Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Allen retirement opens Europe command slot
• 'KNOW YOUR ENEMY' IS FIRST RULE OF WAR
• General John Allen to retire, won't take NATO nomination
• Sunni protesters dig in as tensions flare in Iraq
• Desktop Alert 5.x added to Department of Defense DISA Approved Products List (APL)
• Gen. Allen to retire, won't lead European command
• Correction: LAPD-Revenge Killings-The Ruins story
• General John Allen to Retire
• Russia opposes referring Syrians to ICC now: official
• Chuck Hagel, Strategic Thinker
• A civics lesson for 20-somethings
• Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, Ocalan warns on peace process
• Iraq panel clears senior judge over Saddam ties
• WATCH: The deadly, insect-sized drones of the future
• Has the door shut on a diplomatic solution to Syria's conflict?
• Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, peace process edges forward
• HuffPost Columnist Gini Graham Scott Takes on Liars and Lying in Latest Column
• Good News Peaceniks: Arms Sales Are Down for the First Time in Decades

Allen retirement opens Europe command slot Posted: 19 Feb 2013 04:40 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is looking for a new candidate to lead American and allied forces in Europe after his first choice, Marine Gen. John Allen, bowed out Tuesday and announced his intention to retire for what he called personal reasons.

'KNOW YOUR ENEMY' IS FIRST RULE OF WAR Posted: 19 Feb 2013 03:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- As impossible as it seems, it's been 10 years -- an entire decade in which so much else could have been done -- since our leaders sent us off to Iraq to do what only their psyches and egos could answer for.Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz -- they were largely the ones who reawakened their bitterness and anger at being stopped at the Iraqi border with Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, and not going to Baghdad to get the mass murderer Saddam Hussein.They never really forgot that insult to their manhood, and when President George H.W. ...

General John Allen to retire, won't take NATO nomination Posted: 19 Feb 2013 02:21 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Marine General John Allen, who led NATO forces in Afghanistan and was caught up but later cleared in the scandal that forced CIA chief David Petraeus to resign, said Tuesday he will retire and forgo his nomination to become NATO's supreme allied commander because of his wife's health. The decision ends the career of one of the U.S. military's most well-known leaders, who until February 10 spent 19 months in Afghanistan trying to help wind down America's longest war and strengthen Afghanistan's military to fight insurgency. ...

Sunni protesters dig in as tensions flare in Iraq Posted: 19 Feb 2013 12:04 PM PST RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — Sunni protesters are camped out in dozens of tents festooned with tribal banners on the edge of this one-time Iraqi insurgent stronghold. They are digging in and growing more organized, vowing to keep up their demonstrations against a Shiite-led government they feel has left them behind.

Desktop Alert 5.x added to Department of Defense DISA Approved Products List (APL) Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:36 AM PST Department of Defense (DoD) Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL) approval of Desktop Alert, Inc. / Total Alert System 5.x TN 1210701 as a Mass Notification Warning System (MNWS).Chatham, New Jersey (PRWEB) February 19, 2013 Desktop Alert Inc. today announced that the company's mass notification software has been added to the DISA Approved Product List (DISA APL) with the Army's enterprise-wide Authority to Operate (AtO). This approved memorandum expires 15 Feb 2016. ...

Gen. Allen to retire, won't lead European command Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:51 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he accepted Marine Gen. John Allen's request to retire rather than proceed with the White House's previous plan to make him commander of NATO forces in Europe.

Correction: LAPD-Revenge Killings-The Ruins story Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:30 AM PST BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — In a story Feb. 16 about the manhunt for former Los Angeles Police Officer Christopher Dorner, The Associated Press reported erroneously that section 10851 is part of California's penal code. It is part of the state motor vehicle code.

General John Allen to Retire Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:07 AM PST Former Afghan war commander to quit, re-opening Obama's search for new US commander in Europe

Russia opposes referring Syrians to ICC now: official Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:07 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A senior Russian official said Moscow would not immediately back calls to refer suspected war criminals in Syria to the International Criminal Court, adding such a move would obstruct efforts to stop the violence. U.N. investigators said on Monday that Syrian leaders they had identified as suspected war criminals should face the ICC in the Hague. Because Syria is not party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, the court can investigate the situation only if it receives a referral from the U.N. ...

Chuck Hagel, Strategic Thinker Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:52 AM PST It looks awfully likely that Chuck Hagel will squeak through confirmation as President Obama's Defense secretary. But it is also likely that he'll enter the Pentagon a damaged figure, a nominee tainted by the lingering impression that he is not ready to handle the vast complexities of a defense budget slated for slashing. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in telling Fox News Sunday that he would no longer block a Hagel vote, still indicated he was shifting his position reluctantly. He called Hagel "one of the most unqualified, radical choices for secretary of Defense in a long time. ...

A civics lesson for 20-somethings Posted: 19 Feb 2013 08:30 AM PST I have a distinct memory of that cold Saturday morning in February 2003. The invasion of Iraq was imminent. I jostled lead-heavy arms and legs throughout the apartment to get my best friends up and out to the antiwar march. They were none too happy with my political enthusiasms the morning after a late-night dance session, but they appeased me nonetheless.

Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, Ocalan warns on peace process Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:43 AM PST DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey freed a group of Kurdish former mayors accused of links to militants on Tuesday in a further small step towards halting a Kurdish insurgency, but the rebels' jailed leader was reported as saying he could not stem the violence single-handedly. After more than three years in prison, 10 Kurdish defendants including six former mayors hugged family members as they emerged from jail at dawn in Diyarbakir, the largest city in the mainly Kurdish southeast, and were greeted by the city's mayor. ...

Iraq panel clears senior judge over Saddam ties Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:07 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi judicial panel rejected on Tuesday a decision to remove one of the country's top judges from his post because of alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's now-dissolved Baath party, an official said.

WATCH: The deadly, insect-sized drones of the future Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:05 AM PST The Air Force is reportedly developing winged drones that can sneak up on a suspected enemy as stealthily as a mosquito

Has the door shut on a diplomatic solution to Syria's conflict? Posted: 19 Feb 2013 06:01 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues.

Turkey frees Kurdish ex-mayors, peace process edges forward Posted: 19 Feb 2013 03:46 AM PST DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Ten Kurdish defendants, including six former mayors, were released from jail on Tuesday in a trial of 175 people accused of links to militants, a further small step in Turkey's efforts to end a Kurdish insurgency. After more than three years in prison the defendants hugged family members as they emerged from the prison gates at dawn in Diyarbakir, the largest city in the mainly Kurdish southeast, and were greeted by the city's mayor. ...

HuffPost Columnist Gini Graham Scott Takes on Liars and Lying in Latest Column Posted: 19 Feb 2013 02:02 AM PST Given the relentless coverage today by the media and social media, one might wonder why people keep lying given the increased likelihood of being exposed. That's the question that sociologist Gini Graham Scott, author of 50 plus books, considers in her latest column as a Huffington Post Blogger, entitled Open Season on LiarsSan Francisco, California (PRWEB) February 19, 2013 Since lies today are so likely to be exposed by the media, in her latest Huffington Post column, Open Season on Liars, sociologist Gini Graham Scott explores the question of why people keep lying. ...

Good News Peaceniks: Arms Sales Are Down for the First Time in Decades Posted: 18 Feb 2013 06:13 PM PST There's unexpected but not entirely surprising upside to a years-long global economic downturn. Governments don't buy as many guns and bombs. The world's largest weapons manufacturers just saw the first decline in sales since the mid-1990s. Collectively, the top 100 arms manufacturers in the world saw $410 billion in sales in 2011, a five percent decline from the year before.

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