2013年2月2日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Turkey: Embassy bombers cling to Cold War ideology

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 01:20 PM PST

Satellite map locates Ankara, Turkey site of a U.S. embassy explosion.ISTANBUL (AP) — Long before al-Qaida, when the Cold War gripped the world, leftist terrorists staged spectacular attacks in a doomed campaign to overthrow governments and impose their vision of a socialist utopia. The bulk of these extremist groups eventually drifted into oblivion, gutted by police pressure, internal rifts and an ideology undercut by communism's fall.

Syrian rebels advance near Aleppo airport

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 11:36 AM PST

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters carrying banners during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. The Arabic banner, foreground, reads: "we will teach you the meaning of the steadfastness, we will teach that the stone is eaten, and the cold is beautiful, and the death is better, so don't dialogue with him (Bashar Assad)." (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a strategic neighborhood near Aleppo's international airport on Saturday, putting opposition fighters in control of a key road that the regime has used to ferry supplies and reinforcements to soldiers fighting in the embattled northern city, activists said.

PM says Syrian-style revolt impossible in Iraq

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 08:50 AM PST

Iraqis chant anti-government slogans as they wave national flags and hold posters of slain protesters in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Last week, five protesters and two Iraqi soldiers were killed in clashes in Fallujah. Tens of thousands of Sunni protesters blocked a major highway in western Iraq on Friday, as an al-Qaida-affiliated group called on Sunnis to take up arms against the Shiite-led government. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that a Syrian-style revolt against the government "will not happen" in his country, despite mounting street protests by minority Sunnis against his Shiite-led rule.

Syrian activists: Rebels advance near airport

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 07:55 AM PST

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters carrying banners during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. The Arabic banner, foreground, reads: "we will teach you the meaning of the steadfastness, we will teach that the stone is eaten, and the cold is beautiful, and the death is better, so don't dialogue with him (Bashar Assad)." (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a strategic neighborhood near Aleppo's international airport on Saturday, putting opposition fighters in control of a key road that the regime has used to ferry supplies and reinforcements to soldiers fighting in the embattled northern city, activists said.

Ex-Israeli security chiefs speak out in Oscar documentary nominee

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 05:00 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Oscar-nominated documentary "The Gatekeepers" focuses on Israel, but its director says that all countries can gain insight about the risks that arise if secretive security agencies operate without adequate restraints. In "The Gatekeepers," six former heads of Israeli internal security and intelligence agency Shin Bet reflect on their failures and successes in gathering information on state enemies, orchestrating secret operations and tracking militants. They also offer some unexpected perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Hackers call Iraqi PM 'oppressor' on his website

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 03:17 AM PST

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hackers have broken into the official website of the embattled Iraqi prime minister, calling him an "oppressor."

Amid Iraqi protests, hackers hit Maliki's website

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 01:00 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during the opening ceremony of the Defence University for Military Studies inside BaghdadBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is facing protests from Sunni Muslims, an oil dispute with the Kurdistan region and turmoil in his own government. Now hackers have attacked his website to brand him a tyrant. A group called "TeaM KuWaiT HaCkErS" posted on Maliki's website a picture of two women in black weeping and expressing support for Iraqis who it said were fighting oppression. ...

Despite weak Senate performance, Hagel may yet win Pentagon post

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 03:02 PM PST

Former Sen. Chuck Hagel testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chuck Hagel's cautious testimony may not have won converts during his contentious nomination hearing for U.S. defense secretary, but it appeared on Friday not to have cost support he will need to be confirmed as the new Pentagon chief. Republicans hammered Hagel when he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, with some of the fiercest questioning coming from those who had served alongside him during his two terms as a Republican senator from Nebraska. ...

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