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• ABC News' Bob Woodruff on Iraq 10 Years Later
• Syria rebels seize security compound near Golan
• From teenage graffiti to a country in ruins: Syria's two years of rebellion
• U.S. soldier accused of Afghan killings faces "sanity" review
• Matthew Dowd: CPAC 'Reminds me of Going to the Land Before Time'
• Car bomb blast kills nine in Iraq's Shi'ite south
• Iraq War 10 years later: was it worth it?
• 2 car bombs kill 9 in southern Iraq
• A Decade on, Most are Critical of the U.S.-Led War in Iraq
• 2 car bombs kill 8 in southern Iraq
• 10 things you need to know today: March 17, 2013
• As drone monopoly frays, Obama seeks global rules
• Al Qaeda claims assault on Iraqi justice ministry
• Al-Qaida affiliate claims Iraq ministry assault
• Albania offer for asylum to Iranian group rejected
• Apple: why you should love Apple

ABC News' Bob Woodruff on Iraq 10 Years Later Posted: 17 Mar 2013 03:22 PM PDT This week marks the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq – a conflict that left 4,488 Americans dead and more than 32,000 wounded. In a special "This Week" Sunday Spotlight, ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz sat down with ABC News'...

Syria rebels seize security compound near Golan Posted: 17 Mar 2013 02:43 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels on Sunday seized a Syrian military intelligence compound in the southern Hauran Plain near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, stepping up attacks in the strategic region which stretches to the outskirts of the capital Damascus, rebel commanders said. The frontier, quiet since Israel and Syria agreed on a U.S. ...

From teenage graffiti to a country in ruins: Syria's two years of rebellion Posted: 17 Mar 2013 02:40 PM PDT By Dominic Evans and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - On a cold winter's night in early 2011, some Syrian schoolboys drew a few slogans on a wall in a town the world had barely heard of. Two years on, more than 70,000 people have died in the bitter conflict that ensued, and calls for the West to give more help to the Syrian rebels are rising. It was in the southern town of Deraa that 16-year-old Mohammad and five friends gathered to scrawl graffiti demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, whose family had ruled the country for 40 years. ...

U.S. soldier accused of Afghan killings faces "sanity" review Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:59 AM PDT By Laura L. Myers SEATTLE (Reuters) - Doctors opened a medical review Sunday on a U.S. soldier charged with killing 16 civilians, most of them women and children, near his Army post in Afghanistan in an effort to determine his state of mind at the time of the killings and ability to stand trial. The review, known in the military as a "sanity board," will be conducted by three doctors at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, and will be completed by May 1, according to a U.S. Army spokesman. ...

Matthew Dowd: CPAC 'Reminds me of Going to the Land Before Time' Posted: 17 Mar 2013 11:22 AM PDT Dowd: CPAC is like the 'Flintstones' and the 'Land Before Time' DOWD: To me imagery and who is there and what you say is important. And I don't think divisions are a bad thing. I actually think that a conservative message that is built for...

Car bomb blast kills nine in Iraq's Shi'ite south Posted: 17 Mar 2013 10:54 AM PDT GARMAT ALI, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded at a bus terminal in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite Muslim south on Sunday, killing at least nine people, police said, as the country's delicate sectarian balance comes under growing strain. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni Muslim insurgents have stepped up their efforts to undermine Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and foment inter-communal conflict this year. The bomb exploded in the town of Garmat Ali, around 20 km (12 miles) north of the usually stable oil hub of Basra. "I was thrown back by the explosion. ...

Iraq War 10 years later: was it worth it? Posted: 17 Mar 2013 07:18 AM PDT This week marks the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq – a war that lasted far longer and was more costly than Americans were told to expect by their military and political leaders, a war that has led to much public questioning as well as private soul-searching.

2 car bombs kill 9 in southern Iraq Posted: 17 Mar 2013 05:19 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs went off Sunday in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing nine and wounding 24 in a rare attack in the Shiite-dominated south of the country.

A Decade on, Most are Critical of the U.S.-Led War in Iraq Posted: 17 Mar 2013 04:08 AM PDT Ten years after U.S. airstrikes on Baghdad punctuated the start of the Iraq war, nearly six in 10 Americans say the war was not worth fighting – a judgment shared by majorities steadily since initial success gave way to years of continued conflict. Nearly as...

2 car bombs kill 8 in southern Iraq Posted: 17 Mar 2013 03:57 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say two car bombs have killed eight people and wounded 21 others in the country's south.

10 things you need to know today: March 17, 2013 Posted: 17 Mar 2013 03:18 AM PDT Pope Francis delivers his first Sunday prayer, Rand Paul wins CPAC's straw poll, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

As drone monopoly frays, Obama seeks global rules Posted: 17 Mar 2013 02:19 AM PDT By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as China and other countries pursue their own drone programs. The United States was the first to use unmanned aircraft fitted with missiles to kill militant suspects in the years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. But other countries are catching up. ...

Al Qaeda claims assault on Iraqi justice ministry Posted: 17 Mar 2013 01:12 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Sunday it carried out a coordinated suicide bomb and gun attack on the country's justice ministry last week that killed at least 25 people in the centre of Baghdad. The assault near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies and government offices are located, fanned fears about Iraq's still fragile security a decade after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Three car bombs exploded and a suicide bomber blew himself up in broad daylight in the heart of the capital on Thursday. ...

Al-Qaida affiliate claims Iraq ministry assault Posted: 17 Mar 2013 12:16 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An al-Qaida-affiliated group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for a carefully planned assault on the Justice Ministry in downtown Baghdad last week. The attack, involving car bombs and gunmen disguised as police, killed at least 24 people.

Albania offer for asylum to Iranian group rejected Posted: 16 Mar 2013 05:25 PM PDT TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Iranian opposition group on Saturday turned down Albania's offer of asylum to 210 of its members who are living at a former U.S. military base near Baghdad.

Apple: why you should love Apple Posted: 16 Mar 2013 03:00 PM PDT I happen to think that Apple will be a technological innovator for years to come, and the excitement that Samsung is now generating is largely the result of a tech press corps that craves a storyline less mundane than "both companies compete."  But still, an e-mail Apple sent to its iPhone 5 customers makes me think that the round of bad press is getting to the company's executives, too. The e-mail basically tells me, as an iPhone owner, that I love the product, and it reminds me why I apparently love the product. ...

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