Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ariz. Hotshots included jokesters, fathers-to-be
• Prosecution rests in Manning's WikiLeaks trial
• Witness in Manning case testified in secret
• Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 56 in Iraq
• Former attorney general Clark may defend accused Fort Hood gunman
• Prosecution wraps up case in U.S. WikiLeaks court-martial
• Nearly 50 killed in Iraq bombings
• Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 60 in Iraq
• Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 54 in Iraq
• Egypt’s Crisis Signals the Unraveling of Yet Another Arab Nation-State
• Activists: Shelling kills 11 near Syrian capital
• As Britain's military shrinks, US concerns grow
• Government foiled on money issue in WikiLeaks case
• Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 10 in Iraq
• Nice-guy Obama fails Turkey's democracy
• Special Report: Return to Baghdad, epicenter of Islam's growing divide
• Two days, Three Doctors, Three Kids and Two Hundred and Thirty Desperate Patients
• Obama, Bush brought together in Africa at embassy bomb memorial
• Accused Fort Hood shooter to enter plea at pre-trial hearing in Texas
• Prosecution winding down in WikiLeaks case

Ariz. Hotshots included jokesters, fathers-to-be Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:41 PM PDT PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. It was the deadliest single day for U.S. firefighters since 9/11. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s. Here are the stories of those who died:

Prosecution rests in Manning's WikiLeaks trial Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:28 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case against Pfc. Bradley Manning on Tuesday after presenting evidence from 80 witnesses, trying to prove the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst let military secrets fall into the hands of al-Qaida and its former leader Osama bin Laden.

Witness in Manning case testified in secret Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:17 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A government witness has given testimony about the value of some classified documents leaked by Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to WikiLeaks.

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 56 in Iraq Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:10 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 49 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Former attorney general Clark may defend accused Fort Hood gunman Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:50 PM PDT By Don Bolding FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark has offered to represent a U.S. army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 at his upcoming trial, they both said on Tuesday. Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with premeditated murder and attempted murder and faces a possible death sentence if convicted, refused to enter a plea on Tuesday. The military judge, Colonel Tara Osborn, entered "not guilty" pleas for him. ...

Prosecution wraps up case in U.S. WikiLeaks court-martial Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:47 PM PDT By Ian Simpson FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Court-martial prosecutors wrapped up their case on Tuesday against the soldier charged with providing a trove of secret material to WikiLeaks in the biggest leak of classified files in U.S. history. Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, faces 21 charges, including espionage, computer fraud and, most seriously, aiding the enemy. Manning could face life in prison without parole if convicted. ...

Nearly 50 killed in Iraq bombings Posted: 02 Jul 2013 12:36 PM PDT By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed in bomb attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, most of them in busy markets and commercial areas of the capital Baghdad, police and medics said. The deadliest assault took place in the predominantly Shi'ite Shaab neighborhood of northern Baghdad, where two car bombs killed eight people. There were also explosions in the mainly Shi'ite districts of Abu Dsheer, Kamaliya, Tobchi and Shula. "A blast hit near a crowded market full of people shopping," said Ali Sadoun, a policeman whose patrol was stationed in Shula. ...

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 60 in Iraq Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 53 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 54 in Iraq Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:51 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 47 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed.

Egypt’s Crisis Signals the Unraveling of Yet Another Arab Nation-State Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:18 AM PDT When British and French diplomats sat down to draw the boundaries of the modern Middle East, one country required no ruler and compass to define it.   People lived in Egypt 10,000 years before the birth of Christ. The specific civilization that left behind the Giza pyramids dates to 2,700 years BC, and a sense of nationhood was embedded so deeply along the shores of the Nile that the quip of an Egyptian diplomat would become a trusim: "Egypt is the only nation-state in the Arab world," Tahseen Bashir famously said. "The rest are just tribes with flags."

Activists: Shelling kills 11 near Syrian capital Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:15 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops shelled a suburb of Damascus Tuesday, killing at least 11 people including women and children, as government forces forged ahead with offensives against rebel-held areas around the country, activists said.

As Britain's military shrinks, US concerns grow Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:57 AM PDT Following the killing of a young soldier on May 22 in London, the outpouring of shock and grief was no less than expected – public pride in the armed forces has always been high, even if support for recent wars has not.

Government foiled on money issue in WikiLeaks case Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:27 AM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The government is struggling to prove a key element in the theft charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier on trial for leaking classified information to WikiLeaks.

Officials: Bombs, clashes kill at least 10 in Iraq Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:09 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials say bomb blasts and clashes in Iraq have killed at least 10 police and civilians and seven insurgents.

Nice-guy Obama fails Turkey's democracy Posted: 02 Jul 2013 08:10 AM PDT The US ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, took a lot of criticism from Turkish activists when, after almost a month of street protests here, he affirmed Washington's support for Ankara in both good times and bad.

Special Report: Return to Baghdad, epicenter of Islam's growing divide Posted: 02 Jul 2013 08:03 AM PDT By Samia Nakhoul BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The last time I left Baghdad I was on a stretcher. It was April 11, 2003, four days after U.S. troops pushed into the Iraqi capital at the end of a lightning campaign to overthrow Saddam Hussein. American forces had pounded Baghdad for weeks and as U.S. tanks raced into the city, I became a casualty alongside scores of Iraqis. On the day Baghdad fell, I was waiting for an Iraqi surgeon to operate on me to remove shrapnel and bone fragments from my brain. He saved my life. Soon after, as I was airlifted by U.S. ...

Two days, Three Doctors, Three Kids and Two Hundred and Thirty Desperate Patients Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:10 AM PDT Two days, Three Doctors, Three Kids and Two Hundred and Thirty Desperate Patients

Obama, Bush brought together in Africa at embassy bomb memorial Posted: 02 Jul 2013 04:01 AM PDT By Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush stood side-by-side in Tanzania on Tuesday to commemorate the victims of the al Qaeda bombing of the U.S. Embassy 15 years ago - an attack that foreshadowed the United States' present military build-up in Africa. The two men bowed their heads in silence at a memorial stone in the new embassy compound in Dar es Salaam to the 10 Tanzanians killed and 85 Americans and Tanzanians wounded in the bombing on August 7, 1998. They then briefly spoke to survivors. ...

Accused Fort Hood shooter to enter plea at pre-trial hearing in Texas Posted: 02 Jul 2013 03:32 AM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 is expected to enter a formal plea on the charges Tuesday in the last scheduled hearing before jury selection begins in his military trial. Major Nidal Hasan, a U.S.-born Muslim who is representing himself, faces a possible death sentence for the attack on soldiers at a readiness facility preparing soldiers to deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan that left 13 people dead and 32 wounded. ...

Prosecution winding down in WikiLeaks case Posted: 02 Jul 2013 01:59 AM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors say they are close to the end of their case in the court-martial of an Army private who leaked mountains of classified information to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks.

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