Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Dispute on immunity for U.S. troops blocks Afghan-U.S. security pact
• Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria
• Jihadists make gains in inter-rebel Syria clashes
• Car bomb kills 17 at central Iraq market
• Partial Afghan security deal reached, Kerry says
• Troop immunity threatens to sink US-Afghan deal
• Car bomb at Iraq market kills 17
• Car bomb explodes in Iraqi city of Samarra, killing 14
• Car bomb at Iraq market kills 12
• Three arrested over Iraqi Kurdistan attack: officials
• Iraq car bomb targeting shoppers kills 13
• Tight post-attack security curbs Iraqi Kurdistan tourism
• Will Syrian refugees transform or threaten Jordan's economy?
• Soccer-AFC president pledges to help Iraq host matches
• US nuclear force faces a cascade of missteps
• Soccer-Australia's period of transition defeats Osieck

Dispute on immunity for U.S. troops blocks Afghan-U.S. security pact Posted: 12 Oct 2013 02:01 PM PDT By Lesley Wroughton and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai ended two days of talks on a bilateral security pact on Saturday without a deal because they could not agree on the issue of legal immunity for U.S. troops. The pact would determine, among other things, how many U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan after 2014 when most foreign combat troops are due to exit. U.S. officials had previously said they wanted the pact finalized by the end of October. ...

Mortar shells hit near inspectors' hotel in Syria Posted: 12 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Two mortar shells hit Syria's capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical weapons inspectors and United Nations staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said.

Jihadists make gains in inter-rebel Syria clashes Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT Damascus (AFP) - Clashes between jihadists and mainstream rebels in Syria's second city Aleppo have killed nearly 50 people in three days, a watchdog said Saturday, adding that the jihadists made several gains.

Car bomb kills 17 at central Iraq market Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:35 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A pickup truck packed with explosives blew up at an Iraqi vegetable market on Saturday, police said, killing 17 and wounding dozens in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the country.

Partial Afghan security deal reached, Kerry says Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:06 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday said a partial agreement was reached with Afghanistan on a security accord, but the potentially deal-breaking issue of jurisdiction for American forces remains unresolved.

Troop immunity threatens to sink US-Afghan deal Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:04 PM PDT Kabul (AFP) - President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that talks on the future of US forces in Afghanistan were stuck on the key issue of US troop immunity.

Car bomb at Iraq market kills 17 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:48 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bombing at a market in Iraq killed 17 people on Saturday, wounding dozens of others in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the country.

Car bomb explodes in Iraqi city of Samarra, killing 14 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:13 AM PDT SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a street lined with shops in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Saturday, killing at least 14 people, police and medics said. There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, but Sunni Islamist and other insurgents, including al Qaeda have been regaining ground this year, reversing a decline in sectarian bloodshed that reached a peak in 2006-7. More than 6,000 people have been killed in acts of violence across the country so far this year, as Iraq's sectarian balance comes under acute strain from the civil war in neighboring Syria. ...

Car bomb at Iraq market kills 12 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:05 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say a car bomb attack at a market has killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others in central Iraq.

Three arrested over Iraqi Kurdistan attack: officials Posted: 12 Oct 2013 10:04 AM PDT Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - The authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan have arrested three men allegedly involved in an attack that killed seven people last month in the autonomous region's capital Arbil, officials said on Saturday.

Iraq car bomb targeting shoppers kills 13 Posted: 12 Oct 2013 09:25 AM PDT Samarra (Iraq) (AFP) - A car bomb exploded in a crowded street in a city north of the Iraqi capital on Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding 32, police and a doctor said.

Tight post-attack security curbs Iraqi Kurdistan tourism Posted: 12 Oct 2013 08:17 AM PDT Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Tight security measures imposed after a rare deadly attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region have curbed tourism ahead of the year's biggest Muslim holiday, industry officials and business owners say.

Will Syrian refugees transform or threaten Jordan's economy? Posted: 12 Oct 2013 06:00 AM PDT It's early in the day, before the afternoon rush, so the server at one of Jordan's newest shawarma stands takes time to carve a carrot into a reasonable representation of a rose before presenting a platter of marinated and grilled chicken slices to a customer.

Soccer-AFC president pledges to help Iraq host matches Posted: 12 Oct 2013 01:38 AM PDT Oct 12 (Reuters) - The Asian Football Confederation have pledged full support to Iraq in their bid to overturn a ban on playing home internationals after the 2007 Asian champions were left furious at being stripped of hosting the Gulf Cup. FIFA banned Iraq from hosting matches in July in a move criticised this week by Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, a member of the world governing body's all powerful executive committee.. ...

US nuclear force faces a cascade of missteps Posted: 12 Oct 2013 12:25 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — First it was bad attitudes among young officers in nuclear missile launch centers. Now it's alleged bad behavior by two of the nuclear arsenal's top commanders.

Soccer-Australia's period of transition defeats Osieck Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:05 PM PDT By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Holger Osieck fired a tart "I know what I'm doing" barb squarely at his critics after leading the Socceroos to World Cup qualification in June. On Saturday, Football Federation Australia (FFA) decided that was not the case. Eight months before Australia embark on their fourth World Cup finals campaign in Brazil and, perhaps as importantly, little more than a year before they host the Asian Cup, the 65-year-old German's four year reign was brought to a summary halt. ...

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