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• House Republicans propose extra $2 billion for embassy security
• Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital
• Israel warns it cannot "stand idle" as Syria war spills over border
• 48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush
• Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr. Sets Out on Second USO Tour to Deliver Touch of Home to Deployed Troops
• Second trading firm says it supplied Iranian firm linked to atomic work
• Princess Cruises’ Landmark Cruise Supporting U.S. Veterans to Feature Special Military Guests and Speakers
• Syrian rebels capture most of northern city
• Syrian Troop Ambush in Iraq Heightens Fear of Bigger Sectarian War
• Officials: 42 Syrian troops killed in Iraq ambush
• Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims
• At least 40 Syrians killed on road home from Iraq
• Supreme Court’s upcoming child-custody decision: The Baby Veronica case
• Protesters storm southern Iraqi oil field
• Column: Our Complex Politics' Short-Hand Problem
• Iraqi officials: At least 42 Syrian soldiers and several Iraqis killed in western Iraq ambush
• Gunmen kill at least 40 Syrians being sent home from Iraq
• Suicide bomber kills at least 5 Iraqi policemen: medics
• British inquiry shown graphic evidence of Iraq torture
• Inquiry shows graphic evidence of Iraq torture
• Suicide attack in northern Iraq kills 5 policemen
• Jobs protesters break into Iraq's West Qurna-2 oilfield
• Leahy at forefront in guns, immigration fights
• Easter Seals New York launches Vets2Jobs program with keynote speaker COL David W. Sutherland
• In defense of lawful secrecy
• Opposition leader visits Syria amid Assad offensive
• Japex to take 10 percent stake in Petronas' Canada shale gas project
• "Arab spring" brings new buyers for bulletproof cars
• Today in History
• If Nixon Can Go to China

House Republicans propose extra $2 billion for embassy security Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:57 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Republican leaders proposed on Monday to spend another $2 billion on U.S. diplomatic security this year, using money unspent in Iraq to provide cash the Obama administration said was necessary to help prevent another Benghazi-style attack. The proposal, an exception amid general budget cutbacks, is part of the House Republican majority's plan for funding the government for the rest of fiscal 2013, which ends on September 30. ...

Syrian rebels report capture of provincial capital Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:25 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father, opposition sources and residents said. The fall of Raqqa on the Euphrates River would be a significant development in the two-year-old revolt against Assad. The rebels do not claim to hold any other provincial capitals. Rebel fighters said loyalist forces were still dug in at the provincial airport 60 km (40 miles) from Raqqa and they remained a threat. ...

Israel warns it cannot "stand idle" as Syria war spills over border Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:27 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel warned the U.N. Security Council on Monday that it could not be expected to "stand idle" as Syria's civil war spills over its border, while Russia accused armed groups of undermining security between the states by fighting in a demilitarized zone. Israeli U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor wrote to the 15-member council to complain about shells from Syria landing in Israel. "Israel cannot be expected to stand idle as the lives of its citizens are being put at risk by the Syrian government's reckless actions," Proser wrote. "Israel has shown maximum restraint thus far. ...

48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:06 PM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack that killed 48 of them and heightened concerns that the country could be drawn into Syria's civil war.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr. Sets Out on Second USO Tour to Deliver Touch of Home to Deployed Troops Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:52 AM PST Joining the Vice Chairman are NFL's Peyton Manning, Vincent Jackson and Austin Collie, Baseball Legend Curt Schilling, Members of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Performing Artists Diana DeGarmo and Ace YoungArlington, VA. (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 Twitter Pitch: @thejointstaff & Peyton Manning, @VincenTJackson, @AKCollie_17, @gehrig38, @DCCheerleaders, @DianaDeGarmo & @IAMACEYOUNG extend thanks to troops on @the_USO tour ARLINGTON, VA. ...

Second trading firm says it supplied Iranian firm linked to atomic work Posted: 04 Mar 2013 11:12 AM PST GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland-based Trafigura on Monday became the second major trading house to confirm that it had traded with an Iranian firm that the European Union says has links to Iran's nuclear program. The two contracts demonstrate the difficulties that western powers face in curbing Iran's ability to do business with the rest of the world. Commodities giant Glencore had supplied thousands of tons of alumina to an Iranian firm that provided aluminum to Iran's nuclear program, Reuters reported last week, citing intelligence and diplomatic sources. ...

Princess Cruises’ Landmark Cruise Supporting U.S. Veterans to Feature Special Military Guests and Speakers Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:56 AM PST Cruise Line designated as a Commemorative Partner with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration.Santa Clarita, CA (PRWEB) March 04, 2013 Princess Cruises' first-ever cruise to support U.S. veterans will feature a number of special guests including former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen (Ret.); retired senior officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force; an award-winning war correspondent; and other respected speakers, authors and panelists. ...

Syrian rebels capture most of northern city Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:50 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels pushed government troops from most of the northern city of Raqqa Monday, setting off celebrations in a central square where scores of cheering protesters tore down a bronze statue of President Bashar Assad's late father and predecessor, activists said.

Syrian Troop Ambush in Iraq Heightens Fear of Bigger Sectarian War Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:57 AM PST As has been feared for months, violence from the Syrian civil war has spilled across the border into Iraq, threatening an already unstable balance of power in the neighboring country. A group of Syrian soliders were ambushed and killed inside Iraqi territory on Monday, raising concerns that the violent conflicts in both countries could somehow merge.

Officials: 42 Syrian troops killed in Iraq ambush Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:29 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 42 Syrian soldiers were killed in a well-coordinated ambush Monday after seeking refuge across the border in Iraq following clashes with rebels in their home country, officials said. The attack in Iraq's restive western province of Anbar is likely to significantly raise concerns that Iraq could be drawn into the Syrian civil war.

Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:22 AM PST LONDON (AP) — A British judge was shown graphic pictures of dead and mutilated Iraqis who allegedly died at British hands as a public inquiry began Monday into claims that U.K. soldiers murdered and abused civilian detainees after a 2004 battle in southern Iraq.

At least 40 Syrians killed on road home from Iraq Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:22 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed at least 40 Syrian soldiers and government employees who were being taken to the Syrian border by Iraqi authorities on Monday after fleeing into Iraq from a Syrian rebel attack last week, Iraqi officials said. A convoy carrying the Syrians was ambushed in Iraq's western province of Anbar, where thousands of Iraqi Sunnis have been protesting daily for more than two months against the Shi'ite-led government and the perceived marginalization of their sect. ...

Supreme Court’s upcoming child-custody decision: The Baby Veronica case Posted: 04 Mar 2013 08:00 AM PST Abigail Perkiss explains how the the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the case of Baby Veronica, a two-year-old girl stuck in a custody battle between her adoptive parents and her birth father that has gained national attention.

Protesters storm southern Iraqi oil field Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:48 AM PST BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Protesters demanding jobs stormed the gates leading to a major oil field in southern Iraq on Monday and damaged some property inside before Iraqi soldiers were summoned to restore order, according to officials.

Column: Our Complex Politics' Short-Hand Problem Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:28 AM PST Column: Losing sight of bigger picture with black-and-white labels in a gray political system

Iraqi officials: At least 42 Syrian soldiers and several Iraqis killed in western Iraq ambush Posted: 04 Mar 2013 07:26 AM PST Iraqi officials: At least 42 Syrian soldiers and several Iraqis killed in western Iraq ambush.

Gunmen kill at least 40 Syrians being sent home from Iraq Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:57 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen on Monday killed at least 40 Syrian soldiers and government employees who were being taken to the Syrian border by Iraqi authorities after fleeing into Iraq from a Syrian rebel attack, Iraqi officials said. The attack on the convoy carrying the Syrians occurred in Iraq's westerly Anbar province, they said. The Iraqi officials said some 65 Syrian soldiers and government officials had handed themselves over to Iraqi authorities on Friday after anti-government rebels seized the Syrian side of the Yaarabiya frontier crossing. ...

Suicide bomber kills at least 5 Iraqi policemen: medics Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:39 AM PST MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a car killed at least five policemen and wounded 12 people, including civilians, on Monday in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, police and medics said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack but suicide bombings are the hallmark of al Qaeda's local wing, the Islamic State of Iraq, which aims to take back ground lost to the Iraqi security forces. The bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a federal police headquarters in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, and detonated it. ...

British inquiry shown graphic evidence of Iraq torture Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:19 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A public inquiry in London into allegations that British soldiers killed, mutilated and tortured Iraqi detainees after a battle in southern Iraq was shown gruesome photographs of bloodied corpses on Monday. The Al-Sweady Inquiry, ordered by the British government in 2009 to get to the bottom of disputed events in the aftermath of the battle of Danny Boy on May 14, 2004, began oral hearings after three years of exhaustive detective work. ...

Inquiry shows graphic evidence of Iraq torture Posted: 04 Mar 2013 06:18 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A public inquiry into allegations that British soldiers killed, mutilated and tortured Iraqi detainees after a battle in southern Iraq was shown gruesome photographs of bloodied corpses on Monday. The Al-Sweady Inquiry, ordered by the government in 2009 to get to the bottom of disputed events in the aftermath of the battle of Danny Boy on May 14, 2004, began oral hearings after three years of exhaustive detective work. ...

Suicide attack in northern Iraq kills 5 policemen Posted: 04 Mar 2013 05:38 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say a suicide attacker has driven a car laden with explosives into a police checkpoint in northern Iraq, killing five policemen and wounding 12 other people.

Jobs protesters break into Iraq's West Qurna-2 oilfield Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:47 AM PST BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters demanding jobs broke into Iraq's giant southern West Qurna-2 oilfield and wrecked offices early on Monday, police and employees at the field said. West Qurna-2, which is being developed by Russia's Lukoil, is not yet producing oil but workers at the site said construction of a major crude oil processing plant had been disrupted by the protest. Officials of the state-run Southern Oil Company said there was no disturbance around any of the producing oilfields in the south of Iraq and production was proceeding as normal. ...

Leahy at forefront in guns, immigration fights Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:43 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly four decades, Sen. Patrick Leahy has captured official Washington going about its business — and pleasures — in photographs as no one else has. Supreme Court nominees behind the scenes of their confirmation hearings. The hands of presidents signing bills, including President Barack Obama's in midsignature on equal pay legislation. Former President George H. W. Bush, in a Goofy hat. And then-senator Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, on a bench near the Eiffel Tower during a NATO meeting.

Easter Seals New York launches Vets2Jobs program with keynote speaker COL David W. Sutherland Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:00 AM PST SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Easter Seals New York, in partnership with the Staff Sergeant Donnie D. Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Community Services (Dixon Center), will celebrate the launch of its Vets2Jobs program at BNY Mellon in Syracuse, NY. Keynote speaker, COL David W. Sutherland, United States Army, Retired, as well as other military, education, government, community and business leaders will gather to discuss critical employment and reintegration services for local veterans.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire. ...

In defense of lawful secrecy Posted: 04 Mar 2013 03:15 AM PST CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou is no hero

Opposition leader visits Syria amid Assad offensive Posted: 04 Mar 2013 02:36 AM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Exiled opposition figure Moaz Alkhatib visited Syria on Sunday for the first time since fleeing last year, as rebels said President Bashar al-Assad's forces embarked on counter-offensives in various parts of the country. In the central city of Homs, heavy fighting broke out between loyalist forces and opposition brigades dug in preparation for an onslaught, opposition sources said. ...

Japex to take 10 percent stake in Petronas' Canada shale gas project Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:36 AM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) is taking a 10 percent stake in an integrated shale gas development and liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being planned by Malaysia's Petronas in Canada's British Colombia province. Japex said on Monday it is considering marketing its LNG offtake from the 12 million metric tons per year (mtpy) Pacific Northwest LNG project, worth 1.2 mtpy, in Japan, the world's largest importer of LNG, which has been increasingly reliant on LNG since the Fukushima disaster in 2011 knocked out much of its nuclear power capacity. ...

"Arab spring" brings new buyers for bulletproof cars Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:06 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - In a workshop in a dusty industrial area on the outskirts of Dubai, engineers are stripping down a Toyota Land Cruiser to install armored plating, bullet resistant glass and run-flat tires. In the aftermath of the "Arab spring" revolts and with the wealth gap and social unrest rising in many parts of the world, there is no shortage of rich individuals and governments who suddenly feel they need a little extra protection. For companies such as Canada's INKAS, Britain's Jankel and Germany's Transeco, it has been a lucrative decade. ...

Today in History Posted: 03 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PST Today is Monday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2013. There are 302 days left in the year.

If Nixon Can Go to China Posted: 03 Mar 2013 01:15 PM PST Let's face it: No one has a good solution for the problem of Iran. The mullahs have been in power for 33 years. There are few signs the regime is disintegrating. And its nuclear officials are unbowed; plutonium production is expected to come on line in 2014. Despite the toughest multilateral sanctions ever—including an oil embargo—Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently rebuffed a U.S. offer to talk directly.

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