2013年10月9日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


U.S. freezes ‘large-scale’ arms aid to Egypt

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 02:07 PM PDT

In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's capital has long been proud of its nickname, No F-16s. No Apaches. Cuts in cash aid. But will be reviewed regularly.


During shutdown, U.S. charity to ensure fallen troops' death benefits

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 01:56 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of the Army John McHugh salute as a U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Pfc. Cody J. Patterson of Philomath, Oregon at Dover Air Force BaseBy Phil Stewart and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private U.S. charity struck a deal with the Pentagon on Wednesday to advance a "death gratuity" to families of American troops who die during the government shutdown, after the Defense Department determined it was legally unable to make the $100,000 payment. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the agreement after returning from Dover Air Force Base, where he attended a ceremony marking the return of the bodies of four U.S. soldiers killed by insurgents in Afghanistan on Sunday. ...


VA chief: Shutdown could hit millions of vets

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 01:33 PM PDT

FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2010, file photo Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki applauds the veterans in the audience while speaking at a disabled veterans' memorial dedication ceremony in Washington. Although the number of veterans' disability claims keep soaring, Shinseki said Sunday, March 24, 2013, that he's committed to ending the backlog by 2015 by replacing paper with electronic records. About 600,000 claims, or 70 percent, are considered backlogged, and the number of claims pending for more than 125 days has nearly quadrupled under Shinseki's watch. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.


Twelve Iraqis killed in sectarian violence

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed by roadside bombs and shootings across Iraq on Wednesday and a government convoy came under attack, prompting a senior politician to accuse security services of negligence. The deadliest attack, in what has become daily sectarian violence, took place in a town near Kut, south of Baghdad, when a roadside bomb hit a minibus carrying Shi'ite poultry farm workers, killing eight of them, police said. Four policemen were killed and six wounded when militants opened fire at a checkpoint in Baiji, north of the capital. ...

Iraq attacks kill 9, wound parliament chief's guards

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:54 AM PDT

An Iraqi boy stands at the site the morning after a car bomb attack in the Zafaraniyah area south of Baghdad, on October 8, 2013Baghdad (AFP) - Attacks killed nine people in Iraq on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near a convoy of parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi's guards, wounding at least five, officials said.


Hezbollah, Iraqi militia capture Damascus suburb: opposition

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:07 AM PDT

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi and Lebanese Shi'ite militia backed by Syrian army firepower overran a southern suburb of Damascus on Wednesday, opposition activists said, in a blow to Sunni Muslim rebels trying to hold onto strategic outskirts of the capital. At least 20 rebels were killed when Hezbollah guerrillas and Iraqi militiamen captured the town of Sheikh Omar under cover of Syrian army artillery and tank fire and aerial bombardment, the activists said, with tens of Shi'ite fighters killed or wounded. ...

Insight: Saudis brace for 'nightmare' of U.S.-Iran rapprochement

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:51 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia's FM Prince Faisal attends the opening of an Arab League meeting in CairoBy Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - When Saudi Arabia's veteran foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, made no annual address to the United Nations General Assembly last week for the first time ever, his unspoken message could hardly have been louder. For most countries, refusing to give a scheduled speech would count as little more than a diplomatic slap on the wrist, but for staid Saudi Arabia, which prefers backroom politicking to the public arena, it was uncharacteristically forthright. ...


How U.S. Interrogators Could Make Anas Al-Libi Talk

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:40 AM PDT

How U.S. Interrogators Could Make Anas Al-Libi TalkSeparating Myth From Fact About Techniques a Special Interrogation Team Can Use on Al Qaeda Suspect


Soccer-Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 07:14 AM PDT

By Raheem Salman and Matt Smith BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Iraq has withdrawn from the 2014-5 Gulf Cup of Nations in protest at a decision to move the tournament from the southern city of Basra to Saudi Arabia, in a spat highlighting the two countries' worsening relations. The competition between the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), plus usually Iraq and Yemen, is little known outside the region, but hotly contested within it and is next due to be held in late 2014 or early 2015. ...

USCCAR Calls on Obama Administration to Hold Iraq Accountable for September 1 Massacre At Camp Ashraf and to Save Seven Abducted Residents

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:30 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) deplores the failure by the White House to hold the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki accountable for the September 1 massacre of 52 defenseless residents of Camp Ashraf, members of principal opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). ...

Hagel promises Israel to be 'clear-eyed' on Iran

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 03:10 AM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel aboard the USS Stethem DDG 63 at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, a US Naval base outside of Tokyo on October 4, 2013Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has promised Israel the United States will be "clear-eyed" and committed to ensuring that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons as Washington pursues engagement.


Football: Jeddah to host Gulf Cup

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 02:04 AM PDT

Football: Jeddah to host Gulf CupThe Saudi city of Jeddah has replaced Basra in Iraq as host of the next Gulf Cup football championship, the president of the Bahrain football federation said on Tuesday.


Iran rejects U.S. condition for joining Syria peace conference

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 12:25 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran rejects any conditions for taking part in a long-delayed peace conference on Syria, Iranian media reported, in effect dismissing a U.S. suggestion that Tehran back a call for a transitional government in Damascus. The United States accuses Iran of supporting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a civil war that has run for more than two years, killed more than 100,000 people and eluded all efforts at a peaceful settlement. The U.S. ...

Soccer-Prince Ali criticises FIFA over Middle East treatment

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:08 PM PDT

Oct 9 (Reuters) - FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein has criticised soccer's world governing body FIFA for banning Iraq from hosting home internationals and called upon the organisation to do more for supporters in the Middle East. Iraq hosted friendlies against Syria and Liberia earlier this year after FIFA lifted a previous ban, but it was reintroduced in July over security concerns in the war-torn country where two suicide bombers killed 60 people in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday. ...

U.S. may freeze most Egypt aid in days: Report

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:30 PM PDT

In this Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 photo, Egyptian army soldiers take their positions on top and next to their armored vehicles to guard an entrance of Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's capital has long been proud of its nickname, Three months after President Mohammed Morsi's removal, a potentially major U.S. shift


How America decides which missions to give SEAL Team Six

Posted: 08 Oct 2013 06:43 AM PDT

There's a method to this madness.The global reach of the United States' military, and the Joint Special Operations Command in particular, was demonstrated again this weekend when a pair of highly publicized raids intended to capture terrorist masterminds in Africa were executed within hours of each other.


4 reasons President Obama isn't negotiating with Republicans

Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:22 PM PDT

Obama and Biden are standing pat.As the government shutdown enters its second week and Congress hurtles toward a deadline to raise the debt ceiling, Republicans are coalescing around a message that they appear to believe will sway public opinion in their favor: President Obama refuses to negotiate.


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