2013年9月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Rouhani calls US a 'great' nation in sharp change

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 01:50 PM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes his chair before a news conference at the Millennium Hotel in midtown Manhattan, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the United States a "great" nation Friday in a sharp reversal from his predecessors and expressed hope that at the very least the two governments can stop the escalation of tensions.


Fiscal gridlock may leave Iraqi translators stranded

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 01:03 PM PDT

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of Iraqis who risked their lives working for the American military and are waiting for special visas to move to the United States could remain in limbo for months because of Congress' inability to reach a budget agreement. A program granting visas to the Iraqis and their immediate families expires on September 30, the end of the fiscal year. ...

Bombs targeting Sunni worshippers kill six in Baghdad

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 12:26 PM PDT

An Iraqi boy inspects a burnt out vehicle the day after a bombing in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, on September 22, 2103Baghdad (AFP) - Two bombs exploded near Sunni mosques in the Iraqi capital as worshippers left after Friday prayers, killing six people, while seven more died in attacks targeting security forces, officials said.


Car bomb kills 30 in town north of Syrian capital

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 11:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens gather at the scene of a car bomb exploded in the residential al-Tadhamon neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. Car bombs, shelling and airstrikes have become common in Syria's civil war, which has killed more than 100,000 people and driven another 7 million _ around a third of the country's pre-war population _ from their homes since March 2011. (AP Photo/SANA, File)BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded near a mosque north of the Syrian capital as worshippers emerged from Friday prayers, killing at least 30 people, causing part of the building's roof to collapse and littering the street with smoldering debris, activists said.


Syrian chemical arms inspections could begin soon

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:39 AM PDT

In this image taken from Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, video obtained from the Sham News Network, Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces near Daraa customs in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war. (AP Photo/Sham News Network via AP video)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The inspectors responsible for tracking down Syria's chemical arms stockpile and verifying its destruction plan to start in Syria by Tuesday. They will face their tightest deadlines ever and work right in the heart of a war zone, according to a draft decision obtained Friday by The Associated Press.


More rebel groups reject Syrian opposition coalition - statement

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 10:24 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 30 rebel factions have broken with the Western-backed Syrian opposition organization and its military wing, according to a video statement posted on the Internet. Though representing a small percentage of the rebel forces, the announcement by dozens of units from different areas across the country further undermines international efforts to build a pro-Western military force to replace President Bashar al-Assad. ...

Watchdog hopes Syrian inspections begin by Tuesday

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 09:26 AM PDT

In this image taken from Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, video obtained from the Sham News Network, Syrian opposition fighters fire at government forces near Daraa customs in Daraa al-Balad, Syria. Russia offered on Thursday to provide troops to guard facilities where Syria's chemical weapons would be destroyed, as U.N. inspectors prepared to continue their probe on the use of such agents in the country's civil war. (AP Photo/Sham News Network via AP video)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The inspectors responsible for tracking down Syria's chemical arms stockpile and verifying its destruction plan to start in Syria by Tuesday. They will face their tightest deadlines ever and work right in the heart of a war zone, according to a draft decision obtained Friday by The Associated Press.


3 ex-soldiers accused of plot to kill DEA agent

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 08:27 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Two former American soldiers — one nicknamed "Rambo" — and a German ex-soldier were charged Friday with plotting to kill a U.S. drug enforcement agent and an informant after a law enforcement sting interrupted their plans to use five ex-military snipers to protect illegal drug shipments, authorities said.

Ubiquitous Kerry casts shadow on Clinton record

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:30 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) greets US President Barack Obama before the president's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 12, 2013Washington (AFP) - In rolling the dice on Iran, Syria and Middle East peace, President Barack Obama has made Secretary of State John Kerry the chief executor of his foreign policy legacy -- a role denied to Hillary Clinton.


Afghanistan Wants Post-2014 Troops to Battle the Taliban, not al Qaeda

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 07:02 AM PDT

U.S. troops went to Afghanistan to battle al Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden in retaliation for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Now, 12 years later, will they stay to battle the Taliban?

US, allies see chance to resolve Iran nuke impasse

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 06:49 AM PDT

CORRECTS DATE TO THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2013 FROM WEDNESDAY - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. and its international partners emerged from a meeting with Iran declaring that a "window of opportunity has opened" to peacefully settle their nuclear standoff. But diplomats asked Tehran to come back with a detailed plan of action to reassure the world it is not trying to build an atomic bomb.


Syrian arsenal inspections to begin by Tuesday

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 06:47 AM PDT

CORRECTS DATE TO THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 2013 FROM WEDNESDAY - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany during the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The inspectors responsible for tracking down Syria's chemical arms stockpile and verifying its destruction plan to start in Syria by Tuesday. They will face their tightest deadlines ever and work right in the heart of a war zone, according to a draft decision obtained Friday by The Associated Press.


Seven Sunni worshippers killed in Baghdad bomb attacks: police

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 05:57 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs planted at the entrance to two mosques in predominantly Sunni districts of the Iraqi capital killed at least seven worshippers as they left Friday prayers, police and medical sources said. The deadliest explosion took place in the mainly Sunni district of Doura in southern Baghdad, where at least five worshippers were killed and a further 16 wounded, police said. Two others died in a blast in the northwestern al-Jihad neighborhood. ...

Bombs target Sunni mosques in Iraq, killing 7

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 04:35 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say bombs planted near two Sunni mosques in Baghdad have killed seven worshippers in the latest attacks targeting the sect's holy sites.

Syria rebel chief: extremists 'stealing revolution'

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 03:37 AM PDT

Jihadist militants with the Al-Nusra Front patrol the Syrian village of Aziza, on April 4, 2013Beirut (AFP) - The head of the key Syrian opposition National Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, has denounced extremists he said were trying to "steal our revolution", and blamed the regime for supporting them.


The U.N.'s resolution on Syria: The good and the bad

Posted: 27 Sep 2013 03:08 AM PDT

The deal is a compromise among the U.S., its allies and Russia about how to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons.Thursday was a busy day at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Secretary of State John Kerry held the highest-level U.S.-Iran meeting since the 1979 Iran-hostage crisis, and by evening, the five veto-wielding powers on the United Nations Security Council agreed on a resolution compelling Syria to hand over its stockpile of chemical weapons.


US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:38 PM PDT

US State Secretary John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talk at the UN General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2013UNITED NATIONS (United States) (AFP) - The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's conflict.


Iraq ratifies nuclear test ban treaty

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 05:35 PM PDT

Journalists are shown Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in the town of al-Toweitheh, on September 9, 2002Vienna (AFP) - Iraq ratified Friday the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), an accord that however cannot enter into force until the United States, China and six other states follow suit.


New Pentagon rules ban tattoos on the neck and below elbows or knees

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 05:05 PM PDT

For new US military recruits, there are new body art rules on the horizon that boil down to no neck tattoos and no ink below the elbows or knees.

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