Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Saudi religious leader urges youths not to fight in Syria
• Column: Opposing Obamacare - GOP's defining issue
• Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria miss deadline
• Bombings, shooting kill 11 in Iraq
• Beleaguered Syrian Christians fear future
• Syria MP abducted by Islamist fighters
• New Report Claims Iraq's Prime Minister Complicit in Camp Ashraf Massacre
• Bombing, shooting kill 5 in Iraq
• Iraq needs new strategy to curb violence, experts say
• In Libya's east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli
• Easter Seals Elects Century 21 Real Estate LLC CEO Rick Davidson as Chairman of the Non-Profit Organization's Board of Directors
• Easter Seals Elects Emmy Award-Winning Journalist and ABC News Correspondent Mike Boettcher to the Non-Profit Organization's International Board of Directors
• German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010

Saudi religious leader urges youths not to fight in Syria Posted: 28 Oct 2013 02:19 PM PDT By Mahmoud Habboush DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's grand mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, has urged young Saudis to refrain from fighting in Syria. The kingdom has backed the rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad, publicly calling on the world powers to "enable" Syrians to protect themselves, but is wary that fighters could return home ready to wage war on their own dynastic rulers. ...

Column: Opposing Obamacare - GOP's defining issue Posted: 28 Oct 2013 01:48 PM PDT By Bill Schneider After the French Revolution, the statesman and diplomat Talleyrand said of the Bourbon kings, "They learned nothing and they forgot nothing." The same might be said of congressional Republicans after their disastrous government shutdown adventure. Obamacare survives. That itself is something of a miracle. Look at how many near-death experiences it has been through. The loss of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) in 2009 deprived Democrats of the majority they needed to end a Senate filibuster. ...

Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria miss deadline Posted: 28 Oct 2013 01:28 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile have missed an early deadline in a brutally tight schedule after security concerns prevented them from visiting two sites linked to Damascus' chemical program.

Bombings, shooting kill 11 in Iraq Posted: 28 Oct 2013 12:43 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bombings and an ambush of a police checkpoint in Iraq killed 11 people in and west of the capital on Monday, said officials.

Beleaguered Syrian Christians fear future Posted: 28 Oct 2013 11:56 AM PDT DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Sami Amir is used to the deep echoing rumble of the Syrian army artillery pounding rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus. It's the thump of mortars launched from an Islamist-controlled neighborhood that scares him to death.

Syria MP abducted by Islamist fighters Posted: 28 Oct 2013 11:09 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - A Sunni Arab lawmaker was kidnapped by Islamist fighters during clashes with members of his pro-regime tribe in Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, a monitoring group reported Monday.

New Report Claims Iraq's Prime Minister Complicit in Camp Ashraf Massacre Posted: 28 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's visit to Washington to meet with President Obama, lawyers will release a comprehensive report prepared for the German Human Rights group Menschenrechtsverein Für Migranten (Rights for Migrants) investigating the involvement of the Iraqi government in the killing of 52 Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf,Iraq in September 2013 – an incident popularly known as the Camp Ashraf Massacre.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire. ...

Bombing, shooting kill 5 in Iraq Posted: 28 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say a bombing and an ambush of a police checkpoint have killed five people west of Baghdad.

Iraq needs new strategy to curb violence, experts say Posted: 28 Oct 2013 06:34 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Iraq's disjointed array of security measures are failing to control rampant violence, and it needs to make longer-term efforts that build trust among citizens, especially Sunnis, experts say.

In Libya's east, a former rebel commander tests Tripoli Posted: 28 Oct 2013 06:28 AM PDT By Ulf Laessing and Ghaith Shennib BREGA, Libya (Reuters) - For Libyan militia leader Ibrahim al-Jathran, shutting down half the country's oil production with an armed militia is not a crime, it is the start of a just battle for a fair share of the country's petroleum wealth. From his base near the Mediterranean oil terminal of Brega, the 33-year-old war hero from the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi has taken control of the main oil ports to demand more autonomy and oil for his eastern region from faraway Tripoli. ...

Easter Seals Elects Century 21 Real Estate LLC CEO Rick Davidson as Chairman of the Non-Profit Organization's Board of Directors Posted: 28 Oct 2013 03:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Richard W. "Rick" Davidson was elected as Chairman of the Easter Seals International Board of Directors on Saturday, October 26th.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110401/MM76153LOGO)The CENTURY 21® relationship with Easter Seals began in 1979, and since that time, its thousands of franchise brokers and their agents have raised more than $106 million to provide services and support to children and adults with disabilities through Easter Seals. ...

Easter Seals Elects Emmy Award-Winning Journalist and ABC News Correspondent Mike Boettcher to the Non-Profit Organization's International Board of Directors Posted: 28 Oct 2013 03:00 AM PDT Boettcher's election and new military film fitting for upcoming Veterans Day commemorationsWASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Easter Seals elected Mike Boettcher as its newest member of the organization's International Board of Directors during the annual meeting over the weekend.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110401/MM76153LOGO)"I think of Easter Seals as America's charity," said Boettcher. ...

German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010 Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:41 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - A German newspaper said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama knew his intelligence service was eavesdropping on Angela Merkel as long ago as 2010, contradicting reports that he had told the German leader he did not know. Germany received information this week that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had bugged Merkel's mobile phone, prompting Berlin to summon the U.S. ambassador, a move unprecedented in post-war relations between the close allies. Reuters was unable to confirm Sunday's news report. ...

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