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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Suicide bomber kills anti-ISIL leader in Iraq's Anbar province: source

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 04:19 PM PDT

One of the leaders of Iraq's pro-government Sunni tribal fighters was killed late on Tuesday by a suicide bomber in western Anbar province's capital of Ramadi, one of his men said. Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha was touring a checkpoint manned by his fighters in Ramadi when a suicide bomber hugged him, said one of his men. Four of Abu Risha's bodyguards were killed in the blast, the source added. His body was mutilated beyond recognition." Abu Risha, who was in his 30s, was the commander of hundreds of men in the desert province's capital, where security forces and a smaller number of pro-government Sunni tribal fighters have for months been battling tribesmen furious at Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and militants hailing from the al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Top military officer: Bergdahl case not closed

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 03:47 PM PDT

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listens at right as the committee's Vice Chairman Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, following a closed-door committee briefing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top military officer said Tuesday the Army could still throw the book at Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the young soldier who walked away from his unit in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan and into five years of captivity by the Taliban.


US charges Guantanamo Bay prisoner with war crimes

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:42 AM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting roadside bombing attacks in Afghanistan as a commander of al-Qaida is facing a trial by military commission on war crimes charges that could put him in prison for life, officials said Tuesday.

'High-value' Guantanamo inmate charged with terrorism

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:33 AM PDT

This undated photo received on April 27, 2007 courtesy of Rewards for Justice shows Abd al-Hadi al-IraqiAn Iraqi "high-value" detainee at Guantanamo, accused of being an Al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was referred to a military court on terror charges, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Guantanamo's highest military court authority on Monday approved the charges against Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who was accused of directing fatal attacks against Americans and their allies in Pakistan and elsewhere between 2001 and 2006, a statement said. The 53-year-old Iraqi native, transferred to Guantanamo in April 2007, was among the last to arrive at the US prison for terror suspects in Cuba.


Guantanamo prisoner charged in roadside attacks

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 10:20 AM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting roadside bombing attacks in Afghanistan as a commander of al-Qaida is facing war crimes charges that could put him in prison for life, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

Iraq attacks and shelling leave 35 dead

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 08:11 AM PDT

File photo taken on on May 7, 2014 shows residents of the Iraqi city of Fallujah inspecting damage following shelling by government forces in an area held by anti-government fightersViolence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people Tuesday, as politicians haggle over forming a new governing coalition after April elections. Iraq is going through its worst protracted spell of violence since it emerged from a brutal Sunni-Shiite conflict that killed tens of thousands in 2006 and 2007, with near-daily attacks plaguing Baghdad and much of the north and west. The worst of Tuesday's bloodshed was concentrated in Fallujah, which has been under the control of anti-government fighters since the beginning of the year. Shelling in the city, which lies just a short drive west of Baghdad, killed 18 people and wounded 43 others, according to Ahmed Shami, a doctor at Fallujah hospital.


Oil steady above $102 as US supply data awaited

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 07:02 AM PDT

The price of oil was little changed above $102 a barrel Tuesday as traders awaited reports on U.S. supplies of crude and refined products.

An important landmark anniversary for the National Guard

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:55 AM PDT

It was on this day 98 years about that the National Guard officially got its name after Congress passed an important, if not overlooked, act to strengthen our military.

Syria and neighbors need reconstruction plan: World Bank

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:49 AM PDT

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim meets with Syrian children refugees at a classroom inside a school in Burj Hammoud, north of BeirutWorld powers and international donors must prepare a post-war reconstruction plan for Syria and its neighbors to help the region recover from the Syrian conflict, the head of the World Bank said on Tuesday. Jim Yong Kim said that although there was no sign that the ruinous war between President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters will end soon, international efforts - led by Arab states - should focus now on a post-war phase. "The international community, including the World Bank Group, the United Nations and key donors, must put together a plan that will help not only Syria rebuild, but also will help Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq recover from the massive spillover effects of the war," he said.


The quest for the bionic arm

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:15 AM PDT

ROSEMONT, Ill., June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past 13 years, nearly 2,000 veterans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries requiring amputations; 14 percent of those injured veterans required upper extremity amputations. To treat veterans with upper extremity amputations, scientists continue to pursue research and development of bionic arms and hands with full motor and sensory function. An article appearing in the June issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) reviews the recent advancements in upper extremity bionics and the challenges that remain in creating a prosthesis that meets or exceeds the abilities of a human arm and hand.

Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadi

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 04:51 AM PDT

The Belgian and Israeli flag hang on a rail in front of candle and flower tributes a for the victims of a shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on Monday, June 2, 2014. Police have arrested a suspect after three people were killed and one seriously injured in a spree of gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)PARIS (AP) — The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels provides a textbook example of a longstanding fear in the West — the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the battlefields of Syria.


Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadists

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:54 AM PDT

The Belgian and Israeli flag hang on a rail in front of candle and flower tributes a for the victims of a shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on Monday, June 2, 2014. Police have arrested a suspect after three people were killed and one seriously injured in a spree of gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, May 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)PARIS (AP) — The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels provides a textbook example of a longstanding fear in the West — the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the battlefields of Syria.


Complaining Like a Cubicle Drone in ’99

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:45 AM PDT

Complaining Like a Cubicle Drone in '99Most of us would say a boring office job is a better life choice than fast-food worker, pedophile, anarchist, or freedom fighter in a post-apocalyptic hellscape. Not Hollywood in '99.


Palin Clone Could Cost GOP Senate Seat

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:45 AM PDT

Palin Clone Could Cost GOP Senate SeatJoni Ernst began as a compromise candidate, but attacked the EPA, Farm Bill, and more to woo conservatives. That won't help in an agricultural swing state.


Lots of Ideas, No Quick Fix for VA Health Care

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:30 AM PDT

Ever since President Obama accepted the resignation of former Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday, lawmakers and advocates have been frantically talking about ways to reform the scandal-ridden VA, under investigation for mismanagement and negligence in at least 45 medical facilities across the country. On Sunday, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation to overhaul the VA health care system and address reports of altered medical records and long wait times that were confirmed by a preliminary inspector general's report last week. The auditors concluded that VA primary care wait times at a facility in Phoenix averaged 115 days. "The truth is that when people get into the VA, the quality of care is good.

A look at key events in Syria's uprising

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 01:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 12, 2014 file photo, a vehicle drives past campaign posters of the June 3 presidential election in Damascus, Syria. Workers tore down towering campaign posters Monday and soldiers searched cars entering Damascus on the eve of Syria's presidential elections, which incumbent Bashar Assad is widely expected to win despite the nation's devastating civil war that began as a peaceful revolt against his rule. The Arabic on the poster, right, reads, "Damascus spreads flowers for the loyal Bashar." The banner, left, reads, "Together with Bashar Assad." (AP Photo, File)As Syrians vote for president on Tuesday, here's a look at some of the key events in the country since the uprising began:


5 things to know about Syria's presidential vote

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 11:45 PM PDT

In this Saturday, May 31, 2014, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold his portraits and wave Syrian flags during a demonstration in support of his candidacy for presidential election in Sweida town, southern Syria. The country holds its first multi-candidate presidential election in nearly half a century on Tuesday, June 3, but voting will occur only in government-held territory. Hundreds of thousands of people live in areas that are either contested, held by rebels or blockaded by pro-government forces. (AP Photo/SANA)BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's first multicandidate presidential elections in decades is being touted by President Bashar Assad's government as measuring Syrians' support for him after three years of civil war that has killed and wounded tens of thousands of people, displaced millions of others and destroyed parts of the country.


Today in History

Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Today is Tuesday, June 3, the 154th day of 2014. There are 211 days left in the year.

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