Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• UK lawmakers urge caution in arms exports
• Air Force Academy spending off $177M in fiscal '12
• U.N. envoy accuses Iran group's leaders in Iraq of rights abuses
• Jury selection begins for Army general in sex case
• Guns in America: How Criminals Might Be Purchasing Weapons Easily, No Questions Asked
• Iraq attacks make for deadly start to holy month
• Iraq: Bomb explodes near Sunni mosque, killing 6
• Jury chosen in murder trial for Texas military base massacre
• The NSA Faces a New Threat: Religious, Gun, and Pot Groups
• Syrians fleeing war at rate not seen since Rwandan genocide: U.N.
• Blast hits Hezbollah convoy near Syrian border
• UN: Some 5,000 Syrians being killed every month
• Shaheen Advises Against Rushing Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in U.S. Senate
• Current and Former Members of Congress Team Up to Benefit Wounded Warriors
• Sudan's Bashir leaves Nigeria, ICC calls for arrest
• Criticized Petraeus to take $1 salary at NY school
• Manning trial judge hearing dismissal arguments
• Air force colonel shot dead in eastern Libyan city
• Long Odds for House Democrats
• Manila, Washington widen talks for military deal
• Soccer-Australia coach Osieck fumes at Asian clubs
• Judge to rule on dismissing most serious charge in U.S. WikiLeaks trial

UK lawmakers urge caution in arms exports Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:26 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain has issued more than 3,000 licenses allowing the export of arms and military equipment to countries where the U.K. has concerns about human rights, according to a report from lawmakers published Wednesday.

Air Force Academy spending off $177M in fiscal '12 Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:53 PM PDT Air Force Academy spending plunged by 21.1 percent in 2012 as the military scaled back across all branches. Academy expenditures on payroll and other categories, such as construction and services, totaled ...

U.N. envoy accuses Iran group's leaders in Iraq of rights abuses Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:49 PM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The outgoing U.N. special envoy to Iraq on Tuesday accused the leaders of an Iranian dissident group at a camp in Iraq of human rights abuses, an allegation the movement dismissed as baseless. Members of the Iranian dissident group Mujahadin-e-Khalq living in Camp Hurriya near Baghdad have been transferred there from Camp Ashraf north of the Iraqi capital, where they had lived for nearly a decade until last year. ...

Jury selection begins for Army general in sex case Posted: 16 Jul 2013 03:22 PM PDT FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — As jury selection got underway Tuesday for a U.S. Army general facing court martial on sexual assault charges, the challenges of seating an impartial panel to decide the case quickly became apparent.

Guns in America: How Criminals Might Be Purchasing Weapons Easily, No Questions Asked Posted: 16 Jul 2013 02:14 PM PDT National Geographic Undercover Investigation Obtained 2 Powerful Firearms Online

Iraq attacks make for deadly start to holy month Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:17 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Ramadan this year is shaping up to be the deadliest in Iraq since a bloody insurgency and rampant sectarian killings pushed the country to the edge of civil war in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Iraq: Bomb explodes near Sunni mosque, killing 6 Posted: 16 Jul 2013 12:58 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say a bomb has exploded near a Sunni mosque as worshippers were leaving evening Ramadan prayers, killing at least six and wounding 17.

Jury chosen in murder trial for Texas military base massacre Posted: 16 Jul 2013 12:28 PM PDT By Don Bolding FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Jury selection was completed on Tuesday for the military murder trial of an Army Major accused of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, the biggest non-combat massacre on a U.S. base. Military judge Colonel Tara Osborn said on Tuesday that three more members of the jury had been confirmed after 10 U.S. Army officers were chosen last week for the court martial of Major Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist. Opening statements are scheduled to begin no earlier than August 6. ...

The NSA Faces a New Threat: Religious, Gun, and Pot Groups Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT A coalition of activist and advocacy groups have joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation in a lawsuit against the National Security Agency and FBI, alleging that the government's collection of phone metadata is a violation of their First Amendment rights. The most pervasive, technologically advanced surveillance system in the world could end up hobbled by a Los Angeles church, some gunsellers, and a few marijuana advocates. As was prophesied.

Syrians fleeing war at rate not seen since Rwandan genocide: U.N. Posted: 16 Jul 2013 11:13 AM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria has escalated to an average of 6,000 a day during 2013 - a rate not seen since the genocide in Rwanda nearly two decades ago, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Guterres said two-thirds of the nearly 1.8 million refugees registered with the United Nations in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and elsewhere had left Syria since the beginning of the year. ...

Blast hits Hezbollah convoy near Syrian border Posted: 16 Jul 2013 10:35 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A roadside bomb struck an SUV carrying Hezbollah members near Lebanon's border with Syria on Tuesday, wounding at least two people in the second attack targeting the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group in a week.

UN: Some 5,000 Syrians being killed every month Posted: 16 Jul 2013 10:07 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An estimated 5,000 Syrians are dying every month in the country's civil war and refugees are fleeing at a rate not seen since the 1994 Rwanda genocide, U.N. officials said Tuesday.

Shaheen Advises Against Rushing Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in U.S. Senate Posted: 16 Jul 2013 08:26 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- A key U.S. Senate Democrat suggested on Tuesday that it is not only unlikely that a treaty banning nuclear weapons explosive testing will be ratified during the current legislative session but that it would be unwise to even begin Senate action regarding consent to the pact.

Current and Former Members of Congress Team Up to Benefit Wounded Warriors Posted: 16 Jul 2013 08:15 AM PDT The U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress' Annual Congressional Charity Golf Classic raises funds for wounded warriors to get sports rehabilitation through Disabled Sports USA's Warfighter Sports program. A new chair called, the "ParaGolfer" will be used for the first time, helping wounded warriors with limited use of their lower extremities.Additionally, PGA of America Professionals continue their partnership with local Veterans Administration hospitals and healthcare systems with veterans. ...

Sudan's Bashir leaves Nigeria, ICC calls for arrest Posted: 16 Jul 2013 07:29 AM PDT ABUJA (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has left Nigeria, where his presence at an African Union HIV/AIDS summit defied International Criminal Court (ICC) calls for his arrest on charges of genocide and war crimes, officials said on Tuesday. His press secretary and Nigerian hosts both denied reports in the local media that he had left early fearing arrest. Monday was the main day of the two-day summit. ...

Criticized Petraeus to take $1 salary at NY school Posted: 16 Jul 2013 06:10 AM PDT Former CIA director David Petraeus is taking a big salary cut for his visiting professorship at the City University of New York's honors college after being criticized for how much he was getting paid. ...

Manning trial judge hearing dismissal arguments Posted: 16 Jul 2013 05:48 AM PDT Lawyers for the Army private who leaked a trove of classified government documents urged a judge Monday to dismiss a charge that he aided the enemy, saying prosecutors failed to prove Pfc. Bradley Manning ...

Air force colonel shot dead in eastern Libyan city Posted: 16 Jul 2013 04:43 AM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan air force colonel was shot dead in the eastern city of Derna, a military spokesman said on Tuesday, an area of the North African country plagued by attacks on security officials. Violence has worsened in Libya in the past few months as the Tripoli government struggles to impose its authority on armed militias that helped overthrow dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but now largely do as they please. ...

Long Odds for House Democrats Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:40 AM PDT Recently a Democratic congressional leader cheerfully teased me about my decidedly pessimistic view of his party's chances of regaining a House majority, saying, "Why can't you just say, 'Democrats can't win a majority in the House, but Republicans can lose one.' "

Manila, Washington widen talks for military deal Posted: 16 Jul 2013 01:23 AM PDT By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Washington and Manila have expanded talks on military cooperation to include possible U.S. funding to build facilities and the storage of U.S. humanitarian relief supplies, the Philippine envoy to the United States said on Tuesday. The wider scope of the talks for joint use of civilian and military facilities signals rapidly warming security ties between the allies as the Philippines looks to the U.S. administration to help counter a newly assertive China. ...

Soccer-Australia coach Osieck fumes at Asian clubs Posted: 15 Jul 2013 11:36 PM PDT MELBOURNE, July 16 (Reuters) - Australia coach Holger Osieck has slammed Asian clubs for failing to release a number of his players for the East Asian Cup, which starts on Saturday in Seoul. "The foreign clubs created a lot of problems," German Osieck said in a statement on Tuesday ahead of the four-nation tournament that also includes China, South Korea and Japan. "I understand the games are not FIFA-protected but there is a gentleman's agreement between the competing countries that players from the respective leagues should be released to play. ...

Judge to rule on dismissing most serious charge in U.S. WikiLeaks trial Posted: 15 Jul 2013 07:09 PM PDT By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A military judge trying the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history heard arguments on Monday over two defense motions that could result in the most serious charge against him - aiding the enemy - being dropped. U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, is charged with disclosing more than 700,000 classified files, combat videos and State Department cables to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. ...

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