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Yahoo! News: Iraq


New sanctions likely despite thaw in US-Iran ties

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 02:26 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama makes a statement in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, after he spoke with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Congress generally backs Obama's new outreach to Iran, but with tougher U.S. economic sanctions against Tehran on the way, the president's diplomatic task will only get harder if he doesn't make quick progress. Obama's phone call last week to Rouhani was the first contact in more than 30 years between the leaders of the two countries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers from both parties have expressed a willingness to give President Barack Obama's outreach to Iran a chance to end to Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West, but at the same time they are crafting tough new U.S. economic sanctions to further isolate the Islamic republic.


Weapons experts start Syria mission amid clashes

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:19 PM PDT

A convoy of inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons prepares to cross into Syria at the Lebanese border crossing point of Masnaa, eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. An advance group of 20 inspectors from a Netherlands-based chemical weapons watchdog arrived in Syria on Tuesday to begin their complex mission of finding, dismantling and ultimately destroying an estimated 1,000-ton chemical arsenal. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Deadly clashes raged on the edge of Damascus on Wednesday and rival rebel factions battled each other in northern Syria as international chemical weapons inspectors began to secure the sites will they will work.


Iraq president's party comes third in Kurdish polls

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Sarbast Mustafa, Head of the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, announces final results of elections in the autonomous Kurdish region, in Arbil on October 2, 2013Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party finished third behind an opposition movement in the autonomous Kurdish region's parliamentary polls, shaking a decades-long duopoly on power, according to final results released Wednesday.


Afternoon Round Up: Gridlock in Congress, Good News for Your iPad

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:54 AM PDT

TODAY IN ONE PARAGRAPH: The fundamentals of the shutdown stand-off are largely unchanged. Harry Reid is still demanding House Republicans pass Democrats "clean" continuing resolution to reopen government, but John Boehner is standing his ground. Instead, House Republicans—with the help of a handful of defecting House Democrats—are sending the Senate piecemeal bills that would fund parts of the government, including the Veterans Affairs Department and the National Park Service. ...

Iraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT

Iraqi firemen extinguish a fire at the site of a car bomb attack in the northern city of Kirkuk on October 2, 2013Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing four security forces members, as at least 14 people died in other violence, officials said.


Top Iraq Kurdish party wins local legislature vote

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013 file photo, An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her ballot in a regional election in Irbil, Iraq. The leading party in Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region has won the largest bloc in the local legislature, gaining eight seats. Kurds have enjoyed autonomy since 1991, when a U.S.-British no-fly zone helped protect them from Saddam Hussein's forces until his fall in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Since then, the region has been largely peaceful compared to the rest of Iraq. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — The leading party in Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region advanced its position in the local legislature in election results announced Wednesday, winning the largest bloc of seats even as its coalition partner fell behind a persistent opposition movement.


Syria chemical disarmament team begins mission

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

A convoy of United Nations vehicles is seen at the Lebanon-Syria Masnaa border crossing on October 1, 2013 as a chemical weapons disarmament team cross into SyriaDamascus (AFP) - International disarmament experts began on Wednesday their mission to catalogue Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons under a deal that will see the arms turned over for destruction by mid-2014.


Gridlock in Congress, Good News for Your iPad: THE EDGE—Brought to you by the American Medical Association

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:17 AM PDT

TODAY IN ONE PARAGRAPH: The fundamentals of the shutdown stand-off are largely unchanged. Harry Reid is still demanding House Republicans pass Democrats "clean" continuing resolution to reopen government, but John Boehner is standing his ground. Instead, House Republicans—with the help of a handful of defecting House Democrats—are sending the Senate piecemeal bills that would fund parts of the government, including the Veterans Affairs Department and the National Park Service. ...

Government shutdown hurting U.S. army: general

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:12 AM PDT

U.S. Army General Odierno and Secretary of Defense Hagel listen as President Obama speaks to the media after a meeting on sexual assault in the military at the White House in WashingtonBy Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's chief of staff said on Wednesday the government shutdown was significantly harming the army's day-to-day operations and he urged a rapid resolution to the funding row. General Ray Odierno said the shutdown "impacts significantly day-to-day operations", forcing the military to cut training and travel and to focus on essential tasks. "The longer it goes on, the worse it gets. ...


Al Qaeda-linked group advances on Syrian rebels near Turkey

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 08:53 AM PDT

By Alexander Dziadosz and Stephen Kalin BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked fighters fought rival Syrian rebels near the border with Turkey on Wednesday, activists said, in an outbreak of violence driven by the divisions between factions battling President Bashar al-Assad. The fighting illustrates the volatile situation in Syria as a team of chemical weapons experts start the process of eliminating Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, with inspections expected to begin next week. ...

Syria jihadists 'advance toward Turkey border post'

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Jihadist militants with the Al-Nusra Front patrol the Syrian village of Aziza, on April 4, 2013Beirut (AFP) - Hundreds of jihadist fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have advanced in northern Syria towards a border post with Turkey, an NGO said Wednesday.


Shutdown is latest bad news for military towns

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 07:27 AM PDT

Shutdown is latest bad news for military townsIn eight years, Brian Kent has taken his military consulting business from the garage of his home to a premier office building with a view of Fayetteville's most gorgeous park splashed below his corner ...


Disputes threaten post-2014 US-Afghan pact: Kabul

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 07:10 AM PDT

US soldiers gather after a clash between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Torkham on September 2, 2013Kabul (AFP) - A planned deal to let US forces stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014 to fight Al-Qaeda remnants is under threat because of disagreement over the Americans' right to conduct military operations, Kabul says.


Weapons experts begin Syria mission amid clashes

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 07:02 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — As deadly clashes raged on the edge of Damascus, international inspectors left their hotel on Wednesday to start work on the task of destroying Syria's chemical arsenal under the tightest of deadlines in the midst of a civil war.

Syria refugee quotas offered by 17 countries: UNHCR

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 06:48 AM PDT

A file picture taken on August 27, 2013, shows Kurd refugees from Syria sitting outside tents provided by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) at the Quru Gusik refugee camp in northern IraqBeirut (AFP) - Seventeen countries including the United States, France and Australia have agreed to receive quotas of refugees fleeing the bloody conflict in Syria, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.


Navy SEAL, Mega Church Pastor Support Military BibleSticks for Armed Forces in Updated Bible on the Battlefield Video

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 06:17 AM PDT

Faith Comes By Hearing video project also features Franklin Graham, Lt. General (Ret.) William Boykin, host Ryan DobsonALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since 2008, Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) has provided more than 350,000 Military BibleSticks to this nation's brave men and women in uniform – free of charge.  Distributed through the chaplaincy corps, the small, portable digital device contains a dramatized recording of the New Testament and select Psalms. ...

CTBTO Hopeful Syria Will Sign Test Ban Pact

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 05:02 AM PDT

The implementing body of an international pact that bans nuclear weapons testing suggested that Syria could finally sign the treaty following Damascus' recent announcement it would join another accord that prohibits chemical weapons usage, ITAR-Tass reported on Wednesday.

Afghans balk at U.S. push for operations after 2014: spokesman

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 04:08 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in BeijingBy Dylan Welch and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. bid to run unilateral counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan after 2014 is threatening to derail a security pact between the two countries, an Afghan spokesman said, underlining Afghanistan's tenuous ties with its main backer. Most foreign combat troops are due to leave by the end of 2014, and the United States has been putting pressure on Afghanistan to finalize a bilateral security agreement by the end of this month. The pact will set out the terms of a U.S. ...


Militants shoot down military helicopter in northern Iraq: police

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 03:13 AM PDT

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Unidentified militants shot down a military helicopter in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing all four crew members, police sources said. The helicopter was carrying out a security mission between the city of Kirkuk and Salahuddin province in the early morning when it came under heavy fire and crashed in western Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. It is the second helicopter to be downed in the area in recent weeks. ...

Gunmen down military helicopter in central Iraq

Posted: 02 Oct 2013 01:31 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have downed a military helicopter north of Baghdad, killing its five-member crew.

Press Conference Denouncing President Obama's Outreach to Hassan Rouhani, Silence on the Massacre of Iranian Dissidents at Camp Ashraf

Posted: 01 Oct 2013 10:55 PM PDT

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Thursday, October 3, 201311:30 AMAlexandria RoomEmbassy Suites Brea900 East Birch St.Brea, CA 92821Partial list of Speakers:Afzal Afzal-nia, a U.S. citizen residing in Placentia, CA. His brother was murdered by Iraqi forces at Camp Ashraf on Sept 1. Afzal's cousin is among the seven residents taken hostage.Amir Emadi, a U.S. citizen residing in southern California. His father was murdered by Iraqi forces at Camp Ashraf on Sept 1.California Society for Democracy in Iran (http://www.californiasdi. ...

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