Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• First Person: Operation Iraqi Freedom Made Me See Other Evils of War
• Bin Laden's son-in-law: Pleads not guilty in NY
• Survey: Many Conflicted on Gov't Spending Cuts
• First Person: Worst Fear in War Is Letting Fellow Marines Down
• First Person: Iraq Perspectives from a Female Combat Veteran
• 10 Years Since Iraq: The Lessons I Learned
• U.N. hopes to retrieve peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday
• Jon Stewart Has Some Advice for Donald Rumsfeld
• Archaeological Crusade: US Tries to Save Ancient Treasures
• ACDI/VOCA Celebrates International Women's Day
• Hagel makes first Afghan trip as defense chief
• Independent RI Governor Considers Joining Dems
• Iraq agriculture minister quits over Sunni protest death
• Iraq agriculture minister resigns over Sunni protest death
• First Person: Success in Iraq Won't Be Measured Until Decades into the Future
• Nine killed as gunmen attack government-backed Iraq militia: police
• Harleys for Heroes Sweepstakes Motorcycle Giveaway Kicks-Off Its Third Year With Three New Bikes With Three Individual Winners
• Youth villages give Israeli immigrant children a place to belong
• UN peacekeepers pull out of Syrian-Israeli DMZ as civil war edges closer
• Analysis: Italy's Grillo blazes trail for Europe's populists
• Disabled Veterans National Foundation Urges Greater Public Awareness and Concern Over the Impact of Sequestration on our Veterans
• Fiery seas, sacred war: NKorea's blustery history
• Tragedy in a Lion’s Lair

First Person: Operation Iraqi Freedom Made Me See Other Evils of War Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:31 PM PST As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

Bin Laden's son-in-law: Pleads not guilty in NY Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:23 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the charismatic al-Qaida spokesman, fundraiser and son-in-law to Osama bin Laden, is likely to have a vast trove of knowledge about the terror network's central command but not much useful information about current threats or plots, intelligence officials and other experts say.

Survey: Many Conflicted on Gov't Spending Cuts Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:20 PM PST New poll shows while most back gov't cutbacks, they'd also like more spent on pet programs

First Person: Worst Fear in War Is Letting Fellow Marines Down Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:07 PM PST As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

First Person: Iraq Perspectives from a Female Combat Veteran Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:04 PM PST As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

10 Years Since Iraq: The Lessons I Learned Posted: 08 Mar 2013 02:56 PM PST As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

U.N. hopes to retrieve peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PST BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations hopes to retrieve 21 peacekeepers from Syrian rebels on Saturday during a two-hour truce agreed to by Syrian troops and opposition groups after a release bid was abandoned on Friday, the United Nations and an opposition group said. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said the Filipino peacekeepers were being held in the basements of four houses in the village of Jamla, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which was being subjected to intense shelling by Syrian troops. The peacekeepers - part of the U.N. ...

Jon Stewart Has Some Advice for Donald Rumsfeld Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:52 PM PST No, Jon Stewart didn't deliver one of his signature rants against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Rather, the Daily Show host's advice is set to appear in Rumsfeld's forthcoming tome of advice, Rumsfeld's Rules, according to the Washington Examiner, which was briefed by individuals who nabbed advance reading copies of the 352-page book that's set to be published in May. ...

Archaeological Crusade: US Tries to Save Ancient Treasures Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:44 AM PST TORONTO — The fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones has long enthralled movie audiences, taking on assorted villains in quests to find mythical treasures, with some limited help from the government.

ACDI/VOCA Celebrates International Women's Day Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:56 AM PST WASHINGTON, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today ACDI/VOCA marks its commitment to gender equity and women's empowerment with International Women's Day events in Washington, D.C., and countries around the world.(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120308/DC67185LOGO-b)ACDI/VOCA Invests in WomenWomen are essential to economic growth in developing countries, and investments in women often return multiple dividends for families and communities. ...

Hagel makes first Afghan trip as defense chief Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:38 AM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan on Friday for his first trip abroad as defense secretary, seeking to make his own assessment of America's longest war as it enters its final stretch. Hagel said he would meet U.S. commanders and troops, and hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whose recent orders to curtail U.S. military activity underscore an often tense relationship with the 66,000 American forces there. Hagel praised the sacrifices of American troops in Afghanistan. ...

Independent RI Governor Considers Joining Dems Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:06 AM PST Will he or won't he? Republican-turned-independent RI Gov. Chafee flirts with Democratic Party

Iraq agriculture minister quits over Sunni protest death Posted: 08 Mar 2013 10:01 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's agriculture minister quit on Friday in response to the killing of a protester in the northern city of Mosul, where police said they fired shots into the air to disperse a crowd of stone-throwing Sunni Muslim demonstrators. Ezz al-Din al-Dawla is the second Iraqi minister to announce his resignation over the handling of Sunni protests, which have been staged daily against the Shi'ite led-government since December. ...

Iraq agriculture minister resigns over Sunni protest death Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:46 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's agriculture minister resigned on Friday in response to the death of a protester in the northern city of Mosul, where police said they fired shots into the air to disperse a crowd of stone-throwing Sunni Muslim activists. Ezz al-Din al-Dawla is the second Iraqi minister to announce his resignation over the handling of Sunni protests, which have been staged daily against the Shi'ite led-government since December. Iraq's finance minister told a crowd of Sunni protesters he was quitting earlier this month. ...

First Person: Success in Iraq Won't Be Measured Until Decades into the Future Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:30 AM PST As we near the 10-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, Yahoo News asked U.S. servicemen and women who served to share their perspectives and discuss how it changed them. Here's one story.

Nine killed as gunmen attack government-backed Iraq militia: police Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:16 AM PST SAMARRA (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed in clashes on Friday when militant gunmen drove two cars up to a checkpoint north of Baghdad and opened fire on members of an Iraqi government-backed militia guarding the post, police said. Five "Sahwa" militia members and four militants were killed, including a suicide bomber whose explosive belt was detonated during the fighting which lasted about 20 minutes at the checkpoint in Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of the capital. ...

Harleys for Heroes Sweepstakes Motorcycle Giveaway Kicks-Off Its Third Year With Three New Bikes With Three Individual Winners Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:12 AM PST In its third year running, the 2013 Harleys for Heroes Sweepstakes is giving away three Harley-Davidson Motorcycles to three individual winners to raise money for the veterans charity, Healing Heroes Network.(PRWEB) March 08, 2013 Good things come in threes, as the saying goes. During the Harleys for Heroes Giveaway Sweepstake 3rd year running, Healing Heroes Network proving that saying to be true with three motorcycles and three winners in 2013.On February 23, 2013, Healing Heroes Network (HHN) began its 3rd year of the highly successful "Harleys for Heroes" sweepstakes. ...

Youth villages give Israeli immigrant children a place to belong Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:52 AM PST The cafeteria at Kiryat Yearim Youth Village buzzes with chatter as children make return trips to the counter for more pita and falafel.

UN peacekeepers pull out of Syrian-Israeli DMZ as civil war edges closer Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:43 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Analysis: Italy's Grillo blazes trail for Europe's populists Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:09 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Italian comic-turned-activist Beppe Grillo has blazed a trail for populist political movements around Europe by taking his Five Star Movement (M5S) from obscurity to become Italy's largest party in its first general election campaign. Grillo's stunning success in turning a fringe protest group into a national force while refusing to be interviewed on television or debate with mainstream politicians may be studied by political scientists and campaign operatives for years. ...

Disabled Veterans National Foundation Urges Greater Public Awareness and Concern Over the Impact of Sequestration on our Veterans Posted: 08 Mar 2013 05:02 AM PST DVNF urges our government and the public to remember the importance of funding the needs of our Veterans as the reality of the sequestration take hold in the months and years ahead. ...

Fiery seas, sacred war: NKorea's blustery history Posted: 08 Mar 2013 03:06 AM PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will burn like a "sea of fire." Seoul's "rat-like" president will be struck with a "bolt of lightning." The country's media companies will be blown up in missile strikes.

Tragedy in a Lion’s Lair Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:45 AM PST Dianna Hanson's dream of working with endangered cats ended with one swipe of a paw. By Christine Pelisek.

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