Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• U.S. issues global travel alert, cites al Qaeda threat
• Bombings, shootings across Iraq kill 19
• Interpol makes new warning linked to prison breaks
• France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily on security fears
• Interpol issues global security alert after prison breaks
• Bombings and a shooting kill 8 in Iraq
• Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish pedophile
• Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish paedophile
• U.S. soldier convicted of murdering two Afghans is "scapegoat:" lawyer
• Conservatives hire Obama campaign chief in election role

U.S. issues global travel alert, cites al Qaeda threat Posted: 03 Aug 2013 02:36 PM PDT By Arshad Mohammed and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday warning Americans that al Qaeda may be planning attacks in August, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. The State Department travel alert was based on the same intelligence that prompted it to close 21 U.S. embassies and consulates on Sunday, August 4, chiefly those in the Muslim world, a U.S. official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "The Department of State alerts U.S. ...

Bombings, shootings across Iraq kill 19 Posted: 03 Aug 2013 10:50 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings across Iraq on Saturday killed 19 people, including an ambush that targeted a convoy carrying a top military commander in the country, authorities said.

Interpol makes new warning linked to prison breaks Posted: 03 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — Interpol has issued a global security alert in connection with suspected al-Qaida involvement in several recent prison escapes including those in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan.

France to close embassy in Yemen temporarily on security fears Posted: 03 Aug 2013 08:17 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - France said it would close its embassy in Yemen for several days from Sunday and urged its citizens in the country to take precautions because of elevated security threats. The decision came after similar moves by Britain and Germany, which followed a U.S. decision to issue a travel alert to its citizens and to close embassies temporarily in the Middle East and Africa. ...

Interpol issues global security alert after prison breaks Posted: 03 Aug 2013 07:42 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Interpol issued a global security alert on Saturday advising its members to increase their vigilance against attacks after a series of prison breaks in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan that the agency is investigating to determine if they were linked. The Lyon, France-based Interpol said given that al Qaeda was suspected to be involved in some of the incidents, it was asking its 190 member countries to watch out for information connected to the prison breaks, with an aim to determine whether they were coordinated and also locate the escaped prisoners. ...

Bombings and a shooting kill 8 in Iraq Posted: 03 Aug 2013 04:37 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities say bombings and a drive-by shooting have killed eight people across Iraq.

Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish pedophile Posted: 03 Aug 2013 04:11 AM PDT By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - Riot police broke up a protest by hundreds of Moroccans late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping and filming children as young as four. In running clashes with the demonstrators, baton-wielding police prevented them from gathering in front of the Moroccan parliament in the centre of the capital Rabat, injuring several people including journalists. ...

Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish paedophile Posted: 03 Aug 2013 04:09 AM PDT RABAT (Reuters) - Riot police broke up a protest by hundreds of Moroccans late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish paedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping and filming children as young as four. In running clashes with the demonstrators, baton-wielding police prevented them from gathering in front of the Moroccan parliament in the centre of the capital Rabat, injuring several people including journalists. ...

U.S. soldier convicted of murdering two Afghans is "scapegoat:" lawyer Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:46 PM PDT By David Adams (Reuters) - An army lieutenant found guilty of murdering two Afghan civilians was being used as a "scapegoat" by the U.S. Army, his lawyer said on Friday, predicting that the officer's conviction and a 20-year sentence would be overturned on appeal. Prosecutors at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, accused 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, 28, of illegally ordering the fatal shootings of two men on motorcycles while on patrol in Afghanistan's Kandahar province in July last year. He was found guilty on Thursday of two counts of murder. Lorance's attorney, Ret. Lt. Col. ...

Conservatives hire Obama campaign chief in election role Posted: 02 Aug 2013 06:02 PM PDT By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservative Party has hired U.S. President Barack Obama's former campaign manager as part of its election team ahead of polls due in less than two years, the party said. Jim Messina, a lifelong Democrat, is the latest appointment by Prime Minister David Cameron in a bid to win the party's first overall majority in over 20 years, against a weak economic backdrop and poor poll ratings. ...

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