2013年7月2日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Ariz. Hotshots included jokesters, fathers-to-be

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:41 PM PDT

This 2012 photo provided by Scott Marsh shows Eric Marsh, left, superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, during a visit with his cousin Scott Marsh in North Carolina. Eric was one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew, who was killed Sunday evening above the town of Yarnell, northwest of Phoenix, Ariz., in the nation's biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Scott Marsh)PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. It was the deadliest single day for U.S. firefighters since 9/11. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. Here are the stories of those who died:


Prosecution rests in Manning's WikiLeaks trial

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 28, 2013 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after another day of his court-martial, as he is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. Al-Qaida leaders reveled in WikiLeaks' publication of reams of classified U.S. documents, urging members to study them before devising ways to attack the United States, according to evidence presented by the prosecution Monday, July 1, 2013, in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked the material. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case against Pfc. Bradley Manning on Tuesday after presenting evidence from 80 witnesses, trying to prove the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst let military secrets fall into the hands of al-Qaida and its former leader Osama bin Laden.


Witness in Manning case testified in secret

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:17 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 28, 2013 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after another day of his court-martial, as he is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. Al-Qaida leaders reveled in WikiLeaks' publication of reams of classified U.S. documents, urging members to study them before devising ways to attack the United States, according to evidence presented by the prosecution Monday, July 1, 2013, in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked the material. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A government witness has given testimony about the value of some classified documents leaked by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to WikiLeaks.


Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 56 in Iraq

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:10 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 49 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Former attorney general Clark may defend accused Fort Hood gunman

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:50 PM PDT

Former US Attorney General Clark holds a discussion on the probability of death or life sentence for Saddam in WashingtonBy Don Bolding FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark has offered to represent a U.S. army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 at his upcoming trial, they both said on Tuesday. Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with premeditated murder and attempted murder and faces a possible death sentence if convicted, refused to enter a plea on Tuesday. The military judge, Colonel Tara Osborn, entered "not guilty" pleas for him. ...


Prosecution wraps up case in U.S. WikiLeaks court-martial

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:47 PM PDT

U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is escorted from the courtroom after a day of his court martial trial at Fort Meade, MarylandBy Ian Simpson FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Court-martial prosecutors wrapped up their case on Tuesday against the soldier charged with providing a trove of secret material to WikiLeaks in the biggest leak of classified files in U.S. history. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, faces 21 charges, including espionage, computer fraud and, most seriously, aiding the enemy. Manning could face life in prison without parole if convicted. ...


Nearly 50 killed in Iraq bombings

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:36 PM PDT

Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in BasraBy Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed in bomb attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, most of them in busy markets and commercial areas of the capital Baghdad, police and medics said. The deadliest assault took place in the predominantly Shi'ite Shaab neighborhood of northern Baghdad, where two car bombs killed eight people. There were also explosions in the mainly Shi'ite districts of Abu Dsheer, Kamaliya, Tobchi and Shula. "A blast hit near a crowded market full of people shopping," said Ali Sadoun, a policeman whose patrol was stationed in Shula. ...


Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 60 in Iraq

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 53 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 54 in Iraq

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 47 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Egypt’s Crisis Signals the Unraveling of Yet Another Arab Nation-State

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:18 AM PDT

When British and French diplomats sat down to draw the boundaries of the modern Middle East, one country required no ruler and compass to define it.   People lived in Egypt 10,000 years before the birth of Christ. The specific civilization that left behind the Giza pyramids dates to 2,700 years BC, and a sense of nationhood was embedded so deeply along the shores of the Nile that the quip of an Egyptian diplomat would become a trusim: "Egypt is the only nation-state in the Arab world," Tahseen Bashir famously said. "The rest are just tribes with flags."

Activists: Shelling kills 11 near Syrian capital

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:15 AM PDT

In this Saturday, June 29, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels inspect the rubble of damaged buildings due to a surface-to-surface missile launched by Syrian forces in Aleppo, Syria. More than two years of fighting in Syria's civil war has damaged some 9,000 state buildings and run up $15 billion in losses to the public sector, a government minister said Sunday, shining a light on the devastating toll the crisis has taken on the country's economy. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled a suburb of Damascus Tuesday, killing at least 11 people including women and children, as government forces forged ahead with offensives against rebel-held areas around the country, activists said.


As Britain's military shrinks, US concerns grow

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:57 AM PDT

Following the killing of a young soldier on May 22 in London, the outpouring of shock and grief was no less than expected – public pride in the armed forces has always been high, even if support for recent wars has not.

Government foiled on money issue in WikiLeaks case

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 28, 2013 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after another day of his court-martial, as he is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. Al-Qaida leaders reveled in WikiLeaks' publication of reams of classified U.S. documents, urging members to study them before devising ways to attack the United States, according to evidence presented by the prosecution Monday, July 1, 2013, in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked the material. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The government is struggling to prove a key element in the theft charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier on trial for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks.


Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 10 in Iraq

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:09 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say bomb blasts and clashes in Iraq have killed at least 10 police and civilians and seven insurgents.

Nice-guy Obama fails Turkey's democracy

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 08:10 AM PDT

The US ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, took a lot of criticism from Turkish activists when, after almost a month of street protests here, he affirmed Washington's support for Ankara in both good times and bad.

Special Report: Return to Baghdad, epicenter of Islam's growing divide

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 08:03 AM PDT

Samia Nakhoul is seen in the back of a car after being wounded at the Palestine Hotel in BaghdadBy Samia Nakhoul BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The last time I left Baghdad I was on a stretcher. It was April 11, 2003, four days after U.S. troops pushed into the Iraqi capital at the end of a lightning campaign to overthrow Saddam Hussein. American forces had pounded Baghdad for weeks and as U.S. tanks raced into the city, I became a casualty alongside scores of Iraqis. On the day Baghdad fell, I was waiting for an Iraqi surgeon to operate on me to remove shrapnel and bone fragments from my brain. He saved my life. Soon after, as I was airlifted by U.S. ...


Two days, Three Doctors, Three Kids and Two Hundred and Thirty Desperate Patients

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:10 AM PDT

Two days, Three Doctors, Three Kids and Two Hundred and Thirty Desperate PatientsTwo days, Three Doctors, Three Kids and Two Hundred and Thirty Desperate Patients


Obama, Bush brought together in Africa at embassy bomb memorial

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 04:01 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)By Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush stood side-by-side in Tanzania on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of the al Qaeda bombing of the U.S. Embassy 15 years ago - an attack that foreshadowed the United States' present military build-up in Africa. The two men bowed their heads in silence at a memorial stone in the new embassy compound in Dar es Salaam to the 10 Tanzanians killed and 85 Americans and Tanzanians wounded in the bombing on August 7, 1998. They then briefly spoke to survivors. ...


Accused Fort Hood shooter to enter plea at pre-trial hearing in Texas

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:32 AM PDT

Bell County Sheriff's Office photograph of Nidal HasanBy Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 is expected to enter a formal plea on the charges Tuesday in the last scheduled hearing before jury selection begins in his military trial. Major Nidal Hasan, a U.S.-born Muslim who is representing himself, faces a possible death sentence for the attack on soldiers at a readiness facility preparing soldiers to deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan that left 13 people dead and 32 wounded. ...


Prosecution winding down in WikiLeaks case

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:59 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, June 28, 2013 file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after another day of his court-martial, as he is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. Al-Qaida leaders reveled in WikiLeaks' publication of reams of classified U.S. documents, urging members to study them before devising ways to attack the United States, according to evidence presented by the prosecution Monday, July 1, 2013, in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked the material. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are close to the end of their case in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked mountains of classified information to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.


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