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Premeditation key in trial of soldier who killed fellow servicemen

Posted: 06 May 2013 03:48 PM PDT

By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty in the shooting deaths of five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq faced a court-martial on Monday in which a judge's sentence will hinge greatly upon whether he finds premeditation. Army Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at Camp Liberty, adjacent to the Baghdad airport, in a 2009 shooting the military has said could have been triggered by combat stress. ...

First Person: Using PTSD as a Motivation to Live

Posted: 06 May 2013 03:38 PM PDT

First Person: Using PTSD as a Motivation to LiveThe fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be released in May. Yahoo is featuring first-person stories from Americans who are diagnosed with some of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. Here's one story.


Defense: Soldier in killings had abnormalities

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT

Soldiers assisting with communications and security tasks stand outside the building at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., where the court-martial for U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell began, Monday, May 6, 2013. Russell has already pleaded guilty to killing five fellow servicemen in Iraq in 2009, and and prosecutors are expected to argue that the killings were premeditated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Defense lawyers Monday tried to introduce evidence that an Army sergeant charged with the premeditated killing of five fellow service members in Iraq may have had brain abnormalities.


The Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault Looks Like He Got Beat to a Pulp for It

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:50 PM PDT

The Air Force officer in charge of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office has been charged with sexual battery. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski was arrested on Sunday for allegedly grabbing a woman's breasts and butt in a parking lot in Arlington, Virginia. According to police, the woman fought Krusinski. Judging by the photo of his face, she beat him up.

Bombs, mosque attack kill 17 in Iraqi capital: police

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:49 PM PDT

Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Hussainiya districtBAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed by three bombs and a grenade attack on a mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, medics and police said. Unidentified assailants threw hand grenades at Sunni Muslim worshippers as they left a mosque on Monday evening, killing six people, police and medics said. Earlier in the day, two car bombs exploded near police checkpoints at the entrance to the Shi'ite district of Hussainiya in the north of the city, killing one policeman and seven civilians. ...


Teenager accused of lying in Boston bomb case out on bail

Posted: 06 May 2013 02:38 PM PDT

Courtroom sketch of defendant Robel Phillipos appearing at the John Joseph Moakley United States Federal Courthouse in BostonBy Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - The teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing case was freed on $100,000 bail on Monday pending a later trial date, and investigators said bomb fragments suggest they were less sophisticated than homemade ones used by insurgents. While out on bail, Robel Phillipos will be under the custody of his mother and must wear a GPS bracelet, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler ordered in federal court in Boston. The $100,000 bail for the 19-year-old was secured by real estate put up by a third party, the judge said. ...


Iraqi death hints of Iran's role in Syrian crisis

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Family members of Diaa Mutashar al-Issawi carry his coffin during his funeral in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 6, 2013. The Iraqi Shiite fighter's body was collected Monday morning at a border crossing with Iran, then carried through the streets of this southern Iraqi city as mourners vowed a similar sacrifice to protect a revered shrine in Syria. (AP Photo/ Nabil Al-Jurani)BASRA, Iraq (AP) — The fighter's body was collected at an Iraqi border crossing with Iran, then carried on Monday through the streets of this southern city as mourners hailed his sacrifice in protecting a revered shrine in Syria.


Wash. court-martial begins in 2009 Iraq killings

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:46 PM PDT

Soldiers assisting with communications and security tasks stand outside the building at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., where the court-martial for U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell began, Monday, May 6, 2013. Russell has already pleaded guilty to killing five fellow servicemen in Iraq in 2009, and and prosecutors are expected to argue that the killings were premeditated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — A court-martial proceeding began Monday against an Army sergeant for the fatal shootings of five fellow servicemen in Iraq.


Organizations Representing 400,000 On The Front Lines Of U.S. Aviation Submit Legal Petition To TSA And Homeland Security To Keep All Knives Off Planes

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:12 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lawyers for nine organizations representing 400,000 aviation professionals, passengers and law enforcement officers today filed a legal petition with Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole and copied to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seeking to rescind plans to allow knives in the aircraft cabins for the first time since 9/11."The Transportation Security Administration and the Homeland Security Department cannot dismiss the grave security concerns of 400,000 people on the front lines of U.S. ...

CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Charges for Attack on Mass. Muslim Student

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:55 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged state and federal law enforcement authorities to bring hate crime charges against two suspects who allegedly verbally and physically assaulted a Muslim student in Boston, Mass.CAIR said the alleged victim, a 23-year-old American citizen of Algerian heritage, was assaulted Saturday evening by the two white males when he left a Boston restaurant. ...

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT

In this Sunday, May 5, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, men stand near a wrecked helicopter, left, in Deir el-Zour, Syria. Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board a day after opposition forces entered a sprawling military air base in the north, activists said Monday. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling military air base in the north for the second straight day, activists said Monday.


Inside Assad's Near-Perfect Plan to Turn Syria into 'The Sinkhole'

Posted: 06 May 2013 11:55 AM PDT

After more than two years of civil war, tens of thousands of deaths, a refugee crisis, ethnic cleansing, religious strife, terrorism, chemical warfare, and an international conflict that has engulfed all of its neighbors, Syria is still in the hands of Bashar al-Assad. Just the way he planned it.

Israeli airstrike in Syria brings Iran onstage, raising risk of proxy war

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Iran has dismissed reports that Israel's attack in Syria early yesterday targeted advanced Iranian-made missiles on their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon, calling them "psychological operations" aimed at undermining the Iran-led Axis of Resistance.

Review: Natalie Maines shines on 1st solo album

Posted: 06 May 2013 10:06 AM PDT

This CD cover image released by Columbia shows the latest release by Natalie Maines, "Mother." (AP Photo/Columbia)Natalie Maines, "Mother" (Columbia)


Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:57 AM PDT

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has few good options for military retaliation after Israel's air strikes over the weekend but the attacks could redouble support from his regional allies Iran and Hezbollah. Assad, already battling rebel fighters who have seized large parts of his country and killed many thousands of his troops, can ill afford to confront the region's dominant military power in a devastating and likely one-sided war. ...

Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:54 AM PDT

Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks caseGovernment secrecy reaches a new level this week in the court-martial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst who sent 700,000 classified U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks website. A military ...


The Edge: Obama Just Can’t Get Away From the Middle East

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:29 AM PDT

The Edge is National Journal's daily look at today in Washington -- and what's coming next. The email features analysis from NJ's top correspondents, the biggest stories of the day -- and always a few surprises. To subscribe, click here.

Obama Just Can’t Get Away From the Middle East: The Edge - Brought to you by Deloitte

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:24 AM PDT

IN THE NEWS: Diplomat says Special Forces ordered not to intervene in Benghazi … Israelis says air strikes not meant to aid Syrian rebels … LaPierre links Boston attack to gun-control debate … Returning veterans at higher risk for fatal traffic accidents … NRCC site hacked with Viagra ads … Clinton couldn't reunite Led Zeppelin.THE TAKE

The Rest of the World Is Invoking the 1st Amendment in White House Petitions

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT

Over the weekend, two new "We the People" petitions met the White House's 100,000-signatory standard for a formal response. Unlike most previous petitions, though, the majority of the people doing the signing are more than likely not American citizens.

Obama says does not foresee sending U.S. troops to Syria

Posted: 06 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter sits on sandbags in the refugee camp of YarmoukBy Mark Felsenthal and Steve Holland SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he does not foresee a scenario in which he would send U.S. ground troops to Syria and outlined a deliberate approach to determining whether the Syrian government had used chemical weapons in a 2-year civil war. Obama insisted that the United States has not ruled out any options in dealing with Syria as the United States investigates whether the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons. ...


Why liberal hawks are pushing to strike Syria

Posted: 06 May 2013 08:38 AM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters prepare to head out to the frontline in Damascus on May 5.Progressive columnists are asking: Do the lessons of Iraq apply to Syria?


US intervention in Syria must be legitimate in eyes of international law

Posted: 06 May 2013 08:26 AM PDT

Everyone seems to agree that the situation in Syria is unimaginably horrific and heartrending. But the consensus seems to break down when the subject of solutions is broached. Now, the reported use of chemical weapons (sarin gas) raises the stakes of the crisis – and outside intervention – considerably.

Bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 10

Posted: 06 May 2013 07:55 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital.

Three blasts kill 11 in Iraqi capital: police, medics

Posted: 06 May 2013 06:16 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Hussainiya districtBAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed in three bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, medics and police said. Iraq has become increasingly volatile with fragile relations between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims under strain from the largely sectarian civil war in neighboring Syria. Tensions are at their highest since U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq at the end of 2011. Two car bombs exploded near police checkpoints at the entrance to the Shi'ite district of Hussainiya in the north of the city, killing one policeman and seven civilians. ...


Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements to Speak at AFA's May Breakfast

Posted: 06 May 2013 05:59 AM PDT

ARLINGTON, Va., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association is proud to welcome Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements, as the guest speaker for the May AFA Air Force Breakfast.  The breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. ...

Deadline Nears For Four Star Leadership Institute

Posted: 06 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT

DALLAS, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The May 15 deadline for nationwide applications to the prestigious Four Star Leadership Institute with General Tommy Franks is quickly approaching.4SL is an intense week-long leadership and character development program for high school students. The students meet with politicians, authors, and national leaders, and compete in writing and debate.The session includes air fare, room and board, and is entirely free to the 50 selected students.  Thousands of dollars in scholarships will be available to all participants. ...

Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms

Posted: 05 May 2013 09:40 PM PDT

Israeli soldiers walk past signs in the Israeli-occupied Golan HeightsBy Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. As Syria's two-year-old civil war veered into the potentially atomic arena of Iran's confrontation with Israel and the West over its nuclear program, people were woken in the Syrian capital by explosions that shook the ground like an earthquake and sent pillars of flame high into the night sky. ...


Today in History

Posted: 05 May 2013 09:01 PM PDT

Today is Monday, May 6, the 126th day of 2013. There are 239 days left in the year.

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