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Yahoo! News: Iraq


House Republicans propose extra $2 billion for embassy security

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:57 PM PST

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestWASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republican leaders proposed on Monday to spend another $2 billion on U.S. diplomatic security this year, using money unspent in Iraq to provide cash the Obama administration said was necessary to help prevent another Benghazi-style attack. The proposal, an exception amid general budget cutbacks, is part of the House Republican majority's plan for funding the government for the rest of fiscal 2013, which ends on September 30. ...


Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:25 PM PST

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father, opposition sources and residents said. The fall of Raqqa on the Euphrates River would be a significant development in the two-year-old revolt against Assad. The rebels do not claim to hold any other provincial capitals. Rebel fighters said loyalist forces were still dug in at the provincial airport 60 km (40 miles) from Raqqa and they remained a threat. ...

Israel warns it cannot "stand idle" as Syria war spills over border

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:27 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel warned the U.N. Security Council on Monday that it could not be expected to "stand idle" as Syria's civil war spills over its border, while Russia accused armed groups of undermining security between the states by fighting in a demilitarized zone. Israeli U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor wrote to the 15-member council to complain about shells from Syria landing in Israel. "Israel cannot be expected to stand idle as the lives of its citizens are being put at risk by the Syrian government's reckless actions," Proser wrote. "Israel has shown maximum restraint thus far. ...

48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:06 PM PST

In this Sunday March 3, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fighters displays an epaulette from a government soldier during a tour of the police academy complex in Khan al-Asal, in the province of Aleppo, Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels seized the police academy in Khan al-Asal after entering the sprawling government complex with captured tanks. The Observatory said the battle left at least 120 soldiers and 80 rebels dead. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria's civil war.


Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr. Sets Out on Second USO Tour to Deliver Touch of Home to Deployed Troops

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:52 AM PST

Joining the Vice Chairman are NFL's Peyton Manning, Vincent Jackson and Austin Collie, Baseball Legend Curt Schilling, Members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Performing Artists Diana DeGarmo and Ace YoungArlington, VA. (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 Twitter Pitch: @thejointstaff & Peyton Manning, @VincenTJackson, @AKCollie_17, @gehrig38, @DCCheerleaders, @DianaDeGarmo & @IAMACEYOUNG extend thanks to troops on @the_USO tour ARLINGTON, VA. ...

Second trading firm says it supplied Iranian firm linked to atomic work

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:12 AM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland-based Trafigura on Monday became the second major trading house to confirm that it had traded with an Iranian firm that the European Union says has links to Iran's nuclear program. The two contracts demonstrate the difficulties that western powers face in curbing Iran's ability to do business with the rest of the world. Commodities giant Glencore had supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that provided aluminum to Iran's nuclear program, Reuters reported last week, citing intelligence and diplomatic sources. ...

Princess Cruises’ Landmark Cruise Supporting U.S. Veterans to Feature Special Military Guests and Speakers

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:56 AM PST

Cruise Line designated as a Commemorative Partner with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration.Santa Clarita, CA (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 Princess Cruises' first-ever cruise to support U.S. veterans will feature a number of special guests including former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen (Ret.); retired senior officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force; an award-winning war correspondent; and other respected speakers, authors and panelists. ...

Syrian rebels capture most of northern city

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:50 AM PST

In this Sunday March 3, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fighters displays an epaulette from a government soldier during a tour of the police academy complex in Khan al-Asal, in the province of Aleppo, Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rebels seized the police academy in Khan al-Asal after entering the sprawling government complex with captured tanks. The Observatory said the battle left at least 120 soldiers and 80 rebels dead. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels pushed government troops from most of the northern city of Raqqa Monday, setting off celebrations in a central square where scores of cheering protesters tore down a bronze statue of President Bashar Assad's late father and predecessor, activists said.


Syrian Troop Ambush in Iraq Heightens Fear of Bigger Sectarian War

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:57 AM PST

As has been feared for months, violence from the Syrian civil war has spilled across the border into Iraq, threatening an already unstable balance of power in the neighboring country. A group of Syrian soliders were ambushed and killed inside Iraqi territory on Monday, raising concerns that the violent conflicts in both countries could somehow merge.

Officials: 42 Syrian troops killed in Iraq ambush

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:29 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 42 Syrian soldiers were killed in a well-coordinated ambush Monday after seeking refuge across the border in Iraq following clashes with rebels in their home country, officials said. The attack in Iraq's restive western province of Anbar is likely to significantly raise concerns that Iraq could be drawn into the Syrian civil war.

Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:22 AM PST

LONDON (AP) — A British judge was shown graphic pictures of dead and mutilated Iraqis who allegedly died at British hands as a public inquiry began Monday into claims that U.K. soldiers murdered and abused civilian detainees after a 2004 battle in southern Iraq.

At least 40 Syrians killed on road home from Iraq

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:22 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed at least 40 Syrian soldiers and government employees who were being taken to the Syrian border by Iraqi authorities on Monday after fleeing into Iraq from a Syrian rebel attack last week, Iraqi officials said. A convoy carrying the Syrians was ambushed in Iraq's western province of Anbar, where thousands of Iraqi Sunnis have been protesting daily for more than two months against the Shi'ite-led government and the perceived marginalization of their sect. ...

Supreme Court’s upcoming child-custody decision: The Baby Veronica case

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:00 AM PST

Abigail Perkiss explains how the the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the case of Baby Veronica, a two-year-old girl stuck in a custody battle between her adoptive parents and her birth father that has gained national attention.

Protesters storm southern Iraqi oil field

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:48 AM PST

BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Protesters demanding jobs stormed the gates leading to a major oil field in southern Iraq on Monday and damaged some property inside before Iraqi soldiers were summoned to restore order, according to officials.

Column: Our Complex Politics' Short-Hand Problem

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:28 AM PST

Column: Losing sight of bigger picture with black-and-white labels in a gray political system

Iraqi officials: At least 42 Syrian soldiers and several Iraqis killed in western Iraq ambush

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:26 AM PST

Iraqi officials: At least 42 Syrian soldiers and several Iraqis killed in western Iraq ambush.

Gunmen kill at least 40 Syrians being sent home from Iraq

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:57 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen on Monday killed at least 40 Syrian soldiers and government employees who were being taken to the Syrian border by Iraqi authorities after fleeing into Iraq from a Syrian rebel attack, Iraqi officials said. The attack on the convoy carrying the Syrians occurred in Iraq's westerly Anbar province, they said. The Iraqi officials said some 65 Syrian soldiers and government officials had handed themselves over to Iraqi authorities on Friday after anti-government rebels seized the Syrian side of the Yaarabiya frontier crossing. ...

Suicide bomber kills at least 5 Iraqi policemen: medics

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:39 AM PST

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a car killed at least five policemen and wounded 12 people, including civilians, on Monday in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, police and medics said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack but suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda's local wing, the Islamic State of Iraq, which aims to take back ground lost to the Iraqi security forces. The bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a federal police headquarters in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, and detonated it. ...

British inquiry shown graphic evidence of Iraq torture

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:19 AM PST

Thayne Forbes, the Chairman of the Al-Sweady Public Inquiry, arrives for the first day of the inquiry, in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - A public inquiry in London into allegations that British soldiers killed, mutilated and tortured Iraqi detainees after a battle in southern Iraq was shown gruesome photographs of bloodied corpses on Monday. The Al-Sweady Inquiry, ordered by the British government in 2009 to get to the bottom of disputed events in the aftermath of the battle of Danny Boy on May 14, 2004, began oral hearings after three years of exhaustive detective work. ...


Inquiry shows graphic evidence of Iraq torture

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:18 AM PST

The venue of the Al-Sweady Inquiry is seen on the first day of the inquiry, in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - A public inquiry into allegations that British soldiers killed, mutilated and tortured Iraqi detainees after a battle in southern Iraq was shown gruesome photographs of bloodied corpses on Monday. The Al-Sweady Inquiry, ordered by the government in 2009 to get to the bottom of disputed events in the aftermath of the battle of Danny Boy on May 14, 2004, began oral hearings after three years of exhaustive detective work. ...


Suicide attack in northern Iraq kills 5 policemen

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:38 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a suicide attacker has driven a car laden with explosives into a police checkpoint in northern Iraq, killing five policemen and wounding 12 other people.

Jobs protesters break into Iraq's West Qurna-2 oilfield

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:47 AM PST

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters demanding jobs broke into Iraq's giant southern West Qurna-2 oilfield and wrecked offices early on Monday, police and employees at the field said. West Qurna-2, which is being developed by Russia's Lukoil, is not yet producing oil but workers at the site said construction of a major crude oil processing plant had been disrupted by the protest. Officials of the state-run Southern Oil Company said there was no disturbance around any of the producing oilfields in the south of Iraq and production was proceeding as normal. ...

Leahy at forefront in guns, immigration fights

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:43 AM PST

FILE – In this July 15, 2009 file photo Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., listens as Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's testifies at her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vermont Democrat and Judiciary Committee chairman, Leahy, 72, has served nearly 4 decades in the upper chamber, and earned his perch as one of the Senate's most powerful, and visible, members. Now he is front and center in two of the most contentious fights facing a bitterly divided Senate: guns and immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly four decades, Sen. Patrick Leahy has captured official Washington going about its business — and pleasures — in photographs as no one else has. Supreme Court nominees behind the scenes of their confirmation hearings. The hands of presidents signing bills, including President Barack Obama's in midsignature on equal pay legislation. Former President George H. W. Bush, in a Goofy hat. And then-senator Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, on a bench near the Eiffel Tower during a NATO meeting.


Easter Seals New York launches Vets2Jobs program with keynote speaker COL David W. Sutherland

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:00 AM PST

SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Easter Seals New York, in partnership with the Staff Sergeant Donnie D. Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Community Services (Dixon Center), will celebrate the launch of its Vets2Jobs program at BNY Mellon in Syracuse, NY. Keynote speaker, COL David W. Sutherland, United States Army, Retired, as well as other military, education, government, community and business leaders will gather to discuss critical employment and reintegration services for local veterans.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire. ...

In defense of lawful secrecy

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 03:15 AM PST

"My case was not about leaking — my case was about torture."CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou is no hero


Opposition leader visits Syria amid Assad offensive

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:36 AM PST

A view shows damaged buildings and debris in Deir al-ZorAMMAN (Reuters) - Exiled opposition figure Moaz Alkhatib visited Syria on Sunday for the first time since fleeing last year, as rebels said President Bashar al-Assad's forces embarked on counter-offensives in various parts of the country. In the central city of Homs, heavy fighting broke out between loyalist forces and opposition brigades dug in preparation for an onslaught, opposition sources said. ...


Japex to take 10 percent stake in Petronas' Canada shale gas project

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:36 AM PST

Motorists queue to fill natural gas at a Petronas station with its landmark Petronas Twin Towers headquarters in the background, in Kuala LumpurTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) is taking a 10 percent stake in an integrated shale gas development and liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being planned by Malaysia's Petronas in Canada's British Colombia province. Japex said on Monday it is considering marketing its LNG offtake from the 12 million metric tons per year (mtpy) Pacific Northwest LNG project, worth 1.2 mtpy, in Japan, the world's largest importer of LNG, which has been increasingly reliant on LNG since the Fukushima disaster in 2011 knocked out much of its nuclear power capacity. ...


"Arab spring" brings new buyers for bulletproof cars

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:06 AM PST

To match Feature DUPONT-BRAZIL/DUBAI (Reuters) - In a workshop in a dusty industrial area on the outskirts of Dubai, engineers are stripping down a Toyota Land Cruiser to install armored plating, bullet resistant glass and run-flat tires. In the aftermath of the "Arab spring" revolts and with the wealth gap and social unrest rising in many parts of the world, there is no shortage of rich individuals and governments who suddenly feel they need a little extra protection. For companies such as Canada's INKAS, Britain's Jankel and Germany's Transeco, it has been a lucrative decade. ...


Today in History

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PST

Today is Monday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2013. There are 302 days left in the year.

If Nixon Can Go to China

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 01:15 PM PST

Let's face it: No one has a good solution for the problem of Iran. The mullahs have been in power for 33 years. There are few signs the regime is disintegrating. And its nuclear officials are unbowed; plutonium production is expected to come on line in 2014. Despite the toughest multilateral sanctions ever—including an oil embargo—Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently rebuffed a U.S. offer to talk directly.

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