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Affidavit: Iraq War vet refers to stolen truck

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:14 PM PST

FILE - In this April 6, 2012 file photo, Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of the book FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range told a relative that he "traded his soul for a new truck," according to police documents.


GOP leader raises possibility of Hagel filibuster

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell leader is raising the possibility of a filibuster of President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain, a sharp critic of Chuck Hagel's nomination as defense secretary, says he will not support a filibuster of President Barack Obama's pick, even though he declined to say whether he intends to vote for confirmation. Several other GOP senators also voiced reservations about a filibuster of Hagel's nomination.


Ex-US Navy SEAL's killing puts focus on war's psychological toll

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:31 PM PST

Booking photo Eddie Ray Routh(Reuters) - The slayings of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and another man trying to help a troubled U.S. military veteran, now charged in their murders, has renewed focus on the psychological wounds of war. Eddie Lee Routh, 25, of Lancaster, Texas, an active duty Marine from 2006 to 2010 who served in the Iraq war, faces murder charges that could lead to the death penalty in the shootings on Saturday at a Texas gun range 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. ...


Records: Iraq War vet had been in mental hospital

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:22 PM PST

FILE - In this April 6, 2012 file photo, Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of the book FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past four months, police records show.


Iraq War vet accused in shooting on suicide watch

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:44 PM PST

FILE - In this April 6, 2012 file photo, Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL and author of the book FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range had to be shocked with a stun gun and restrained in his jail cell overnight after becoming aggressive, a sheriff said Monday.


Hurricane Sandy: One Man’s Journey to the Eye of the Aftermath

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:28 PM PST

New York City was blessed with 11 miles of sand as its southeastern edge: The Rockaway Peninsula, one of the finest beaches on the East Coast. When Hurricane Sandy hit in October 2012, Rockaway was flooded with a 15-foot storm surge. A massive fire took out 100 homes in the Breezy Point area. Another blaze knocked out a commercial block. Power was out for weeks.

Police: Shooting suspect told sister he killed 2

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:39 PM PST

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Authorities say the Iraq War veteran charged in the shooting deaths at a Texas gun range told his sister that he killed two people.

Syrian opposition chief says offers Assad peaceful exit

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:38 PM PST

Sheikh Alkhatib and US Vice-President Biden meet at the 49th Conference on Security Policy in MunichBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Monday to start talks for its departure from power and save the country from greater ruin after almost two years of bloodshed. Seeking to step up pressure on Assad to respond to his offer of talks - which dismayed some in his own opposition coalition, Alkhatib said he would be ready to meet the president's deputy. ...


Business center to help Vt. vets make or grow jobs

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:43 PM PST

Vermont veterans seeking to create or expand small businesses now have access to office support services thanks to a business incubator set aside just for them in Randolph, officials said Monday.The Vermont ...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wants to Be Iran's First Man in Space

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:11 PM PST

According to the Associated Press, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has volunteered to be Iran's first astronaut. Iran recently claimed to have launched a monkey into space, according to Space.com.

Syrian opposition chief renews dialogue offer

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:02 PM PST

Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The leader of Syria's main opposition group urged President Bashar Assad on Monday to respond to his offer for a dialogue, insisting he is ready to sit down with members of the regime despite sharp criticism from some of his colleagues.


Ahmadinejad urges support for Iraqi unity

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:48 AM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves after a meeting with Vietnam's National Assembly's Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung in HanoiBEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged regional countries on Monday to work for unity in Iraq, which has seen weeks of protests against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, warning that any disturbance there would affect the whole Middle East. "If a fire breaks out it will burn everyone," Ahmadinejad, speaking through a translator, said in an interview with Al Mayadeen television. "I said with all honesty, those who are interfering will be subject to harm". A suicide bomber attacked a government-backed militia in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 22 people. ...


Ron Paul Has a Bad Diagnosis for the Chris Kyle Killing

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:01 AM PST

Ron Paul may be be a doctor, but just because he's an outspoken, politically inclined OB-GYN doesn't mean he know what he's talking about when it comes to the latest emotional — and deadly — case of PTSD. Famed former U.S. sniper Chris Kyle was killed over the weekend at a Texas shooting range by a former Marine he was helping deal with PTSD; Eddie Routh, an Iraq war veteran, is now facing capitol murder and murder charges for killing Kyle and another man, Chris Littlefield. ...

Chris Kyle, Former Navy SEAL Sniper, Murdered at Texas Shooting Range

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 10:08 AM PST

Chris Kyle, a veteran of the Iraq War, an author and Navy SEAL sniper, was murdered on Saturday along with a friend, allegedly by a Marine Corps veteran with PTSD whom Kyle was counseling.

'Sniper' Suspect Tied to Chair on Suicide Watch After Being Tasered

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:54 AM PST

'Sniper' Suspect Tied to Chair on Suicide Watch After Being TaseredEddie Routh Is on Suicide Watch Following Arrest in Killing of Chris Kyle


Who Was Chris Kyle, US' Deadliest Sniper?

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:45 AM PST

Who Was Chris Kyle, US' Deadliest Sniper?Former SEAL Sniper Instructors Discuss Star Pupil, the 'Devil of Ramadi'


U.S. Army Issues Authority-To-Operate (ATO) System Accreditation for Desktop Alert Version 5.x

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:16 AM PST

New Authority-To-Operate (ATO) based on full system test and review with Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP).Chatham, NJ (PRWEB) February 04, 2013 Desktop Alert Inc., the leader and pioneer of 'less than one minute' notification to the U.S. Army worldwide today announced that the Department of Army has issued the company an Authority-To-Operate on U.S. Army networks worldwide for Version 5 of the companies award winning mass notification platform."We are pleased with this new accreditation. ...

Turkey says it knew terrorist attack was planned

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 08:43 AM PST

A Turkish police officer stands in front of people waiting for visas near the side entrance of the U. S. embassy, unseen, three days after a suicide bomber attack, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent five years in prison on terrorism charges but was released after being diagnosed with a hunger strike-related brain disorder, officials said Saturday. The bomber, identified as 40-year-old leftist militant Ecevit Sanli, killed himself and a Turkish security guard on Friday, in what U.S. officials said was a terrorist attack.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities suspected the outlawed leftist group that bombed the U.S. Embassy in Ankara was planning an attack, but did not have enough information to prevent it from happening, Turkey's president said Monday.


Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack on Iraq militia

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 07:03 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a government-backed militia in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 22 people in an apparent attempt by Sunni insurgents to provoke unrest against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Dressed in civilian clothes, the bomber infiltrated a meeting of Sahwa tribal fighters and detonated his explosives as they picked up salaries in Taji, a town 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, police said. It was the seventh suicide bombing in a month in Iraq, indicating insurgents are intent on stepping up violence a year after U.S. ...

The Winter of the Neocons’ Discontent

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:52 AM PST

"Why, I in this weak piping time of peaceHave no delight to pass away the time,Unless to spy my shadow in the sunAnd descant on mine own deformity."

Iraq suicide blast kills 22 north of Baghdad

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST

Iraqi civilians and security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. A suicide car bomber joined by other suicide attackers on foot assaulted a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a group of anti-al-Qaida fighters north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 22 people and wounding 44 in an attempt to shake confidence in Iraqi security forces, officials said.


Iran says Israel will regret Syria airstrike

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:20 AM PST

Syrian man carries his sister who was wounded in a government airstrike hit the neighborhood of Ansari, in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which opposes the regime, said government troops bombarded a building in Aleppo's rebel-held neighborhood of Eastern Ansari that killed over 10 people, including at least five children. (AP Photo/Abdullah al-Yassin)DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A top Iranian official visiting Damascus said Monday that Israel will regret its "latest aggression" on Syria and urged the entire Muslim world to be ready to defend the Syrian people.


5 remarkable things found under parking lots

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:15 AM PST

Who knows what might lie beneath...From the body of an English monarch to a Texas warship, it seems that oceans of asphalt are hiding an astonishing trove of archeological treasures


Assad does not need Iranian fighters: Iranian Foreign Minister

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 05:17 AM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - Syria's government has no need of foreign fighters to quell an uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday. "The army of Syria is big enough, they do not need fighters from outside," Salehi told a conference in Berlin when asked if Tehran was providing military assistance to Assad. "We are giving them (Assad's government) economic support, we are sending gasoline, we are sending wheat. We are trying to send electricity to them through Iraq, we have not been successful," he added. ...

Iraq suicide blast kills 21 north of Baghdad

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 05:11 AM PST

Iraqi civilians and security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. A suicide car bomber joined by other suicide attackers on foot assaulted a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city killing and wounding scores of people, police said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a group of anti-al-Qaida fighters north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 44 in an attempt to destabilize the government and shake confidence in Iraqi security forces, officials said.


Ex-Navy SEAL died pursuing his passion

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:51 AM PST

In this April 6, 2012, photo, former Navy SEAL and author of the book STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — The former top Navy SEAL sniper who authorities say was killed at a Texas shooting range was devoted to maintaining camaraderie and helping his fellow veterans find their way after leaving active duty.


The murder of Chris Kyle: A watershed moment for military PTSD?

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:37 AM PST

Eddie Ray Routh is suspected of shooting and killing former Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle and another man at a Texas shooting range.One of the deadliest snipers in America was reportedly shot dead by a troubled ex-Marine he was trying to help


Iraq: Death toll in suicide attack hits 18

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 04:30 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials have raised the death toll in a suicide attack against anti-al-Qaida fighters north of Baghdad to 18.

Ex-Marine Charged with Murder in Sniper Chris Kyle's Death

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST

Authorities still have no motive in the killing of Navy sniper Chris Kyle, but most signs seem to point the post-traumatic stress disorder as a possible culprit. Iraq war veteran Eddie Routh was charged with two counts of murder after shooting Kyle and his friend, Chris Littlefield, on Saturday. He also faces one extra count of capital murder, though those formal charges could be added to or amended later. Kyle was reportedly mentoring Routh as part of his regular charity work helping veterans cope with life after returning from activity. ...

Qatar's Qtel increases share in Iraq's Asiacell

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:27 AM PST

Iraqi stock traders watch the sales screen at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. The Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell sold a 25 percent stake to investors Sunday, raising more than $1.3 billion in one of the region's largest share offers in years. The floatation on the low-volume Iraq Stock Exchange was seen as a test of investor confidence. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — Qatar Telecom says it has increased its share in the Iraqi phone service provider Asiacell from 53.9 percent to 64.06 percent after a successful public offering for a quarter of the Iraqi company's shares.


The Conservative Victory Project: Can the GOP tame its Tea Party wing?

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 02:20 AM PST

Karl Rove's new group is focused on "intensely vetting prospective contenders for Congressional races to try to weed out candidates who are seen as too flawed to win general elections."Karl Rove has founded a new group to help defeat far-right candidates in Republican primaries


Iraq suicide blast hits anti-al-Qaida group; 4 die

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:13 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police and health officials say a suicide bomber has detonated his explosives belt among a group of anti-al-Qaida fighters, killing at least four of the militiamen and wounding 23.

Analysis: Economy, Military Shape US Iran Strategy

Posted: 04 Feb 2013 01:05 AM PST

Analysis: Obama's Iran response shaped by US economic, military position

Brent steadies above $116 on economy hopes, Middle East worries

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 09:03 PM PST

An attendant tops up petrol for a vehicle at a gas station in TaipeiSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude steadied above $116 per barrel on Monday, holding near a more than four-month high, as data from top consumers United States and China reinforced a view that the global economy was headed for a modest uptick this year. Positive U.S. employment numbers and confirmation of a mild recovery in China, evidenced by purchasing manager surveys, allayed some concerns about weak fuel demand from the world's two biggest oil users. "We are now seeing a consistent story of moderate growth in the U.S. ...


Obama encourages Boy Scouts of America to end ban on gays

Posted: 03 Feb 2013 05:10 PM PST

U.S.President Obama addresses joint news conference at the White House in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday encouraged the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay members and leaders, days before the group is expected to vote on the controversial and long-standing rule. In an interview with CBS, anchor Scott Pelley asked the president if he believed scouting should be open to gays. "Yes," Obama said simply. Asked to elaborate, Obama - who last year gave his backing to the right of same sex couples to marry - said gays and lesbians should be able to participate in "every institution" that others can. "My attitude is ... ...


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