2013年7月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Top military leader outlines costs, risks on Syria

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 04:17 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Establishing a no-fly zone to protect Syrian rebels would require hundreds of U.S. aircraft at a cost as much as $1 billion per month and no assurance that it would change the momentum in the 2-year-old civil war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday in a cautionary assessment of more aggressive American military action.

Exclusive: U.S. congressional hurdles lifted on arming Syrian rebels

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:45 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters move through a hole in a wall in the northern town of Khan al-Assal, after seizing itBy Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama can go ahead with a plan for the United States to arm the struggling Syrian rebels after some congressional concerns were eased, a key Republican lawmaker said on Monday. "We believe we are in a position that the administration can move forward," House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers told Reuters. The White House announced in June that it would offer military aid to vetted groups of Syrian rebels after two years of balking at directly sending arms to the opposition. ...


Hundreds of Al Qaeda Militants Escaped From Abu Ghraib

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:47 PM PDT

Hundreds of Al Qaeda Militants Escaped From Abu GhraibSeveral hundred prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq escaped this weekend after a late-night militant assault on the facility last Saturday. The escaped inmates, at least 500 of them in all, include many top Al Qaeda officials. 


U.S. working on date for Israeli, Palestinian meetings

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:17 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is working to bring together Israeli and Palestinian representatives in Washington in the coming weeks to seek ways to open direct talks in the long-moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, officials said on Monday. The talks about the possibility of talks, which could come as early as next week, represent the most tangible achievement from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's lengthy shuttle diplomacy in the region in recent weeks. ...

Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:06 PM PDT

By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. ...

How many jihadis just escaped from Abu Ghraib?

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Sophisticated overnight attacks on two Iraqi prisons on the outskirts of Baghdad involving mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and dozens of attackers are a sign of growing potency for the country's Sunni insurgents.

Deadly Iraq prison raids free hundreds of inmates

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Iraqi policemen prepare to tow away a damaged sport utility vehicle following a drive-by shooting in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 22, 2013. A provincial council member, Abdullah Sami al-Assai, was killed along with his two bodyguards in a drive-by-shooting near the center of the ethnically disputed northern city of Kirkuk, officials said. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces locked down areas around the infamous Abu Ghraib prison and another high-security detention facility on Baghdad's outskirts Monday to hunt for escaped inmates and militants after daring insurgent assaults set hundreds of detainees free.


The Day I Wore a Kilt to Work

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:48 AM PDT

The Day I Wore a Kilt to WorkI wore a skirt to work on Friday, okay? Laugh all you want. It was a kilt, to be precise, but I know that many of my fellow New Yorkers won't bother with the distinction. Whatever. The kilt was breezy, even in the stale July heat. It was better than shorts. Way better than pants. So, as I said, mock me with abandon, but know that it won't make a difference. Because I was the one who benefited from excellent air circulation, not to mention a stylish tartan.


While You Were Watching a Baby, 500 Inmates Escaped Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:06 AM PDT

In the United Kingdom and around the world, lots of people spent Monday waiting for a royal baby to show up. Eventually, the baby was born, and it was a boy, and it was all totally great. But here's something many people may have missed: In Iraq, hundreds of Qaida militants escaped from the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in a raid that began Sunday night.

Video Claims to Show Imam on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Calling for Caliphate and Destruction of the U.S., France, Britain, Rome

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 09:02 AM PDT

"What happened at the al-Aqsa Mosque during last week's Friday prayers should be sounding alarm bells in the U.S., Britain and France."

Hundreds escape in deadly Iraq prison raids

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2009 file photo, guards stand at a cell block at the renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison and run by Iraqis in Baghdad, Iraq. Late-night jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have killed dozens, including at least 25 members of Iraq's security forces who battled militants armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi inmates escaped after insurgents armed with mortars and machines guns launched coordinated late-night assaults on two high-security prisons, sparking gun battles that left dozens of people dead, officials said Monday.


Helen Thomas—a reporter who 'stood there' for those who couldn't

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:18 AM PDT

File photo of US President Bush greeting veteran reporter Thomas during visit to the last-ever briefing from the press briefing room of the White House in WashingtonHelen Thomas stood there. She stood in the front row as long as they let her. She asked the first question at the press conferences as long as they let her, too.


How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:52 AM PDT

How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)In late 2001, a National Security Agency analyst was asked to do something unusual. Instead of locating a target's cell phone to eavesdrop on his conversation, the analyst was asked for the phone's location in real-time. It was apparently the beginning of the NSA's role in the CIA's drone operations that, a new report compiled by Pakistan suggests, had killed nearly 200 civilians by 2009.


Syria death toll climbs as West label civil war a stalemate

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:28 AM PDT

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Coordinated attacks on Iraq prisons kill dozens

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 05:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2009 file photo, guards stand at a cell block at the renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison and run by Iraqis in Baghdad, Iraq. Late-night jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have killed dozens, including at least 25 members of Iraq's security forces who battled militants armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Late-night jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have killed dozens, including at least 25 members of Iraq's security forces who battled militants armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said Monday.


Iraq: 25 soldiers, police dead in prison raid

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:41 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have claimed the lives of at least 25 members of Iraq's security forces, while a car bombing targeting soldiers early Monday killed another 12, according to officials.

Militants attack two Iraq prisons, killing 26 soldiers, policemen

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:09 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants attacked two prisons in Iraq overnight, killing 26 soldiers and policemen during failed attempts to break in and free the inmates, police and medics said. One of the jails was located in the town of Taji 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital, and the other in Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of Baghdad. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Jon Boyle)

Iraq: 25 security forces dead in prison raid

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:47 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have claimed the lives of at least 25 members of Iraq's security forces, while a car bombing targeting soldiers early Monday killed another 12, according to officials.

Suicide attack kills at least 12 in northern Iraq

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:52 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laded car into an army patrol in northern Iraq early Monday morning, killing at least 12 people, police and medical officials said.

Pentagon chief can't offer hope in budget cuts

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:45 AM PDT

In this photo taken July 17, 2013, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, flanked by Air Force personnel, walks down the rear ramp of a C-17 at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston, S.C., on the last day of a three-day trip to visit bases in the Carolinas and Florida. When Hagel told civilian Department of Defense workers on the base that job furloughs, that have forced a 20% pay cut on most of the military's civilian workforce, will likely continue next year, and may get even worse, the audience softly gasped in surprise and gave a few depressed low whistles. He said that if the department has to absorb another $52 billion in cuts next year because of the federal sequester, there will likely be layoffs instead of furloughs. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The audience gasped in surprise and gave a few low whistles as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the news that furloughs, which have forced a 20 percent pay cut on most of the military's civilian workforce, probably will continue next year, and it might get worse.


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