on assault weapons, want commission to examine gun laws, mental health
• Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons
• Democratic senators want ban on assault weapons
• Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8
• Iran urges election as step to halt Syria conflict
• UK watchdog: Doctor dishonest in death of Iraqi
• Army struggles to hold on to war-time intelligence gains and lessons
• 'Pilgrims' pour into Sandy Hook Village after massacre
• Series of blasts hits Iraq's Kirkuk, 6 killed
• Senators want commission to look at mass shootings
• Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties
• Blasts kill two Kurdish army recruits in Iraq's disputed area
• Car bomb kills 2 in disputed northern Iraq region

AP: Workers say charity gave little money to vets Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:02 PM PST A veterans charity already under scrutiny for how it raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in Tennessee handed out only a fraction of the money in the form of gift cards and threatened to fire workers if they didn't meet fundraising quotas, former employees say.

Democrats call for ban on assault weapons, want commission to examine gun laws, mental health Posted: 16 Dec 2012 05:00 PM PST WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.

Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons Posted: 16 Dec 2012 04:22 PM PST Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.

Democratic senators want ban on assault weapons Posted: 16 Dec 2012 12:53 PM PST Democratic lawmakers and Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States.

Iraq: Bombs strike disputed northern area, kill 8 Posted: 16 Dec 2012 11:23 AM PST Bombings rattled two cities in disputed areas in Iraq's north on Sunday, killing at least eight people and raising concerns that extremists are trying to exploit ethnic tensions in the country.

Iran urges election as step to halt Syria conflict Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:50 AM PST Iran is backing presidential elections in Syria as part of a six-point plan outlined Sunday to halt the 21-month civil war in Tehran's main Middle East ally.

UK watchdog: Doctor dishonest in death of Iraqi Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST A medical watchdog ruled Sunday that a former British army doctor failed to protect detainees and acted dishonestly following the death of an Iraqi civilian beaten and killed in the custody of U.K. troops in 2003.

Army struggles to hold on to war-time intelligence gains and lessons Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:31 AM PST OTTAWA - The Canadian Army is trying to hold on to its intelligence-gathering capability and its ability to disrupt spying in the face of budget strain, say internal National Defence documents.

'Pilgrims' pour into Sandy Hook Village after massacre Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:11 AM PST As church bells pealed and Sandy Hook residents on Sunday retreated to private church services to seek solace in the wake of the nation's worst-ever primary school shooting, hundreds of self-proclaimed "pilgrims" trudged stunned and red-eyed toward the massacre site to offer teddy bears and roses to the 20 first graders and six school staff who died Friday.

Series of blasts hits Iraq's Kirkuk, 6 killed Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:08 AM PST KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A series of blasts hit Iraq's Kirkuk on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding tens more in neighborhoods across the ethnically mixed city, security and hospital sources said. Kirkuk, which sits atop some of the world's largest oil reserves, is at the heart of a dispute between the Arab-led central government in Baghdad and ethnic Kurds who run their own autonomous region to the north of the country. ...

Senators want commission to look at mass shootings Posted: 16 Dec 2012 09:40 AM PST Two senators called Sunday for a national commission to examine mass shootings in the United States, while a third vowed to ban the sale of military-style assault weapons.

Pentagon front-runner has strong Obama ties Posted: 16 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is a contrarian Republican moderate and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

Blasts kill two Kurdish army recruits in Iraq's disputed area Posted: 16 Dec 2012 06:51 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs planted inside a car killed two Kurdish Peshmerga military recruits on Sunday in a disputed region of northern Iraq where Baghdad and autonomous Kurdistan are caught up in a military stand-off. Baghdad's Arab-led central government and the Kurdistan region are embroiled in a long-running dispute over oil and land and both dispatched troops last month to the so-called "Disputed Territories" over which both claim jurisdiction. ...

Car bomb kills 2 in disputed northern Iraq region Posted: 16 Dec 2012 03:02 AM PST Iraqi authorities say a car bomb explosion near a Kurdish party office has killed two people in a disputed city north of the capital.

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