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• Premeditation key in trial of soldier who killed fellow servicemen
• First Person: Using PTSD as a Motivation to Live
• Defense: Soldier in killings had abnormalities
• The Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault Looks Like He Got Beat to a Pulp for It
• Bombs, mosque attack kill 17 in Iraqi capital: police
• Teenager accused of lying in Boston bomb case out on bail
• Iraqi death hints of Iran's role in Syrian crisis
• Wash. court-martial begins in 2009 Iraq killings
• Organizations Representing 400,000 On The Front Lines Of U.S. Aviation Submit Legal Petition To TSA And Homeland Security To Keep All Knives Off Planes
• CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Charges for Attack on Mass. Muslim Student
• Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east
• Inside Assad's Near-Perfect Plan to Turn Syria into 'The Sinkhole'
• Israeli airstrike in Syria brings Iran onstage, raising risk of proxy war
• Review: Natalie Maines shines on 1st solo album
• Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids
• Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case
• The Edge: Obama Just Can’t Get Away From the Middle East
• Obama Just Can’t Get Away From the Middle East: The Edge - Brought to you by Deloitte
• The Rest of the World Is Invoking the 1st Amendment in White House Petitions
• Obama says does not foresee sending U.S. troops to Syria
• Why liberal hawks are pushing to strike Syria
• US intervention in Syria must be legitimate in eyes of international law
• Bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 10
• Three blasts kill 11 in Iraqi capital: police, medics
• Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements to Speak at AFA's May Breakfast
• Deadline Nears For Four Star Leadership Institute
• Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms
• Today in History

Premeditation key in trial of soldier who killed fellow servicemen Posted: 06 May 2013 03:48 PM PDT By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty in the shooting deaths of five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq faced a court-martial on Monday in which a judge's sentence will hinge greatly upon whether he finds premeditation. Army Sergeant John Russell pleaded guilty last month to killing two medical staff officers and three soldiers at Camp Liberty, adjacent to the Baghdad airport, in a 2009 shooting the military has said could have been triggered by combat stress. ...

First Person: Using PTSD as a Motivation to Live Posted: 06 May 2013 03:38 PM PDT The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be released in May. Yahoo is featuring first-person stories from Americans who are diagnosed with some of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. Here's one story.

Defense: Soldier in killings had abnormalities Posted: 06 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Defense lawyers Monday tried to introduce evidence that an Army sergeant charged with the premeditated killing of five fellow service members in Iraq may have had brain abnormalities.

The Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief Arrested for Sexual Assault Looks Like He Got Beat to a Pulp for It Posted: 06 May 2013 02:50 PM PDT The Air Force officer in charge of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office has been charged with sexual battery. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski was arrested on Sunday for allegedly grabbing a woman's breasts and butt in a parking lot in Arlington, Virginia. According to police, the woman fought Krusinski. Judging by the photo of his face, she beat him up.

Bombs, mosque attack kill 17 in Iraqi capital: police Posted: 06 May 2013 02:49 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed by three bombs and a grenade attack on a mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, medics and police said. Unidentified assailants threw hand grenades at Sunni Muslim worshippers as they left a mosque on Monday evening, killing six people, police and medics said. Earlier in the day, two car bombs exploded near police checkpoints at the entrance to the Shi'ite district of Hussainiya in the north of the city, killing one policeman and seven civilians. ...

Teenager accused of lying in Boston bomb case out on bail Posted: 06 May 2013 02:38 PM PDT By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - The teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing case was freed on $100,000 bail on Monday pending a later trial date, and investigators said bomb fragments suggest they were less sophisticated than homemade ones used by insurgents. While out on bail, Robel Phillipos will be under the custody of his mother and must wear a GPS bracelet, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler ordered in federal court in Boston. The $100,000 bail for the 19-year-old was secured by real estate put up by a third party, the judge said. ...

Iraqi death hints of Iran's role in Syrian crisis Posted: 06 May 2013 01:53 PM PDT BASRA, Iraq (AP) — The fighter's body was collected at an Iraqi border crossing with Iran, then carried on Monday through the streets of this southern city as mourners hailed his sacrifice in protecting a revered shrine in Syria.

Wash. court-martial begins in 2009 Iraq killings Posted: 06 May 2013 01:46 PM PDT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — A court-martial proceeding began Monday against an Army sergeant for the fatal shootings of five fellow servicemen in Iraq.

Organizations Representing 400,000 On The Front Lines Of U.S. Aviation Submit Legal Petition To TSA And Homeland Security To Keep All Knives Off Planes Posted: 06 May 2013 01:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lawyers for nine organizations representing 400,000 aviation professionals, passengers and law enforcement officers today filed a legal petition with Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole and copied to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seeking to rescind plans to allow knives in the aircraft cabins for the first time since 9/11."The Transportation Security Administration and the Homeland Security Department cannot dismiss the grave security concerns of 400,000 people on the front lines of U.S. ...

CAIR Seeks Hate Crime Charges for Attack on Mass. Muslim Student Posted: 06 May 2013 12:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged state and federal law enforcement authorities to bring hate crime charges against two suspects who allegedly verbally and physically assaulted a Muslim student in Boston, Mass.CAIR said the alleged victim, a 23-year-old American citizen of Algerian heritage, was assaulted Saturday evening by the two white males when he left a Boston restaurant. ...

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east Posted: 06 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling military air base in the north for the second straight day, activists said Monday.

Inside Assad's Near-Perfect Plan to Turn Syria into 'The Sinkhole' Posted: 06 May 2013 11:55 AM PDT After more than two years of civil war, tens of thousands of deaths, a refugee crisis, ethnic cleansing, religious strife, terrorism, chemical warfare, and an international conflict that has engulfed all of its neighbors, Syria is still in the hands of Bashar al-Assad. Just the way he planned it.

Israeli airstrike in Syria brings Iran onstage, raising risk of proxy war Posted: 06 May 2013 10:51 AM PDT Iran has dismissed reports that Israel's attack in Syria early yesterday targeted advanced Iranian-made missiles on their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon, calling them "psychological operations" aimed at undermining the Iran-led Axis of Resistance.

Review: Natalie Maines shines on 1st solo album Posted: 06 May 2013 10:06 AM PDT Natalie Maines, "Mother" (Columbia)

Few options for Syria's Assad to strike back after Israeli raids Posted: 06 May 2013 09:57 AM PDT By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has few good options for military retaliation after Israel's air strikes over the weekend but the attacks could redouble support from his regional allies Iran and Hezbollah. Assad, already battling rebel fighters who have seized large parts of his country and killed many thousands of his troops, can ill afford to confront the region's dominant military power in a devastating and likely one-sided war. ...

Secrecy shrouds pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case Posted: 06 May 2013 09:54 AM PDT Government secrecy reaches a new level this week in the court-martial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst who sent 700,000 classified U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks website. A military ...

The Edge: Obama Just Can’t Get Away From the Middle East Posted: 06 May 2013 09:29 AM PDT The Edge is National Journal's daily look at today in Washington -- and what's coming next. The email features analysis from NJ's top correspondents, the biggest stories of the day -- and always a few surprises. To subscribe, click here.

Obama Just Can’t Get Away From the Middle East: The Edge - Brought to you by Deloitte Posted: 06 May 2013 09:24 AM PDT IN THE NEWS: Diplomat says Special Forces ordered not to intervene in Benghazi … Israelis says air strikes not meant to aid Syrian rebels … LaPierre links Boston attack to gun-control debate … Returning veterans at higher risk for fatal traffic accidents … NRCC site hacked with Viagra ads … Clinton couldn't reunite Led Zeppelin.THE TAKE

The Rest of the World Is Invoking the 1st Amendment in White House Petitions Posted: 06 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT Over the weekend, two new "We the People" petitions met the White House's 100,000-signatory standard for a formal response. Unlike most previous petitions, though, the majority of the people doing the signing are more than likely not American citizens.

Obama says does not foresee sending U.S. troops to Syria Posted: 06 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT By Mark Felsenthal and Steve Holland SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he does not foresee a scenario in which he would send U.S. ground troops to Syria and outlined a deliberate approach to determining whether the Syrian government had used chemical weapons in a 2-year civil war. Obama insisted that the United States has not ruled out any options in dealing with Syria as the United States investigates whether the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons. ...

Why liberal hawks are pushing to strike Syria Posted: 06 May 2013 08:38 AM PDT Progressive columnists are asking: Do the lessons of Iraq apply to Syria?

US intervention in Syria must be legitimate in eyes of international law Posted: 06 May 2013 08:26 AM PDT Everyone seems to agree that the situation in Syria is unimaginably horrific and heartrending. But the consensus seems to break down when the subject of solutions is broached. Now, the reported use of chemical weapons (sarin gas) raises the stakes of the crisis – and outside intervention – considerably.

Bomb attacks in Baghdad kill 10 Posted: 06 May 2013 07:55 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two car bombs blew up in a Baghdad suburb, the deadlier of two attacks Monday that left at least 10 dead in the Iraqi capital.

Three blasts kill 11 in Iraqi capital: police, medics Posted: 06 May 2013 06:16 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed in three bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, medics and police said. Iraq has become increasingly volatile with fragile relations between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims under strain from the largely sectarian civil war in neighboring Syria. Tensions are at their highest since U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq at the end of 2011. Two car bombs exploded near police checkpoints at the entrance to the Shi'ite district of Hussainiya in the north of the city, killing one policeman and seven civilians. ...

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements to Speak at AFA's May Breakfast Posted: 06 May 2013 05:59 AM PDT ARLINGTON, Va., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Air Force Association is proud to welcome Lt. Gen. Burton M. Field, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements, as the guest speaker for the May AFA Air Force Breakfast.  The breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013, from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. ...

Deadline Nears For Four Star Leadership Institute Posted: 06 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT DALLAS, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The May 15 deadline for nationwide applications to the prestigious Four Star Leadership Institute with General Tommy Franks is quickly approaching.4SL is an intense week-long leadership and character development program for high school students. The students meet with politicians, authors, and national leaders, and compete in writing and debate.The session includes air fare, room and board, and is entirely free to the 50 selected students.  Thousands of dollars in scholarships will be available to all participants. ...

Israel strikes Syria, says targeting Hezbollah arms Posted: 05 May 2013 09:40 PM PDT By Dominic Evans and Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. As Syria's two-year-old civil war veered into the potentially atomic arena of Iran's confrontation with Israel and the West over its nuclear program, people were woken in the Syrian capital by explosions that shook the ground like an earthquake and sent pillars of flame high into the night sky. ...

Today in History Posted: 05 May 2013 09:01 PM PDT Today is Monday, May 6, the 126th day of 2013. There are 239 days left in the year.

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