Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Issa Says IRS Scrutiny Was Directed By Washington
• GOP argues with itself over Syria
• Gunmen kill 3 Syrian truck drivers in Iraq
• Over 7,000 Syrian refugees return from Iraq as security improves
• Military's sexual-assault problem has deep roots
• Iran's Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view
• Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying fixtures and standings
• Soccer-All to play for in close Asia qualifying finale
• Soccer-Honda fit for World Cup qualifier against Australia

Issa Says IRS Scrutiny Was Directed By Washington Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:50 AM PDT Rep. Darrell Issa made some bold accusations during his exclusive appearance on CNN's State of the Union Sunday morning. Namely, Issa said an IRS employee testified under oath the Cincinnati office at the center of the Tea Party scrutiny scandal received that direction from Washington. He also called White House press secretary Jay Carney a lair. "Their paid liar, their spokesperson, the picture behind, he's still making up things about what happened and calling this a local rogue," said Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee. ...

GOP argues with itself over Syria Posted: 02 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT Republicans are arguing over what the US should do about Syria – with Democrats, of course, but more significantly with themselves

Gunmen kill 3 Syrian truck drivers in Iraq Posted: 02 Jun 2013 06:21 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen in Iraq killed three Syrian truck drivers Sunday morning on a main highway linking Baghdad to Syria and Jordan, police officials said.

Over 7,000 Syrian refugees return from Iraq as security improves Posted: 02 Jun 2013 06:01 AM PDT By Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 7,000 Syrian refugees in Iraq have crossed back to the rebel-held Syrian border town of Albu Kamal in recent weeks due to better security there, an Iraqi official said on Sunday. The reverse flow coincides with a lull in battles and air raids by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's military, which has been on the offensive elsewhere in Syria, especially in the western town of Qusair, around Damascus and in the south. The mayor of the Iraqi border town of al-Qaim said 7,000 out of 11,000 Syrian refugees hosted there had returned home. ...

Military's sexual-assault problem has deep roots Posted: 02 Jun 2013 05:18 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Sexual assault occurs in myriad settings and the perpetrators come from every swath of U.S. society. Yet as recent incidents and reports make clear, it's a particularly intractable problem in the military, with its enduring macho culture and unique legal system.

Iran's Arak reactor looms into Israeli, Western view Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:20 AM PDT By Fredrik Dahl and Dan Williams VIENNA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran aims to start a reactor next year which the West fears could arm an atomic bomb; Israel, which has bombed such construction sites around the Middle East before, may try to stop the plant being completed. The timetable for the planned start-up of the Arak heavy-water research plant is closely watched: Israeli and Western experts say any attacker would probably prefer to act before it becomes operational - to avoid generating radioactive fallout. The Islamic Republic says it will make isotopes for medical and agricultural use. ...

Soccer-World Cup Asia qualifying fixtures and standings Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:00 AM PDT June 2 (Reuters) - Fixtures and standings ahead of Tuesday'sWorld Cup qualifying matches in Asia. Group A Qatar v Iran Lebanon v South Korea P W D L F A PTS 1. Uzbekistan 6 3 2 1 6 4 11 2. South Korea 5 3 1 1 11 5 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. Iran 5 2 1 2 2 2 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Qatar 6 2 1 3 4 7 7 5. Lebanon 6 1 1 4 2 7 4 Top two teams qualify for World Cup. Two third-placed teams face each other in a two leggedplayoff with the winner advancing to the intercontinentalplayoff against the fifth-placed team in South America. ...

Soccer-All to play for in close Asia qualifying finale Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:00 AM PDT By Patrick Johnston SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - Asia's 10 World Cup hopefuls enter into a decisive period of 12 matches in 15 days with Australia attempting to rescue a sketchy campaign while Uzbekistan and Jordan try to secure first appearances at the finals. With only four places guaranteed from the two groups, avoiding defeat has been the mantra for most of the evenly-matched teams in the Asian qualifying picture, leading to a tangled situation ahead of the concluding matches in June. ...

Soccer-Honda fit for World Cup qualifier against Australia Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:28 PM PDT June 2 (Reuters) - Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda has declared himself fit for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier at home to Australia after playing over an hour of CSKA Moscow's Russian Cup final success on Saturday. The bleach blond midfielder has been hampered by thigh problems in recent weeks and missed Japan's humbling defeat by Jordan in March when all the Asian champions needed was a point to become the first side to qualify for Brazil. ...

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