Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• New sanctions likely despite thaw in US-Iran ties
• Weapons experts start Syria mission amid clashes
• Iraq president's party comes third in Kurdish polls
• Afternoon Round Up: Gridlock in Congress, Good News for Your iPad
• Iraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide
• Top Iraq Kurdish party wins local legislature vote
• Syria chemical disarmament team begins mission
• Gridlock in Congress, Good News for Your iPad: THE EDGE—Brought to you by the American Medical Association
• Government shutdown hurting U.S. army: general
• Al Qaeda-linked group advances on Syrian rebels near Turkey
• Syria jihadists 'advance toward Turkey border post'
• Shutdown is latest bad news for military towns
• Disputes threaten post-2014 US-Afghan pact: Kabul
• Weapons experts begin Syria mission amid clashes
• Syria refugee quotas offered by 17 countries: UNHCR
• Navy SEAL, Mega Church Pastor Support Military BibleSticks for Armed Forces in Updated Bible on the Battlefield Video
• CTBTO Hopeful Syria Will Sign Test Ban Pact
• Afghans balk at U.S. push for operations after 2014: spokesman
• Militants shoot down military helicopter in northern Iraq: police
• Gunmen down military helicopter in central Iraq
• Press Conference Denouncing President Obama's Outreach to Hassan Rouhani, Silence on the Massacre of Iranian Dissidents at Camp Ashraf

New sanctions likely despite thaw in US-Iran ties Posted: 02 Oct 2013 02:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers from both parties have expressed a willingness to give President Barack Obama's outreach to Iran a chance to end to Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West, but at the same time they are crafting tough new U.S. economic sanctions to further isolate the Islamic republic.

Weapons experts start Syria mission amid clashes Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:19 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Deadly clashes raged on the edge of Damascus on Wednesday and rival rebel factions battled each other in northern Syria as international chemical weapons inspectors began to secure the sites will they will work.

Iraq president's party comes third in Kurdish polls Posted: 02 Oct 2013 11:27 AM PDT Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party finished third behind an opposition movement in the autonomous Kurdish region's parliamentary polls, shaking a decades-long duopoly on power, according to final results released Wednesday.

Afternoon Round Up: Gridlock in Congress, Good News for Your iPad Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:54 AM PDT TODAY IN ONE PARAGRAPH: The fundamentals of the shutdown stand-off are largely unchanged. Harry Reid is still demanding House Republicans pass Democrats "clean" continuing resolution to reopen government, but John Boehner is standing his ground. Instead, House Republicans—with the help of a handful of defecting House Democrats—are sending the Senate piecemeal bills that would fund parts of the government, including the Veterans Affairs Department and the National Park Service. ...

Iraqi helicopter shot down as 18 killed nationwide Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT Kirkuk (Iraq) (AFP) - Militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing four security forces members, as at least 14 people died in other violence, officials said.

Top Iraq Kurdish party wins local legislature vote Posted: 02 Oct 2013 10:25 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The leading party in Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region advanced its position in the local legislature in election results announced Wednesday, winning the largest bloc of seats even as its coalition partner fell behind a persistent opposition movement.

Syria chemical disarmament team begins mission Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT Damascus (AFP) - International disarmament experts began on Wednesday their mission to catalogue Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons under a deal that will see the arms turned over for destruction by mid-2014.

Gridlock in Congress, Good News for Your iPad: THE EDGE—Brought to you by the American Medical Association Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:17 AM PDT TODAY IN ONE PARAGRAPH: The fundamentals of the shutdown stand-off are largely unchanged. Harry Reid is still demanding House Republicans pass Democrats "clean" continuing resolution to reopen government, but John Boehner is standing his ground. Instead, House Republicans—with the help of a handful of defecting House Democrats—are sending the Senate piecemeal bills that would fund parts of the government, including the Veterans Affairs Department and the National Park Service. ...

Government shutdown hurting U.S. army: general Posted: 02 Oct 2013 09:12 AM PDT By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's chief of staff said on Wednesday the government shutdown was significantly harming the army's day-to-day operations and he urged a rapid resolution to the funding row. General Ray Odierno said the shutdown "impacts significantly day-to-day operations", forcing the military to cut training and travel and to focus on essential tasks. "The longer it goes on, the worse it gets. ...

Al Qaeda-linked group advances on Syrian rebels near Turkey Posted: 02 Oct 2013 08:53 AM PDT By Alexander Dziadosz and Stephen Kalin BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked fighters fought rival Syrian rebels near the border with Turkey on Wednesday, activists said, in an outbreak of violence driven by the divisions between factions battling President Bashar al-Assad. The fighting illustrates the volatile situation in Syria as a team of chemical weapons experts start the process of eliminating Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, with inspections expected to begin next week. ...

Syria jihadists 'advance toward Turkey border post' Posted: 02 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Hundreds of jihadist fighters from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have advanced in northern Syria towards a border post with Turkey, an NGO said Wednesday.

Shutdown is latest bad news for military towns Posted: 02 Oct 2013 07:27 AM PDT In eight years, Brian Kent has taken his military consulting business from the garage of his home to a premier office building with a view of Fayetteville's most gorgeous park splashed below his corner ...

Disputes threaten post-2014 US-Afghan pact: Kabul Posted: 02 Oct 2013 07:10 AM PDT Kabul (AFP) - A planned deal to let US forces stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014 to fight Al-Qaeda remnants is under threat because of disagreement over the Americans' right to conduct military operations, Kabul says.

Weapons experts begin Syria mission amid clashes Posted: 02 Oct 2013 07:02 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — As deadly clashes raged on the edge of Damascus, international inspectors left their hotel on Wednesday to start work on the task of destroying Syria's chemical arsenal under the tightest of deadlines in the midst of a civil war.

Syria refugee quotas offered by 17 countries: UNHCR Posted: 02 Oct 2013 06:48 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Seventeen countries including the United States, France and Australia have agreed to receive quotas of refugees fleeing the bloody conflict in Syria, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.

Navy SEAL, Mega Church Pastor Support Military BibleSticks for Armed Forces in Updated Bible on the Battlefield Video Posted: 02 Oct 2013 06:17 AM PDT Faith Comes By Hearing video project also features Franklin Graham, Lt. General (Ret.) William Boykin, host Ryan DobsonALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since 2008, Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) has provided more than 350,000 Military BibleSticks to this nation's brave men and women in uniform – free of charge.  Distributed through the chaplaincy corps, the small, portable digital device contains a dramatized recording of the New Testament and select Psalms. ...

CTBTO Hopeful Syria Will Sign Test Ban Pact Posted: 02 Oct 2013 05:02 AM PDT The implementing body of an international pact that bans nuclear weapons testing suggested that Syria could finally sign the treaty following Damascus' recent announcement it would join another accord that prohibits chemical weapons usage, ITAR-Tass reported on Wednesday.

Afghans balk at U.S. push for operations after 2014: spokesman Posted: 02 Oct 2013 04:08 AM PDT By Dylan Welch and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. bid to run unilateral counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan after 2014 is threatening to derail a security pact between the two countries, an Afghan spokesman said, underlining Afghanistan's tenuous ties with its main backer. Most foreign combat troops are due to leave by the end of 2014, and the United States has been putting pressure on Afghanistan to finalize a bilateral security agreement by the end of this month. The pact will set out the terms of a U.S. ...

Militants shoot down military helicopter in northern Iraq: police Posted: 02 Oct 2013 03:13 AM PDT TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Unidentified militants shot down a military helicopter in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing all four crew members, police sources said. The helicopter was carrying out a security mission between the city of Kirkuk and Salahuddin province in the early morning when it came under heavy fire and crashed in western Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. It is the second helicopter to be downed in the area in recent weeks. ...

Gunmen down military helicopter in central Iraq Posted: 02 Oct 2013 01:31 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have downed a military helicopter north of Baghdad, killing its five-member crew.

Press Conference Denouncing President Obama's Outreach to Hassan Rouhani, Silence on the Massacre of Iranian Dissidents at Camp Ashraf Posted: 01 Oct 2013 10:55 PM PDT ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Thursday, October 3, 201311:30 AMAlexandria RoomEmbassy Suites Brea900 East Birch St.Brea, CA 92821Partial list of Speakers:Afzal Afzal-nia, a U.S. citizen residing in Placentia, CA. His brother was murdered by Iraqi forces at Camp Ashraf on Sept 1. Afzal's cousin is among the seven residents taken hostage.Amir Emadi, a U.S. citizen residing in southern California. His father was murdered by Iraqi forces at Camp Ashraf on Sept 1.California Society for Democracy in Iran (http://www.californiasdi. ...

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