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• Anti-Assad rebels say U.S. arms needed, vow to control distribution
• Army relieves Fort Jackson general
• OUR WARS IN THE NEAR EAST ARE FUTILE EXERCISES IN WASTE
• Correction: Mideast-Ramadan story
• Al Qaeda kills Free Syrian Army commander: FSA spokesman
• US gov't reports $116.5 billion surplus in June
• Bomb, gun attacks across Iraq kill at least 44
• Opposition condemns Syrian rebel blockade
• Iraq attacks leave 31 dead, mostly security forces
• Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Awards 74 Nonprofit Organizations Quality of Life Grants
• U.S. says believes it will strike deal with Afghans on troops
• What Happens Next on Immigration?
• Raids kill 16 in Iraq's restive western province
• Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site
• Pentagon to revise danger pay country roster
• No quick fix in sight for Egypt's energy chaos
• Pentagon's paymasters hound a master sergeant
• Special Report: How the Pentagon's payroll quagmire traps America's soldiers
• Navy completes 1st unmanned carrier landing
• Gunmen in western Iraq kill 14 at Ramadan meal
• Twin suicide bombs kill five policemen in west Iraq: police
• IG report: Military burn pits may endanger health
• Today in History

Anti-Assad rebels say U.S. arms needed, vow to control distribution Posted: 11 Jul 2013 05:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syria's opposition said on Thursday that it was concerned U.S. lawmakers had succeeded in holding up U.S. weapons deliveries to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and repeated assurances the arms will not go to Islamist militants. Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees have expressed reservations over the Obama administration's intentions to support the insurgents by sending them military hardware, fearing the weapons would fall into the wrong hands. ...

Army relieves Fort Jackson general Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:41 PM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Army has removed from the command of its largest training post the one-star general suspended in May over charges of adultery and involvement in a physical altercation.

OUR WARS IN THE NEAR EAST ARE FUTILE EXERCISES IN WASTE Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- In the confused 12 years since we invaded Afghanistan, our military's description of our fighting style has ranged from counterinsurgency to counterterrorism, to ending with the favored "war on terrorism."We leveled villages, killed innocent families, and struck a number of al-Qaida and Taliban with drones -- and just as many non-al-Qaida and non-Taliban. But it was all OK, because it was in the name of wiping out terrorism. ...

Correction: Mideast-Ramadan story Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:56 PM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — In a story July 10 about Ramadan, The Associated Press, relying on a press release issued by the U.N.'s Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, reported erroneously that the World Food Program said it needed $27 million every month to deal with the growing ranks of Syrians made hungry because of the war and refugees crisis abroad. The World Food Program needed $27 million every week. The U.N. has corrected the error.

Al Qaeda kills Free Syrian Army commander: FSA spokesman Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:51 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Militants linked to al Qaeda in Syria killed a senior figure in the Western- and Arab-backed Free Syrian army on Thursday, an FSA source said, signaling a widening rift between Islamists and more moderate elements in the armed Syrian opposition. Kamal Hamami, a member of the Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council, known by his nom de guerre Abu Bassel al-Ladkani, was meeting with members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the port city of Latakia when they killed him, Qassem Saadeddine, a Free Syrian Army spokesman, told Reuters. ...

US gov't reports $116.5 billion surplus in June Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government on Thursday reported a rare surplus of $116.5 billion in June, the largest for a single month in five years. The gain kept the nation on track for its lowest annual deficit in five years.

Bomb, gun attacks across Iraq kill at least 44 Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:40 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombers and gunmen attacked policemen and a wake in Iraq among other targets, killing at least 44 people across the country on Thursday, in the latest burst of violence that has raised concerns about a return to civil strife. Gunmen opened fire on two checkpoints guarding oil installations on the road between Haditha and Baiji, 180 km (111 miles) north of the capital, killing 11 people, police said. In the town of Muqdadiya, 80 km northeast of Baghdad, a further 11 people were killed when a car bomb exploded at a wake. ...

Opposition condemns Syrian rebel blockade Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:55 PM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's main opposition coalition Thursday condemned a rebel blockade of government-held districts in the contested northern city of Aleppo, issuing a rare statement of criticism against fighters who reportedly caused severe food shortages at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Iraq attacks leave 31 dead, mostly security forces Posted: 11 Jul 2013 11:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents in Iraq launched two days of bloody assaults at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that killed at least 31 people, most of them members of the security forces serving in restive Sunni-dominated areas, authorities said Thursday.

Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Awards 74 Nonprofit Organizations Quality of Life Grants Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:49 AM PDT SHORT HILLS, N.J., July 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation announced it has awarded over $500,000 in Quality of Life Grants to 74 nonprofit organizations in the United States. Grants requests are evaluated and scored using a rigorous review process to select for funding outstanding nonprofit organizations that empower individuals living with paralysis. The program has awarded 2,205 grants totaling nearly $17 million since its inception in 1999.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire. ...

U.S. says believes it will strike deal with Afghans on troops Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:37 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States believes it will strike a deal with Afghanistan that will allow some American troops to stay in the country beyond 2014, when the NATO combat mission ends, the top U.S. diplomat on Afghanistan told Congress on Thursday. "Without an agreement on our presence in Afghanistan, we would not remain. But we do not believe that that's the likely outcome of these negotiations," James Dobbins, the State Department's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, told a Senate hearing. ...

What Happens Next on Immigration? Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:27 AM PDT People who want more immigration as well as people who want less immigration all claim to support "reform." The urgency with which Republicans felt they needed to appeal to Latinos after the 2012 election has faded, and now it seems good enough to just sound pro-reform. Take, for example, a possible compromise The Washington Post's Ezra Klein reports. The Senate bill has a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, but many in the House oppose that. ...

Raids kill 16 in Iraq's restive western province Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:19 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents launched two days of bloody assaults on security force posts in Iraq's restive Anbar province, killing at least 16 at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, authorities said Thursday.

Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:18 AM PDT By Nicholas Vinocur and Fredrik Dahl PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) - An exiled opposition group said on Thursday it had obtained information about a secret underground nuclear site under construction in Iran, without specifying what kind of atomic activity it believed would be carried out there. The dissident National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) exposed Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and a heavy water facility at Arak in 2002. But analysts say it has a chequered track record and a clear political agenda. Its new allegation drew a cautious international response: the U.N. ...

Pentagon to revise danger pay country roster Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:16 AM PDT A Pentagon security review shows conditions improving in 18 countries once considered so dangerous that U.S. military who served there found something extra in their paychecks each month. Now the Defense ...

No quick fix in sight for Egypt's energy chaos Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:12 AM PDT By Julia Payne and Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON (Reuters) - None of the new ministers to be appointed by Egypt's military-backed leaders faces an easy task, but perhaps special sympathy should be reserved for the brave soul who takes on the energy ministry. Long lines at fuel stations and power cuts were among the main grievances of protesters who prompted the army to overthrow the elected president last week. The lines have since shortened a little but are still there, and few will easily give up on the 1.85 Egyptian pounds ($0. ...

Pentagon's paymasters hound a master sergeant Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:06 AM PDT (This story is refiled to correct the photo caption to read master sergeant from staff sergeant) By Kelly Carr and Scot J. Paltrow (Reuters) - Four months after 25-year Air Force veteran George Koffler retired, the Defense Department demanded that he give back $4,034.67 in pay it said he hadn't deserved. ...

Special Report: How the Pentagon's payroll quagmire traps America's soldiers Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:52 AM PDT By Scot J. Paltrow and Kelly Carr EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - As Christmas 2011 approached, U.S. Army medic Shawn Aiken was once again locked in desperate battle with a formidable foe. Not insurgents in Iraq, or Taliban fighters in Afghanistan - enemies he had already encountered with distinguished bravery. This time, he was up against the U.S. Defense Department. Aiken, then 30 years old, was in his second month of physical and psychological reconstruction at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, after two tours of combat duty had left him shattered. ...

Navy completes 1st unmanned carrier landing Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:20 AM PDT The Navy successfully landed a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time Wednesday, showcasing the military's capability to have a computer program perform one of the ...

Gunmen in western Iraq kill 14 at Ramadan meal Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:04 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen overran an Iraqi army checkpoint and opened fire on a trailer packed with policemen breaking their Ramadan fast, killing 14 in the country's restive western Anbar province, authorities said Thursday.

Twin suicide bombs kill five policemen in west Iraq: police Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:14 AM PDT RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers attacked a police station in western Iraq on Thursday, killing at least five policemen, police sources said. The first bomber opened fire on a checkpoint as he approached the police station, shooting two dead before entering the building and blowing himself up, killing a further three. The second assailant drove a car packed with explosives into the same police station in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of the capital, in Iraq's Sunni heartland. ...

IG report: Military burn pits may endanger health Posted: 10 Jul 2013 09:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A military camp in Afghanistan continues to use open-air burn pits to dispose of its solid wastes, potentially endangering the health of the nearly 13,500 people working there and violating the Pentagon's own regulations and guidance, federal investigators say.

Today in History Posted: 10 Jul 2013 09:00 PM PDT Today is Thursday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2013. There are 173 days left in the year.

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