Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Army may have to extend deployments in Afghanistan
• The State of the Union for America’s Veterans: Screwed?
• Hagel delay gives opposition time to hone attack
• Sun Valley Film Festival Announces Short Film, Student Film and Music Video Lineup
• Will Republicans regret the decision to delay Chuck Hagel's nomination?
• Federal Charges Against Jesse Jackson Jr. End Dreams of a Dynasty
• The Jesse Jackson Fraud Charges End Dreams of a Dynasty
• The Jesse Jackson Guilty Plea Ends Dreams of a Dynasty
• Swedish photographer wins World Press Photo award
• NATO, US must shore up Libya
• Sunnis gather in Iraqi cities in mass protests
• Iraq budget battle opens new front in Kurdish feud
• China's New Leader, the Real Problem with Cruises, and Maurice Sendak
• The legacy of London's Iraq War march of 2003
• After years of toil, book names Bosnian war dead
• Can Chuck Hagel recover from his brutal confirmation process?
• The Little-Known Man Behind ExxonMobil in Baghdad
• 6 (More) Reasons Why Americans Hate Washington
• 6 (More) Reasons Why America Hates Washington
• Hagel stalled, but confirmation still expected
• In Mali town, counter-insurgency task ties down French
• Why Republican delay isn't likely to stop Chuck Hagel confirmation
• Is Obama's Drone Policy Really Morally Superior to Torture?

Army may have to extend deployments in Afghanistan Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:50 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Soldiers deployed to Afghanistan next year may see their war tours extended because budget cuts will drastically limit training for brigades to replace them, the top Army general said Friday.

The State of the Union for America’s Veterans: Screwed? Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:50 PM PST Corey Wynn was among the thousands of returning Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who had trouble finding work after leaving the military in 2010. The former Alabama Army National Guardsman was laid off from a security company, which had been his only steady job since leaving the service. It wasn't until last summer when he met Bob Gossett, a specialist with the Alabama Disabled Veterans Outreach Program, that his luck changed.

Hagel delay gives opposition time to hone attack Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:49 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The weeklong Senate recess gives outside interest groups opposed to Chuck Hagel's nomination to become defense secretary more time to sharpen their attack against President Barack Obama's choice. And they're not wasting any of it, promising to redouble their efforts to scour Hagel's record and to pressure senators to vote against him.

Sun Valley Film Festival Announces Short Film, Student Film and Music Video Lineup Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:02 PM PST An eclectic assortment of short films, student films and music videos have been selected for screening at the upcoming 2013 Sun Valley Film Festival, March 14-17, presented by Zions Bank. The 20 short films, 13 student films and 15 music videos were selected based on their focus on story, no matter the medium.SUN VALLEY, Idaho (PRWEB) February 15, 2013 An eclectic assortment of short films, student films and music videos have been selected for screening at the upcoming 2013 Sun Valley Film Festival, March 14-17, presented by Zions Bank. ...

Will Republicans regret the decision to delay Chuck Hagel's nomination? Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:22 AM PST Did Senate Republicans win a political victory with their filibuster (though they've declined to call it that) of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel? Or will it prove to be a Pyrrhic one?

Federal Charges Against Jesse Jackson Jr. End Dreams of a Dynasty Posted: 15 Feb 2013 11:11 AM PST Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jesse Jackson Jr., household names in Chicago and among political observers of a certain age, were building an African-American political dynasty with the White House in its sights. So much for that.

The Jesse Jackson Fraud Charges End Dreams of a Dynasty Posted: 15 Feb 2013 08:14 AM PST Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jesse Jackson Jr., household names in Chicago and among political observers of a certain age, were building an African-American political dynasty with the White House in its sights. So much for that.

The Jesse Jackson Guilty Plea Ends Dreams of a Dynasty Posted: 15 Feb 2013 08:07 AM PST Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jesse Jackson Jr., household names in Chicago and among political observers of a certain age, were building an African-American political dynasty with the White House in its sights. So much for that.

Swedish photographer wins World Press Photo award Posted: 15 Feb 2013 07:30 AM PST Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won the 2012 World Press Photo award Friday for newspaper Dagens Nyheter with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to ...

NATO, US must shore up Libya Posted: 15 Feb 2013 07:24 AM PST In the 15 months since NATO ended its intervention in Libya, little has been accomplished to secure the hard-won gains of the war, and trends are headed in the wrong direction. It's time to go back, lest Libya's post-war transition run off the rails.

Sunnis gather in Iraqi cities in mass protests Posted: 15 Feb 2013 07:19 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims rallied on Friday in several Iraqi cities to protest what they describe as unfair treatment by the country's Shiite-led government, extending concerns over rising sectarian tension in the country.

Iraq budget battle opens new front in Kurdish feud Posted: 15 Feb 2013 07:13 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A dispute between Iraq's government and the autonomous region of Kurdistan over oil rights is delaying this year's national budget, jeopardizing much-needed investment, as the country's finances have become a new front in the long-running feud. Iraq's cabinet approved the $118.6 billion budget in October, but infighting among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish factions this week scuttled attempts by lawmakers to pass the draft legislation in parliament. A year after the last U.S. ...

China's New Leader, the Real Problem with Cruises, and Maurice Sendak Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:36 AM PST Behind the New York Times pay wall, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

The legacy of London's Iraq War march of 2003 Posted: 15 Feb 2013 06:12 AM PST Tansy Hoskins remembers stamping her feet to ward off the bitter February cold after managing to join millions of people squeezed into Hyde Park 10 years ago today for the United Kingdom's largest-ever political demonstration.

After years of toil, book names Bosnian war dead Posted: 15 Feb 2013 04:49 AM PST SARAJEVO/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Mirsad Tokaca calls it the "crowning achievement" of 10 years of painstaking research - thousands of grey pages bearing the names of 95,940 victims of the Bosnian war, where they died and when. Published last month, war crimes researchers say The Bosnian Book of the Dead represents the most comprehensive statistical analysis yet of the bloodshed in Bosnia after federal Yugoslavia fell apart at the close of the 20th century. ...

Can Chuck Hagel recover from his brutal confirmation process? Posted: 15 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST Even if he is finally confirmed, the decorated war veteran may be too weakened to have much influence

The Little-Known Man Behind ExxonMobil in Baghdad Posted: 15 Feb 2013 03:49 AM PST A bit of media attention has been drawn to ExxonMobil's hiring of some of America's most seasoned foreign policy hands as advisers abroad, including to help it through a fix in Iraq. As reported first by the Iraq Oil Report (paywall), most prominent on the list are former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and former Ambassador James Jeffrey.

6 (More) Reasons Why Americans Hate Washington Posted: 15 Feb 2013 02:13 AM PST In a moment of eloquence almost unprecedented in the malapropistic career of Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader said Thursday, "Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse."

6 (More) Reasons Why America Hates Washington Posted: 15 Feb 2013 01:19 AM PST In a moment of eloquence almost unprecedented in the malapropistic career of Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader said Thursday, "Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse."

Hagel stalled, but confirmation still expected Posted: 15 Feb 2013 12:42 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — By delaying a confirmation vote on Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, Senate Republicans have forced Leon Panetta to remain on the job he is eager to give up. But they've also given the White House an opportunity to cast the GOP as obstructing President Barack Obama's assembly of a second-term national security team.

In Mali town, counter-insurgency task ties down French Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:36 PM PST GAO, Mali (Reuters) - By the slow-moving Niger River at Gao, the north Malian town retaken by French troops from Islamist rebels last month, men repair fishing nets beside beached pirogues, women wash pots and children splash naked in the muddy water. The scene looks tranquil enough but the French soldiers and their allied troops from Niger on the riverbank are alert, fingering their weapons and squinting southwest across the water to the village of Kadji, shrouded by eucalyptus trees. ...

Why Republican delay isn't likely to stop Chuck Hagel confirmation Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:56 PM PST Republicans vowed to stop Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the nation's next secretary of Defense dead in its tracks – until the end of the month, at least.

Is Obama's Drone Policy Really Morally Superior to Torture? Posted: 14 Feb 2013 02:07 PM PST Here is the worst-kept secret in Washington: Instead of capturing and grilling suspected terrorists, as agents did during the 2000s, the United States now kills them from above. Yet where the morality of President Bush's tactics chewed up years of public debate, Congress and the press seem less interested in the legitimacy of drone strikes than in the process (and secrecy) that surrounds them. Members questioned John Brennan, the CIA nominee who helped build the administration's drone strategy, along exactly these lines. ...

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