Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Yemen terror boss left blueprint for waging jihad
• Obama signs bill easing airport screening for vets
• Wis. man gets life for killing police officer wife
• Iraq war veteran gets life for killing Wisconsin cop wife
• Prosecutors present last witnesses in WikiLeaks U.S. trial sentencing
• Prosecution ends its Manning sentencing case
• In Syria Chemical Probe, Can U.N. Investigators Avoid Saying Who Hit Who?
• Exclusive: PetroChina to join Exxon at giant Iraqi oilfield
• Al Qaeda's 'conference call' and claims that the group is on the rise
• Wikileaks: Expert says enemy could've used info
• Strikes, unrest cut OPEC oil supplies: IEA
• The “Filthy Filner” Cover-Up

Yemen terror boss left blueprint for waging jihad Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:32 PM PDT TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — A year before he was caught on an intercept discussing the terror plot that prompted this week's sweeping closure of U.S. embassies abroad, al-Qaida's top operative in Yemen laid out his blueprint for how to wage jihad in letters sent to a fellow terrorist.

Obama signs bill easing airport screening for vets Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill making it easier for wounded or disabled members of the military and veterans to get through airport security screening.

Wis. man gets life for killing police officer wife Posted: 09 Aug 2013 04:14 PM PDT MILWAUKEE (AP) — An Iraq War veteran who ambushed and killed his police officer wife last Christmas Eve was sentenced Friday to life in prison for gunning down the woman he called his "one love," and the earliest he could be eligible for parole is in 35 years.

Iraq war veteran gets life for killing Wisconsin cop wife Posted: 09 Aug 2013 03:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - A decorated U.S. Iraq war veteran was sentenced on Friday to life in prison with the possibility of seeking release after 35 years for gunning down his wife, a Wisconsin police officer, while she was on duty early last Christmas Eve. Benjamin Sebena, 30, pleaded guilty in June to first-degree intentional homicide for killing his wife, Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena, 30, outside a fire station in the Milwaukee suburb. ...

Prosecutors present last witnesses in WikiLeaks U.S. trial sentencing Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:09 PM PDT By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. Army prosecutors presented their last witnesses on Friday in the sentencing phase of Private First Class Bradley Manning's court-martial for providing a trove of secret files to WikiLeaks. Defense lawyers for Manning, who faces up to 90 years in prison, are expected next week to start laying out their case that the former intelligence analyst get a lenient sentence in the biggest leak of secret data in U.S. history. ...

Prosecution ends its Manning sentencing case Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:58 PM PDT FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — The classified information that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed through WikiLeaks put entire Afghan villages at risk of harm from the Taliban for cooperating with U.S. forces, a Pentagon official testified Friday at the soldier's sentencing hearing.

In Syria Chemical Probe, Can U.N. Investigators Avoid Saying Who Hit Who? Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:25 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- A United Nations inspection mission to Syria that could begin within the next week will seek to determine if chemical weapon attacks have taken place in the nation's two-year conflict, but reportedly will stop short of assessing which side was to blame.

Exclusive: PetroChina to join Exxon at giant Iraqi oilfield Posted: 09 Aug 2013 07:35 AM PDT By Chen Aizhu and Vladimir Soldatkin BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) - China's biggest energy firm PetroChina will join Exxon Mobil in developing Iraq's giant West Qurna oilfield and is in talks with Russia's Lukoil to buy into a second project at the field, industry sources said. China is already the top foreign player in Iraq's oilfields. A deal at West Qurna, which is around 50 km northwest of the southern oil hub of Basra, would boost its dominance and could make PetroChina the biggest single foreign investor in Iraqi oil. ...

Al Qaeda's 'conference call' and claims that the group is on the rise Posted: 09 Aug 2013 06:03 AM PDT Did the US do the right thing by shutting down 19 embassies and consulates this week in response to an unspecified "terror threat?" While some have called the decision "crazy pants," I think that's unfair.

Wikileaks: Expert says enemy could've used info Posted: 09 Aug 2013 03:57 AM PDT A U.S. military expert on militant Islamism testified Thursday that al-Qaida members could have used the classified information Army Pfc. Bradley Manning disclosed through WikiLeaks to plan attacks on ...

Strikes, unrest cut OPEC oil supplies: IEA Posted: 09 Aug 2013 01:02 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - America's shale oil boom is protecting the world from steep oil price spikes as several OPEC members struggle to maintain production due to unrest and infrastructure problems, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. The agency, adviser to developed economies on energy policy, said violence and maintenance was limiting oil production and exports from Iraq and Libya, and supplies to Europe, Asia and the United States faced further disruption. ...

The “Filthy Filner” Cover-Up Posted: 09 Aug 2013 12:00 AM PDT Yuck. Is there a woman in his sights that pervy Democratic San Diego Mayor Bob Filner hasn't harassed, molested, insulted, propositioned, groped, headlocked or slobbered on while holding public office? In less than a month, the number of victims and witnesses coming forward has skyrocketed from three to 13. And the details have grown even more unbelievably sordid.

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