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- Iraq crisis: Kerry to meet with Saudi king, seeking Sunni Arab restraint
- Iraq helicopter crashes in airborne commando assault on Tikrit
- 'Great Conciliator' Howard Baker dies
- Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels
- Obama seeks $500 mn to train, equip Syrian rebels
- WE'RE PAYING FOR THE MESS WE MADE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
- Obama seeks $500 million from Congress to help moderate Syrian rebels
- Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki's removal
- Obama shares an (atypical) 'day in life' of Minnesota woman
- White House sends $60 billion war-funding request to Congress
- Stocks slip on Fed official's rate hike call; sterling up
- Price of oil falls on some easing of Iraq worries
- Obama Requests $500 Million for 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels
- U.N. aid chief urges Security Council to act on Syria aid crisis
- TSX rises as energy, materials shares show strength
- Tens of Thousands of Christians Flee ISIS Attack on Nineveh Town of Qaraqosh (Hamdaniya)
- U.S. drone strikes risk 'slippery slope' to endless war, panel says
- ISIL deploys in Syria border town
- Putin-Style Human Rights at the UN
- UN accuses Syria of impeding aid deliveries
- Medal of Honor recipient: This belongs to comrades
- Global role divides US across political spectrum
- Senate confirms new US ambassadors to Iraq, Egypt
- Court acquits radical Jordanian cleric in 1 case
- Iraqi parliament prepares to start work next week
- UN humanitarian chief points finger at Syria
- US, Sunni states meet on Mideast insurgent crisis
- Analysis: Iraq producing unusual Mideast dynamic
- Kerry asks Gulf states to do what they can to help Iraq
- Iraqi parliament to meet in step to form new govt
- Syria not the answer to Iraq turmoil: US
- Israel offers to help Arab nations over Iraq crisis
- More U.S. forces arrive in Baghdad, two-star general leads effort
- Hague urges Iraq unity in face of militants
- Saudi king orders steps against 'terrorist threats'
- US drone killings: 'a secret war governed by secret law'?
- Suicide bombers bring Iraq conflict ever closer to Lebanon
- British spymaster John Sawers, head of MI6, to step down
- Mideast crisis exposes failure to build democracy -IPU
- Saudi king orders measures to defend against Iraq jihadists
Iraq crisis: Kerry to meet with Saudi king, seeking Sunni Arab restraint Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:50 PM PDT In the run-up to his stop in Riyadh – a last-minute add-on to his week-long trip to the Middle East and Europe – Mr. Kerry has been imploring the region's powers to refrain from entering the Iraqi fray in ways he says could cause the conflict to deteriorate into a full-blown sectarian war. In particular, he is encouraging the region's Sunni Arabs to tamp down their harsh public criticisms of Iraq's Shiite prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, and to press Iraq's Sunni tribes to reject the country's Sunni insurgency, which has aligned with the advancing Islamist extremist group, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). "We've made it clear to everyone in the region that we don't need anything to take place that might exacerbate the sectarian divisions that are already at a heightened level of tension," Kerry said Wednesday, warning against actions that he said "could act as a flashpoint with respect to the sectarian divide" between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Yet while Kerry emphasizes the need for regional unity against extremist forces like ISIS, the region's Sunni Arabs, and the Saudis in particular, worry more about Shiite Iran – whose influence they see growing, and whose interests they fear are increasingly aligned with those of the US. |
Iraq helicopter crashes in airborne commando assault on Tikrit Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:29 PM PDT By Oliver Holmes and Isabel Coles BAGHDAD/ARBIL (Reuters) - Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities. Witnesses said battles were raging in the city, hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein, which fell to Sunni Islamist fighters two weeks ago on the third day of a lightning offensive that has given them control of most majority Sunni regions. The helicopters were shot at as they flew low over the city and landed in a stadium at the city's university, a security source at the scene said. Ahmed al-Jubbour, professor at the university's college of agriculture, described fighting in the colleges of agriculture and sports education after three helicopters arrived. |
'Great Conciliator' Howard Baker dies Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:11 PM PDT
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Obama seeks $500M to train, equip Syrian rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:10 PM PDT |
Obama seeks $500 mn to train, equip Syrian rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:03 PM PDT
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WE'RE PAYING FOR THE MESS WE MADE IN CENTRAL AMERICA Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:01 PM PDT In the 1960s and '70s, when you would land at the international airport in El Salvador in Central America, more than likely you'd soon be sickened. San Salvador, the capital, is up in the mountains. That was the era of Washington's brave new world anti-communist crusade in these small and impossibly poor countries of Central America, which had so little to build on from the beginning. Cuba was sending trainers and inspiration into El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and those countries were, in turn, sending their best youth to Cuba for advanced training. |
Obama seeks $500 million from Congress to help moderate Syrian rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT
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Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki's removal Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:37 PM PDT
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Obama shares an (atypical) 'day in life' of Minnesota woman Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:14 PM PDT
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White House sends $60 billion war-funding request to Congress Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:09 PM PDT
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Stocks slip on Fed official's rate hike call; sterling up Posted: 26 Jun 2014 03:09 PM PDT
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Price of oil falls on some easing of Iraq worries Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:56 PM PDT The price of oil fell Thursday as fears diminished somewhat over supply disruptions from Iraq. Benchmark U.S. crude for August delivery slipped 66 cents per barrel to $105.85 on the New York Mercantile ... |
Obama Requests $500 Million for 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:48 PM PDT
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U.N. aid chief urges Security Council to act on Syria aid crisis Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:42 PM PDT
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TSX rises as energy, materials shares show strength Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:35 PM PDT
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Tens of Thousands of Christians Flee ISIS Attack on Nineveh Town of Qaraqosh (Hamdaniya) Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:26 PM PDT ERBIL, Iraq, June 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 50,000 Iraqis, mainly Christians, from the Nineveh township of Qaraqosh, 12 miles east of Iraq's second-largest city Mosul, were displaced last night as a result of shelling by the armed forces of the Sunni extremist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). With the collapse of the Iraqi army in Mosul earlier this month, the only armed defenders of Qaraqosh are members of the Kurdish Pershmerga militia. |
U.S. drone strikes risk 'slippery slope' to endless war, panel says Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:22 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's reliance on drone strikes abroad threatens to create a "slippery slope" toward endless war and sets a dangerous precedent that other countries could follow, former senior U.S. officials said in a report on Thursday. The report acknowledged that the armed unmanned aircraft are a useful tool in the U.S. counterterrorism arsenal and are "here to stay," but it called on President Barack Obama to allow increased public scrutiny and tighter oversight for the secretive program while developing international norms. The report by the 10-member task force, including former high-ranking State Department and Pentagon officials, comes as the United States considers drone strikes in support of beleaguered Iraqi government forces fighting Sunni insurgents who have taken over a large swathe of northern Iraq. It concluded that "while tactical strikes may have helped keep the homeland free of major terrorist attacks," this has come at a cost of "blowback" for Washington in places like Pakistan and Yemen. |
ISIL deploys in Syria border town Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:51 PM PDT
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Putin-Style Human Rights at the UN Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:40 PM PDT |
UN accuses Syria of impeding aid deliveries Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:24 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief accused the Syrian government Thursday of imposing "arbitrary restrictions and obstructions" on the delivery of aid and banning life-saving medical supplies from shipments to opposition-held areas. |
Medal of Honor recipient: This belongs to comrades Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:02 PM PDT
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Global role divides US across political spectrum Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:51 PM PDT
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Senate confirms new US ambassadors to Iraq, Egypt Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed new U.S. ambassadors to Iraq and Egypt after lengthy delays. |
Court acquits radical Jordanian cleric in 1 case Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:58 AM PDT |
Iraqi parliament prepares to start work next week Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:34 AM PDT
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UN humanitarian chief points finger at Syria Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:17 AM PDT
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US, Sunni states meet on Mideast insurgent crisis Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:59 AM PDT |
Analysis: Iraq producing unusual Mideast dynamic Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:56 AM PDT
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Kerry asks Gulf states to do what they can to help Iraq Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:47 AM PDT By Lesley Wroughton PARIS (Reuters) - The United States urged Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday to do what they can to encourage Iraq to form an inclusive government to tackle Islamist militant forces threatening to tear apart the country. In a frenetic round of meetings in Paris, Secretary of State John Kerry briefed his counterparts about U.S. intelligence-gathering on potential targets in Iraq aimed at beating back the insurgency, according to senior State Department officials. The foreign ministers of the three Arab states expressed concerns with the current Shi'ite Muslim-dominated leadership in Iraq, the officials said. |
Iraqi parliament to meet in step to form new govt Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:43 AM PDT
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Syria not the answer to Iraq turmoil: US Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:43 AM PDT
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Israel offers to help Arab nations over Iraq crisis Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:32 AM PDT
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More U.S. forces arrive in Baghdad, two-star general leads effort Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:19 AM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another 50 U.S. special operations forces have arrived in Baghdad under the newly appointed command of a two-star general as the U.S. military steadily ramps up an advisory mission aimed at helping Iraq battle back Sunni militants, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The Pentagon said the first of two planned Joint Operations Centers in Iraq had also become activated, bolstering its ability to oversee U.S. teams and gather information about the situation on the ground, including about Iraq's security forces. "It will of course serve as a fusion center where information that's coming in from the various teams can be consolidated and it can be analyzed," said Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman. Iraq's million-strong army, trained and equipped by the United States, largely evaporated in the north after Sunni fighters led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant launched their assault with the capture of the north's biggest city Mosul on June 10. |
Hague urges Iraq unity in face of militants Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:57 AM PDT
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Saudi king orders steps against 'terrorist threats' Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:45 AM PDT
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US drone killings: 'a secret war governed by secret law'? Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:43 AM PDT Among the chief concerns of critics – and even some supporters – of the program is that the "largely covert campaign of targeted killing" has created a "secret war governed by secret law," says the Task Force on US Drone Policy, co-chaired by retired Gen. John Abizaid, former head of US Central Command, the US military entity responsible for running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The task force is composed of a number of former administration insiders, including the former legal adviser to the National Security Council under President George W. Bush, who issue a stark warning. The report wrestles with the same concerns that were raised earlier this week when a federal court released the Justice Department memorandum justifying the drone killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, in Yemen. It was a memo that itself set a dangerous precedent, critics of US drone strategy argue, when it reasoned that killing Mr. Awalaki without an arrest or trial was justified because he posed an "imminent threat" to the US. |
Suicide bombers bring Iraq conflict ever closer to Lebanon Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:22 AM PDT A spate of suicide bombings in Lebanon and a security sweep of suspected extremists and militant cells has raised fears that the violence roiling Iraq has arrived in Lebanon. Three suicide bombings, two of them car bombs, since Friday have left two people dead and 70 wounded and snapped a three-month period of calm. Lebanese security sources suspect that the current wave of attacks is being directed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which is leading a Sunni offensive in northern Iraq. These sources say ISIS may be exploiting sleeper cells in Lebanon or sending foreign jihadis to Beirut to target the militant Shiite group Hezbollah, which is fighting in Syria alongside the forces of President Bashar al-Assad. |
British spymaster John Sawers, head of MI6, to step down Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:15 AM PDT
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Mideast crisis exposes failure to build democracy -IPU Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:12 AM PDT
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Saudi king orders measures to defend against Iraq jihadists Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:03 AM PDT
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