2013年8月7日星期三

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Lawyers for U.S. soldier in Afghan killings want prosecutors ousted

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 03:38 PM PDT

By Eric M. Johnson and Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) - Attorneys for a U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty in June to killing 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood have moved to dismiss the prosecution team weeks before a scheduled sentencing hearing that will decide if he will ever have a chance at parole. Military prosecutors were mistakenly given an unredacted copy of a court-ordered report evaluating the mental health of Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, which civilian defense lawyer John Henry Browne said would give them an unfair advantage in the sentencing portion of the case. ...

What Obama's visit means to Sweden

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks to U.S. troops and their families at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The visit to the Marine Corps base is Obama's final stop on a two-day West Coast trip that included the rollout of his principles for overhauling the nation's mortgage finance industry. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)STOCKHOLM (AP) — It took a very public falling out between Russia and the United States for Sweden to get its first visit from a U.S. president for a bilateral meeting. Here's a look at what Barack Obama's visit says to the country that wasn't snubbed.


As al-Qaida grows, leaders remain a global threat

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 02:39 PM PDT

A Jordanian military vehicle drives around the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, one of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa ordered closed following terror threats. Far from being on the brink of breakdown, al-Qaida's core leadership remains a potent threat _ and one that experts say has encouraged the terror network's spread into more countries today than it was immediately after 9/11. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from being on the brink of collapse, al-Qaida's core leadership remains a potent threat — and one that experts say has encouraged the terror network's spread into more countries today than it was operating in immediately after 9/11.


AAMCO's National Charitable Program Reaches Soldier in South Carolina

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 02:37 PM PDT

Fort Jackson Soldier Enjoys Free Car Repairs from Columbia AAMCO CenterHORSHAM, Pa., Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AAMCO, the world's largest chain of transmission specialists and leader in total car care, continued its 50 Cars in 50 States initiative by repairing the car of a soldier in South Carolina through its partnership with the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH).(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130807/DC60840LOGO)In celebration of its 50th anniversary, AAMCO partnered with the MOPH to give back to America's veterans in communities across the country. ...

UN experts say al-Qaida affiliates remain a threat

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Al-Qaida's senior leadership has a diminished ability to direct global terror operations but the threat from loosely linked affiliates and individuals radicalized by its "infectious ideas" is becoming more sophisticated, U.N. experts said Wednesday.

Iranian-Americans and Members of Congress mark 1988 massacre with exhibition

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 12:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty-five years have passed since the summer 1988 massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran.  To mark the occasion and highlight this manifest case of crime against humanity, Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC), its network of Iranian exile communities, and Members of Congress sponsored an exhibition in the United States House of Representatives. ...

Dick Cheney's Keeping His Head Down in Daughter's Senate Bid

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 12:32 PM PDT

To most people, he's the former vice president of the United States. But in Liz Cheney's underdog campaign for the U.S. Senate from Wyoming, he's "Liz's dad."

Fort Hood trial: Odd legal dance as both sides appear to seek death penalty

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 12:00 PM PDT

What started as a horrific attack, in which Maj. Nidal Hasan is accused of an act of ultimate treachery by shooting scores of unsuspecting fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, has by turns and twists emerged as a bizarre legal drama playing out in an ultra-fortified compound in Killeen, Texas.

Yemeni former bin Laden aide pledged to fight for generations

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 11:46 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the head of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) whose alleged communications with al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri sparked a worldwide terrorism alert, is a veteran of global jihad who has promised the West a fight that will last for generations. According to Gregory Johnsen, author of a book on al Qaeda in Yemen, he was born in southern Yemen and left his country for the first time when he went to Afghanistan in 1998 to join al Qaeda. There he acted as Osama bin Laden's aide-de-camp until 2001, when the group was scattered after the U.S. ...

Manning's WikiLeaks breach triggered costly U.S. Army scramble: witness

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 10:52 AM PDT

By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Assessing the breach of the largest leak of classified data in U.S. history cost the military hundreds of thousands of dollars, a retired Army officer on Wednesday told the judge weighing the length of time soldier Bradley Manning will spend in prison. ...

Does Ayman al-Zawahiri have a bulk calling rate?

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 10:43 AM PDT

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian who succeeded Osama bin Laden as boss of Al Qaeda, has spent his adult life operating in clandestine organizations. He has been intensely hunted by the United States since at least February 1998, when he and bin Laden issued a declaration calling on Muslims the world over to kill Americans wherever they might find them.

Sweden drops inquiry into police killing that sparked riots

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 08:38 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A state prosecutor on Wednesday dropped an inquiry into a police shooting of a 69-year-old man in a mainly immigrant suburb of Stockholm that sparked Sweden's worst riots in years, saying that the officer acted in self defence. The May killing in Husby of the knife-wielding man, who prosecutors said was shot after officers stormed his apartment because they feared he was threatening his wife, led to groups of youths rioting across the capital suburbs for nearly a week. ...

The Coming of Al Qaeda 3.0

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 08:25 AM PDT

A police trooper checks a van at the entrance of Sanaa International AirportBruce Riedel on the global terror alert.


Al-Qaida ‘Legion of Doom’ conference call triggered alert

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 06:44 AM PDT

A policeman checks a car at the entrance of Sanaa International Airport, in Yemen, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen to leave the country. The department said in a travel warning that it had ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel from Yemen "due to the continued potential for terrorist attacks" and said U.S. citizens in Yemen should leave immediately because of an "extremely high" security threat level. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)That worldwide terrorism alert? Those sweeping U.S. embassy closures? All because American intelligence intercepted a — get this — "conference call" led by al-Qaida supremo Ayman al-Zawahiri that included al-Qaida affiliate leaders around the world.


Al Qaeda plot revealed? Yemen says it stopped massive militant operation

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 05:15 AM PDT

Yemeni officials say the government has foiled a massive plot to attack the country's oil and export infrastructure, plans that may have been the subject of last week's Al Qaeda communications that triggered a broad US closure of its diplomatic missions around the world.

Bombings kill 6 in Iraq, including 3 police

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 05:13 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say bombings in north and central Iraq have killed six people, including three policemen.

Steven Spielberg pulls out of 'American Sniper'

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 04:56 AM PDT

Steven Spielberg pulls out of 'American Sniper'Steven Spielberg is no longer planning to direct "American Sniper." Publicist Marvin Levy confirmed Tuesday that Spielberg won't helm the adaptation of Chris Kyle's best-selling autobiography ...


Jordan foils alleged Syrian arms smuggling attempt

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 04:36 AM PDT

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian police are questioning two Syrians who allegedly tried to smuggle a large cache of arms including surface-to-air missiles into the kingdom, a security official said Wednesday. It was the second such attempt reported in a week.

Al Qaeda's 'Legion of Doom' blew its cover with a conference call

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 03:45 AM PDT

Two dozen top al Qaeda operatives dialed in to talk with Ayman al Zawahiri.U.S. intelligence were able to listen in on a telephonic meeting of more than 20 top terrorists


What's Going On in Yemen?

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 03:40 AM PDT

We now know more details about why 19 U.S. embassies were closed across the Arab world earlier this week, and why Americans were urged to leave Yemen. U.S. and Yemeni security officials tell various news outlets that a Qaida plot was in the works to take over the Yemeni oil supply and blasting foreign embassies with suicide bombs.As relayed to the Daily Beast, U.S. spies intercepted a conference call that a security official likened to "a meeting of the Legion of Doom" of 20 Qaida operatives in Pakistan, Nigeria, Iraq, and elsewhere. ...

Today in history: August 7

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 02:15 AM PDT

George H.W. Bush greets members army members after returning from a 30-day tour of the Middle East as part of Operation Desert Shield in 1990.In 1990, George H.W. Bush ordered a military buildup in the Middle East


Al Qaeda’s Legion of Doom

Posted: 07 Aug 2013 01:45 AM PDT

Al Qaeda's Legion of DoomEli Lake and Josh Rogin report on the conference call that sparked the U.S. alerts and embassy closures.


Dick Cheney Keeping Head Down in Daughter's Senate Bid

Posted: 06 Aug 2013 11:22 PM PDT

To most people, he's the former vice president of the United States. But in Liz Cheney's underdog campaign for the U.S. Senate from Wyoming, he's "Liz's dad."

Bombs target Iraqi shoppers, killing more than 50

Posted: 06 Aug 2013 08:57 PM PDT

Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of car bombs targeting busy markets and shopping streets in and around Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical and police sources said, part of a surge in violence in recent months. Insurgent attacks have multiplied in Iraq since the start of the year, with more than 1,000 people killed in July, the highest monthly death toll since 2008, according to the United Nations. ...


U.S. military judge trims potential sentence in WikiLeaks case

Posted: 06 Aug 2013 06:53 PM PDT

U.S. Army Private First Class Manning departs the courthouse at Fort Meade, MarylandBy Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The military judge who last week convicted soldier Bradley Manning of committing the biggest breach of classified data in U.S. history through WikiLeaks on Tuesday trimmed the maximum prison sentence the private first class could face. ...


Entry of Republican congressman promises hot Senate race in Arkansas

Posted: 06 Aug 2013 05:51 PM PDT

Pryor of Arkansas speaks at a media conference at a command center near the Albert Pike recreation area near Caddo Gap, ArkansasBy Suzi Parker LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Arkansas Representative Tom Cotton, considered a rising star in the Republican Party, announced on Tuesday he will challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor in what could likely be one of the most heated 2014 races. Cotton had been the favored Arkansas candidate among national Republicans hoping to recruit a strong slate and win majority control in the U.S. Senate. Pryor, 50, a two-term moderate, is seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents. ...


San Diego mayor accused of inappropriate behavior by 11th woman

Posted: 06 Aug 2013 05:09 PM PDT

Attorney Allred, Tyler and Ragazzino attend at a news conference in San Diego, CaliforniaBy Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The number of women to publicly accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of inappropriate behavior increased to 11 on Tuesday when a vocational nurse said she had been propositioned by Filner while seeking his help on behalf of a disabled U.S. war veteran. The nurse, Michelle Tyler, told reporters that the mayor began stroking her arm and asking her out on a date while she was alone with him in his City Hall office in June - suggesting that his willingness to assist her depended on it. The 70-year-old Democrat and former U.S. ...


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