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• U.S. freezes ‘large-scale’ arms aid to Egypt
• During shutdown, U.S. charity to ensure fallen troops' death benefits
• VA chief: Shutdown could hit millions of vets
• Twelve Iraqis killed in sectarian violence
• Iraq attacks kill 9, wound parliament chief's guards
• Hezbollah, Iraqi militia capture Damascus suburb: opposition
• Insight: Saudis brace for 'nightmare' of U.S.-Iran rapprochement
• How U.S. Interrogators Could Make Anas Al-Libi Talk
• Soccer-Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia
• USCCAR Calls on Obama Administration to Hold Iraq Accountable for September 1 Massacre At Camp Ashraf and to Save Seven Abducted Residents
• Hagel promises Israel to be 'clear-eyed' on Iran
• Football: Jeddah to host Gulf Cup
• Iran rejects U.S. condition for joining Syria peace conference
• Soccer-Prince Ali criticises FIFA over Middle East treatment
• U.S. may freeze most Egypt aid in days: Report
• How America decides which missions to give SEAL Team Six
• 4 reasons President Obama isn't negotiating with Republicans

U.S. freezes ‘large-scale’ arms aid to Egypt Posted: 09 Oct 2013 02:07 PM PDT No F-16s. No Apaches. Cuts in cash aid. But will be reviewed regularly.

During shutdown, U.S. charity to ensure fallen troops' death benefits Posted: 09 Oct 2013 01:56 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private U.S. charity struck a deal with the Pentagon on Wednesday to advance a "death gratuity" to families of American troops who die during the government shutdown, after the Defense Department determined it was legally unable to make the $100,000 payment. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced the agreement after returning from Dover Air Force Base, where he attended a ceremony marking the return of the bodies of four U.S. soldiers killed by insurgents in Afghanistan on Sunday. ...

VA chief: Shutdown could hit millions of vets Posted: 09 Oct 2013 01:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.

Twelve Iraqis killed in sectarian violence Posted: 09 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were killed by roadside bombs and shootings across Iraq on Wednesday and a government convoy came under attack, prompting a senior politician to accuse security services of negligence. The deadliest attack, in what has become daily sectarian violence, took place in a town near Kut, south of Baghdad, when a roadside bomb hit a minibus carrying Shi'ite poultry farm workers, killing eight of them, police said. Four policemen were killed and six wounded when militants opened fire at a checkpoint in Baiji, north of the capital. ...

Iraq attacks kill 9, wound parliament chief's guards Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:54 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Attacks killed nine people in Iraq on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near a convoy of parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi's guards, wounding at least five, officials said.

Hezbollah, Iraqi militia capture Damascus suburb: opposition Posted: 09 Oct 2013 11:07 AM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi and Lebanese Shi'ite militia backed by Syrian army firepower overran a southern suburb of Damascus on Wednesday, opposition activists said, in a blow to Sunni Muslim rebels trying to hold onto strategic outskirts of the capital. At least 20 rebels were killed when Hezbollah guerrillas and Iraqi militiamen captured the town of Sheikh Omar under cover of Syrian army artillery and tank fire and aerial bombardment, the activists said, with tens of Shi'ite fighters killed or wounded. ...

Insight: Saudis brace for 'nightmare' of U.S.-Iran rapprochement Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:51 AM PDT By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - When Saudi Arabia's veteran foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, made no annual address to the United Nations General Assembly last week for the first time ever, his unspoken message could hardly have been louder. For most countries, refusing to give a scheduled speech would count as little more than a diplomatic slap on the wrist, but for staid Saudi Arabia, which prefers backroom politicking to the public arena, it was uncharacteristically forthright. ...

How U.S. Interrogators Could Make Anas Al-Libi Talk Posted: 09 Oct 2013 10:40 AM PDT Separating Myth From Fact About Techniques a Special Interrogation Team Can Use on Al Qaeda Suspect

Soccer-Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia Posted: 09 Oct 2013 07:14 AM PDT By Raheem Salman and Matt Smith BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Iraq has withdrawn from the 2014-5 Gulf Cup of Nations in protest at a decision to move the tournament from the southern city of Basra to Saudi Arabia, in a spat highlighting the two countries' worsening relations. The competition between the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), plus usually Iraq and Yemen, is little known outside the region, but hotly contested within it and is next due to be held in late 2014 or early 2015. ...

USCCAR Calls on Obama Administration to Hold Iraq Accountable for September 1 Massacre At Camp Ashraf and to Save Seven Abducted Residents Posted: 09 Oct 2013 05:30 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The US Committee for Camp Ashraf Residents (USCCAR) deplores the failure by the White House to hold the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki accountable for the September 1 massacre of 52 defenseless residents of Camp Ashraf, members of principal opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). ...

Hagel promises Israel to be 'clear-eyed' on Iran Posted: 09 Oct 2013 03:10 AM PDT Washington (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has promised Israel the United States will be "clear-eyed" and committed to ensuring that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons as Washington pursues engagement.

Football: Jeddah to host Gulf Cup Posted: 09 Oct 2013 02:04 AM PDT The Saudi city of Jeddah has replaced Basra in Iraq as host of the next Gulf Cup football championship, the president of the Bahrain football federation said on Tuesday.

Iran rejects U.S. condition for joining Syria peace conference Posted: 09 Oct 2013 12:25 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran rejects any conditions for taking part in a long-delayed peace conference on Syria, Iranian media reported, in effect dismissing a U.S. suggestion that Tehran back a call for a transitional government in Damascus. The United States accuses Iran of supporting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a civil war that has run for more than two years, killed more than 100,000 people and eluded all efforts at a peaceful settlement. The U.S. ...

Soccer-Prince Ali criticises FIFA over Middle East treatment Posted: 08 Oct 2013 11:08 PM PDT Oct 9 (Reuters) - FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein has criticised soccer's world governing body FIFA for banning Iraq from hosting home internationals and called upon the organisation to do more for supporters in the Middle East. Iraq hosted friendlies against Syria and Liberia earlier this year after FIFA lifted a previous ban, but it was reintroduced in July over security concerns in the war-torn country where two suicide bombers killed 60 people in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday. ...

U.S. may freeze most Egypt aid in days: Report Posted: 08 Oct 2013 05:30 PM PDT Three months after President Mohammed Morsi's removal, a potentially major U.S. shift

How America decides which missions to give SEAL Team Six Posted: 08 Oct 2013 06:43 AM PDT The global reach of the United States' military, and the Joint Special Operations Command in particular, was demonstrated again this weekend when a pair of highly publicized raids intended to capture terrorist masterminds in Africa were executed within hours of each other.

4 reasons President Obama isn't negotiating with Republicans Posted: 07 Oct 2013 11:22 PM PDT As the government shutdown enters its second week and Congress hurtles toward a deadline to raise the debt ceiling, Republicans are coalescing around a message that they appear to believe will sway public opinion in their favor: President Obama refuses to negotiate.

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