Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• CA-NEWS Summary
• Suicide bombers target Iraqi Kurds in disputed areas
• Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name
• Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law
• U.S. Air Force officer accused of sex assault decorated with medals
• Delta will pay dividend, buy back shares
• New Terrorist Magazine Targets Obama, Drones
• Diverse Group of Faith Leaders Urges Senators to Protect Refugee and Asylum Provisions in Immigration Bill
• Is the U.S. Military Really Planning to Court-Martial Christian Soldiers Who Proselytize? TheBlaze Explores the Stunning Allegations
• Syria's sectarian civil war endangering Shi'ite shrines
• Militants bombed Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, halting oil flow: Iraq
• Exclusive: Dagestani Relative of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is a Prominent Islamist
• Analysis: Despite Israeli strikes, U.S. still wary of Syria air defenses
• Kurdish rebels begin withdrawal from Turkey
• Iraq to rebuild rail system as reconstruction gathers pace
• Benghazi: Incompetence, But No Cover-up
• Syria – another sign that US needs to recalibrate Middle East policy
• Suicide bombers target Kurds in Iraq's disputed areas
• Attacks across Iraq kill 8 people, wound 38
• Kurdish militants begin Turkey withdrawal: party co-leader
• Navy Seal Team VI Families To Reveal Government's Culpability In Death Of Their Sons In Fatal Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan Following Successful Raid On Bin Laden's Compound
• U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage
• Hillary Clinton's Middle East Peace Save -- Robert Weiner And Richard Mann Say Her Least Noticed Achievement & Shuttle Diplomacy Have Far Reaching Impact
• Car bombs, shooting in Iraq kill 4 people

CA-NEWS Summary Posted: 08 May 2013 04:24 PM PDT U.S., Russia seek new Syria peace talks; rebels skeptical MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were skeptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let President Bashar al-Assad hang on to power. Mindful the conflict may be far from over, Britain has urged fellow European Union states to lift an arms embargo, arguing it would strengthen those rebel groups favored by Western powers. ...

Suicide bombers target Iraqi Kurds in disputed areas Posted: 08 May 2013 03:16 PM PDT KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers attacked Kurdish security forces and the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party in a disputed oil-rich area of northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing three people, police and medics said. The attacks took place in a band of territory over which both the central government in Baghdad and the Kurds, who run their own administration in the north and are selling oil in defiance of Baghdad, claim jurisdiction. At the heart of the dispute is the ethnically mixed oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad. ...

Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name Posted: 08 May 2013 02:47 PM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to.

Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law Posted: 08 May 2013 02:23 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the country since the 2011 civil war that ousted the erratic leader.

U.S. Air Force officer accused of sex assault decorated with medals Posted: 08 May 2013 02:07 PM PDT By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Air Force officer charged in a sex assault case this week had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, received five non-combat medals and passed a review of his military records before he was selected to head a sexual assault prevention and response branch. A records review is part of the selection process and no red flags were raised that would have prevented Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, a personnel officer, from being selected to that post, an Air Force spokeswoman said on Wednesday. ...

Delta will pay dividend, buy back shares Posted: 08 May 2013 01:41 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will start paying a quarterly dividend and buy back some of its shares — investor-friendly moves common in other industries but rare for airlines.

New Terrorist Magazine Targets Obama, Drones Posted: 08 May 2013 01:22 PM PDT President Barack Obama appears with a bull's-eye on his head in a new English-language magazine published online apparently by Islamist militants, who also urge Muslims around the world to try to hack and manipulate American drones. "Wanted Dead Only. Barack Obama Mass Murderer. Reward: in...

Diverse Group of Faith Leaders Urges Senators to Protect Refugee and Asylum Provisions in Immigration Bill Posted: 08 May 2013 01:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of the Senate's first markup of the bipartisan immigration reform bill, S.744, a wide array of faith leaders is urging legislators to ensure that comprehensive immigration reform upholds the United States' proud history and tradition of protecting and welcoming refugees, asylum-seekers, and those fleeing persecution.The following is being released by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service on behalf of an interfaith working group. ...

Is the U.S. Military Really Planning to Court-Martial Christian Soldiers Who Proselytize? TheBlaze Explores the Stunning Allegations Posted: 08 May 2013 11:28 AM PDT "Service members can share their faith (evangelize), but must not force unwanted, intrusive attempts to convert others of any faith or no faith to one's beliefs (proselytization)."

Syria's sectarian civil war endangering Shi'ite shrines Posted: 08 May 2013 10:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - Iran has condemned what it called a Syrian rebel attack on a shrine where remains of a 7th-century figure revered by Shi'ite Muslims were dug up and taken away, highlighting how Syria's civil war is inflaming sectarian anger. A report of the desecration of the Hojr Ibn Oday shrine near Damascus, posted with photographs on Facebook in late April, could not be verified but it prompted the Shi'ite leadership in Tehran to urge respect for holy sites in a conflict where the rebels include Sunni Islamists hostile to Iran. ...

Militants bombed Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, halting oil flow: Iraq Posted: 08 May 2013 10:33 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants blew up a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude from Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan on Monday night, stopping the flow of oil, an Iraqi oil ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said on Wednesday he expected repairs to be completed on Thursday afternoon. "Saboteurs using bombs attacked the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline on Monday at around 2000 GMT and crude flow was halted. ...

Exclusive: Dagestani Relative of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is a Prominent Islamist Posted: 08 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT Last year, when Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent six months in the Russian region of Dagestan, he had a guide with an unusually deep knowledge of the local Islamist community: a distant cousin named Magomed Kartashov. Six years older than Tsarnaev, Kartashov is a former police officer and freestyle wrestler—and one of the region's most prominent Islamists.

Analysis: Despite Israeli strikes, U.S. still wary of Syria air defenses Posted: 08 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT By Phil Stewart and Peter Apps WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli missiles breached Syria's vaunted air defense system over the weekend, but that offered little comfort to U.S. military planners weighing the risks of any intervention against President Bashar al-Assad's forces. With some of the possible U.S. military options in Syria involving a need for air power, the Pentagon remains concerned about Assad's ability to shoot down enemy aircraft with surface-to-air missiles, particularly in a sustained campaign. ...

Kurdish rebels begin withdrawal from Turkey Posted: 08 May 2013 09:10 AM PDT By Ayla Jean Yackley SEMDINLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish militants began to withdraw from Turkey on Wednesday, pursuing a peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency that has killed 40,000 people, ravaged the region's economy and tarnished the country's image abroad. Turkish security forces manned checkpoints along the mountainous border with Iraq, keeping watch as the agreed pullout started by the first small groups of up to 2,000 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters. ...

Iraq to rebuild rail system as reconstruction gathers pace Posted: 08 May 2013 09:08 AM PDT By Aseel Kami BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In a shabby, rusty train that had just left Baghdad for the southern city of Basra, Riyadh Saleh moved restlessly from carriage to carriage, searching for a comfortable, air-conditioned seat. Saleh was one of about 200 passengers taking a 25-year-old diesel train to Basra last week; he was enticed by fares as low as 7,500 dinars ($6.50) for a seat on the 600 kilometre (375 mile) journey. But like many others, he felt the experience - especially the train's top speed of 60-70 km/hour - left much to be desired. "The train is not comfortable, it is rocking. ...

Benghazi: Incompetence, But No Cover-up Posted: 08 May 2013 09:07 AM PDT There was tragic incompetence, plainly, in the Obama administration's handling of the Benghazi attacks, and even possibly some political calculation. It is a record that may well come to haunt Hillary Clinton, the first Secretary of State to lose an ambassador in the field in more than three decades, if she runs for president in 2016.

Syria – another sign that US needs to recalibrate Middle East policy Posted: 08 May 2013 08:08 AM PDT Escalation of the Syrian civil war seems finally to be attracting more serious international attention. The United States and Russia have agreed to host an international summit on ending the war. Washington and other Western powers are meanwhile considering plans to arm the opposition.

Suicide bombers target Kurds in Iraq's disputed areas Posted: 08 May 2013 06:40 AM PDT KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers struck at Kurdish security forces and the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party in the disputed area of Iraq on Wednesday, killing three people, police and medics said. Tensions between Iraq's Sunni, Shi'ite and ethnic Kurdish communities have increased since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in December 2011. Wednesday's attacks took place in a band of oil-rich territory over which both the central government in Baghdad and the Kurds, who run their own administration in the north, claim jurisdiction. ...

Attacks across Iraq kill 8 people, wound 38 Posted: 08 May 2013 06:15 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — At least eight people were killed and nearly 40 were wounded in separate attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.

Kurdish militants begin Turkey withdrawal: party co-leader Posted: 08 May 2013 05:15 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Kurdish militants began their withdrawal from Turkish territory on Wednesday, the co-leader of the pro-Kurdish BDP Party Gultan Kisanak told Reuters, advancing a peace process designed to end an insurgency which has killed 40,000. About 2,000 PKK fighters based in Turkey are set to return to bases in northern Iraq within months under a deal negotiated by the group's jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan and Turkish officials. (Reporting by Gulsen Solaker; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall)

Navy Seal Team VI Families To Reveal Government's Culpability In Death Of Their Sons In Fatal Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan Following Successful Raid On Bin Laden's Compound Posted: 08 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three families of Navy SEAL Team VI special forces servicemen, along with one family of an Army National Guardsman, will appear at a press conference on May 9, 2013, to disclose never before revealed information about how and why their sons along with 26 others died in a fatal helicopter crash in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011, just a few months after the successful raid on the compound of Osama Bin Laden that resulted in the master terrorist's death. ...

U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage Posted: 08 May 2013 03:43 AM PDT By Thomas Grove and Erika Solomon MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia and the United States agreed to bury their differences over Syria and to try to convene international talks with both sides in the civil war to end the carnage that is inflaming the Middle East. Visiting Moscow after Israel bombed targets near Damascus and as President Barack Obama faces new calls to arm the rebels, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia had agreed to try to arrange a conference as early as this month involving both President Bashar al-Assad's government and his opponents. ...

Hillary Clinton's Middle East Peace Save -- Robert Weiner And Richard Mann Say Her Least Noticed Achievement & Shuttle Diplomacy Have Far Reaching Impact Posted: 08 May 2013 02:33 AM PDT WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National issues strategist Robert Weiner, a former White House spokesman and senior staff for three House Committee Chairmen, and senior policy analyst Richard Mann are highlighting what they call "Hillary Clinton's Middle East Peace Save." In an article published today in the Michigan Chronicle, they highlight the impact that Clinton had with her shuttle diplomacy before she left office as having had "far reaching positive world impact" but "her least noticed achievement. ...

Car bombs, shooting in Iraq kill 4 people Posted: 08 May 2013 12:14 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a shooting and two car bombs have killed four people and wounded 26 in the western and northern parts of the country.

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