2013年3月16日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn't escape demons

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 12:01 PM PDT

In this Autumn 2006 photo provided by Brock McNabb, McNabb places a "combat patch" on Pete Linnerooth's uniform at their office in Baghdad, denoting that he had been in-country long enough to earn the badge of honor and is officially a combat veteran. Capt. Linnerooth was an Army psychologist who counseled soldiers during some of the fiercest fighting in Iraq. Hundreds upon hundreds sought his help. For nightmares and insomnia. For shock and grief. And for reaching that point where they just wanted to end it all. Linnerooth did such a good job his Army comrades dubbed him The Wizard. His "magic" was deceptively simple: an instant rapport with soldiers, an empathetic manner, a big heart. (AP Photo/Brock McNabb)He had a knack for soothing soldiers who'd just seen their buddies killed by bombs. He knew how to comfort medics sickened by the smell of blood and troops haunted by the screams of horribly burned Iraqi children.

Airline bomber set to be released from prison

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 11:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this December 12, 1991, file photo Mohammed Rashed, center, convicted of the 1982 PanAm jetliner bombing, listens to his unidentified PLO interpreter, left, during his appeals court hearing in Athens, Greece. Rashed tucked a bomb beneath his jetliner seat cushion, set the timer and disembarked with his wife and child when the flight touched down in Tokyo. The device exploded as the jet continued on to Honolulu, killing a Japanese teenager in an attack that investigators linked to a terrorist organization known for making sophisticated bombs. It would be 20 years before Rashed, one-time apprentice to Abu Ibrahim, currently featured on the FBI list of most wanted terrorists, would admit guilt in an American courtroom. Now, credited for his cooperation against associates, Rashed is about to be freed from federal prison after more than two decades behind bars in Greece and the United States. (AP Photo/Aris Saris, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Mohammed Rashed slipped a bomb beneath the jetliner seat cushion, set the timer and disembarked with his wife and child when the plane landed in Tokyo. The device exploded as Pan Am Flight 830 continued on to Honolulu, killing a Japanese teenager in a 1982 attack that investigators linked to a terrorist organization known for making sophisticated bombs.

Obama's charm campaign: High marks, no concessions

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 11:00 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures as he speaks to reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a closed-door meeting with President Barack Obama and House Republicans to discuss the budget. There were no breakthroughs predicted when Obama set out on his courtship of Congress. And there's no sign any have been achieved. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a fancy hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago.

Born in war and poverty, youth don't abandon Iraq

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:34 AM PDT

In this Sept. 27, 2012 photo, college student Shahad Abdul-Amir Abbas, 21, studies at her home in Baghdad. She lost her father in sectarian killings in 2005 and now volunteers to help orphans at her mother's orphanage in addition to attending the University of Medicine. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The 21-year-old college student in Baghdad lost her father during the Iraq War to gunmen from a rival Muslim sect. Now she dreams of an Iraq where all people can "enjoy stable life and security."

Albania offers asylum to Iranian opposition group

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 09:06 AM PDT

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian government says it is offering asylum to 210 members of an Iranian opposition group that currently live at a former U.S. military base near Baghdad.

Dixie Chicks' Maines moving on as solo artist

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:18 AM PDT

Natalie Maines performs during the SXSW Music Festival, on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP Images)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Natalie Maines is starting out nervous on stage, almost 10 years to the day that the Dixie Chicks spitfire slammed then-President George W. Bush and forever changed the fate and fortunes of the country superstars.

Parris Island leader says women can handle combat

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:04 AM PDT

In this Feb. 21, 2013 photo, Marine Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds answers a question during an interview at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C. Reynolds, the first female general in charge of Parris Island's basic training, says she is confident that women in the Corps will do well in combat, if need be. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The first female Marine Corps general in charge of its tough-as-nails basic training site on Parris Island says she's confident women in the Corps will be able to handle combat.

Dropbox: Is file sharing just the beginning?

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:00 AM PDT

The world according to Dropbox.The popular cloud storage service just bought an email app, suggesting that it may be trying to break out of the file sharing business

The week in words

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 06:00 AM PDT

You've come a long way, LOL.From the grammatic evolution of LOL to how U.S. mountains are named, the highlights from our favorite language blogs and the latest in word news and culture

Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 01:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures as he speaks to reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, following a closed-door meeting with President Barack Obama and House Republicans to discuss the budget. There were no breakthroughs predicted when Obama set out on his courtship of Congress. And there's no sign any have been achieved. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago.

10 things you need to know today: March 16, 2013

Posted: 16 Mar 2013 01:25 AM PDT

Mitt Romney speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday — his first public speech since Election Night.Maryland is poised to ban the death penalty, Obama pushes clean fuel, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

FOLLY OF IRAQ INVASION NEEDS MORE PUBLIC SCRUTINY

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:02 PM PDT

Ten years ago, on March 20, 2003, the administration of George W. Bush launched its disastrous invasion of Iraq. It's a war most Americans -- including many Republicans who enthusiastically supported it -- are working assiduously to forget.Not so fast. An examination of the lies, the hypocrisy and the power-mongering that led us into that act of grand folly may help us to avoid similar impulses in the coming decades. Besides, there are lasting consequences that cannot be shoved into history's dustbin.Yes, Saddam Hussein is dead. So are an estimated 100,000 Iraqis and more than 4,400 Americans. ...

ON LOSS, AND THE LOST ART OF LETTER-WRITING

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:00 PM PDT

He was getting older, he worried about losing his balance fishing on the end rocks, and his hearing was failing him. So was his short-term memory. He could recall, surprisingly vividly, how the bottom of his mother's feet looked, but he forgot the names of some of his houseguests. He was going to bed earlier, and waking up earlier, too. Three times people told him his zipper was undone.So George H.W. Bush did what he has done so often, what came so naturally to him. He sat down and wrote a letter, this time to his children. ...

So the Dow hit a record; now where do we go?

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 03:15 PM PDT

So the Dow hit a record; now where do we go?So the Dow Jones industrial average broke a record this month. Now what?It's impossible to predict how the Dow, that popular barometer of the stock market, will zig and zag from here. The only thing certain ...

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