2014年9月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iran and six powers make little progress in nuclear talks

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani replies to a question during a news conference on the sidelines of the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New YorkBy Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers made little progress in overcoming significant disagreements in the most recent round of nuclear talks, including on uranium enrichment, Iranian and Western diplomats close to the negotiations said on Friday. Officials from Iran and the six countries had originally said a breakthrough in New York was unlikely on a nuclear deal to end sanctions on Tehran, although they had hoped substantial progress could be made in narrowing disagreements. ...


Fight against Islamic State: what Pentagon officials say are challenges ahead

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 04:57 PM PDT

It will take between 12,000 to 15,000 trained fighters with the moderate rebel forces to begin to recapture territory lost to the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, America's top military officer warned Friday.

Australia PM Abbott applauds FBI partnership

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 04:43 PM PDT

Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2014 at the United Nations in New YorkAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott hailed international police cooperation Friday during a threat briefing at the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York.


US-led strikes hit IS oil targets as coalition grows

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 04:37 PM PDT

This US Air Forces Central Command photo released by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) shows a pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles flying over northern Iraq early in the morning of September 23, 2014London (AFP) - Three more European countries on Friday promised warplanes to join the US-led air armada battering Islamic State targets in Iraq, as coalition forces seek to destroy the jihadists' oil business.


Iran leader downplays lack of Obama contact at UN

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 04:10 PM PDT

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani smiles before answering a question during a press conference in New York on September 26, 2014New York (AFP) - Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani downplayed Friday his no contact with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, calling instead for both countries to rebuild trust.


Chicago-area air traffic center fire grounds 1,750 flights

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:59 PM PDT

Passengers wait in line to rebook cancelled flights at O'Hare International Airport in ChicagoBy Mary Wisniewski and Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center led to the cancellation of more than 1,700 flights at the city's two major airports, snarling air traffic across the United States, officials said. Flights resumed at O'Hare International Airport, one of the world's busiest, after a delay of about four hours, but there were bottlenecks across the entire air system that carriers expect to last through the weekend. ...


Islamic State tightens siege of Syria town, more Europeans join alliance

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT

Turkish and Syrian Kurds run as Turkish security forces use tear gas to disperse them near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border, near SurucBy Jonny Hogg and Raheem Salman KARACA Turkey/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State fighters tightened their siege of a town on Syria's border with Turkey on Friday despite U.S.-led air strikes aimed at defeating the militants in both Syria and Iraq, in a coalition which has now drawn widespread European support. Britain, Washington's closest ally in the wars of the last decade, joined an alliance after weeks of weighing its options. Britain's parliament voted 542 to 43 to back Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to take part in air strikes in Iraq. ...


Russia's Lavrov questions legality of U.S. airstrikes on Syria

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:31 PM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia questioned on Friday the legality of U.S. and Arab air strikes in Syria to target Islamic State militants because the action was taken without the approval and cooperation of Moscow's ally Damascus. The United States, which has long called for the dismissal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, began air and missile strikes on strongholds of Islamic State in Syria this week, backed up by some Gulf Arab allies. Washington forewarned Damascus of the action, but did not seek approval for it. ...

Germany warns over potential extremist threats

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:00 PM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Foreign Ministry is warning citizens to be aware of potential threats from extremists inspired by the Islamic State group in a string of Arab, African and Asian countries.

Britain's UKIP takes on Tories, Labour as elections loom

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 02:53 PM PDT

UKIP badges are seen as UK Independence Party supporters gather at their party conference in Doncaster on September 26, 2014Doncaster (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Britain's eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) on Friday said it was ready to take on the main Conservative and Labour parties in two key votes next month that it hopes will deliver its first parliamentary seats ahead of May's general election.


Somalia 'no longer broken' but needs aid: president

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 02:17 PM PDT

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly September 26, 2014 in New YorkUnited Nations (United States) (AFP) - Somalia's president on Friday appealed at the United Nations for half a billion dollars in aid even as he declared that his violence-prone country was "no longer broken."


Up to 15,000 Syrian rebels needed to retake eastern Syria -U.S. military

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 02:16 PM PDT

By Phil Stewart and Missy Ryan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Western-backed opposition force of around 12,000 to 15,000 will be needed to retake areas of eastern Syria controlled by Islamic State militants, the top U.S military officer said on Friday, as the Pentagon outlined the first steps in a U.S.-led training program that could run several years. The Pentagon said its assessment teams have already arrived in Saudi Arabia to help map out a U.S.-led program there expected to train more than 5,000 Western-backed opposition fighters in the first year. ...

Russia sees Ukraine agreement

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 02:02 PM PDT

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference during the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The delay in implementing Ukraine's association agreement with the European Union leaves space for a settlement of the Ukraine crisis, the Russian foreign minister said Friday.


Denmark, Britain join U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:57 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Denmark announced on Friday it will send seven F-16 fighter jets to take part in a U.S.-led military coalition attacking Islamic State militants in Iraq, and parliament in Britain approved British participation. Danish and British jets will join a growing international force arrayed against the radical Sunni group which controls oilfields, farmland and military bases in a wide, cross-border region straddling east Syria and north Iraq. The pledges came on a fourth day of U.S. and Arab air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. ...

Candidates in New Jersey House race air disputes

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:41 PM PDT

Candidates in New Jersey's contentious and close 3rd Congressional District, Democrat Aimee Belgard, left, and Republican Tom MacArthur, right, appear together to answer questions in joint interview on NJTV with host Marie DeNoia Aronsohn, center, in Trenton, N.J. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The jabs and insults that had been confined to campaign commercials and news releases in New Jersey's close and contentious 3rd District Congressional race were made face-to-face Friday as the candidates appeared together for the first time.


Air strike kills senior IS jihadist in Syria: monitor

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:30 PM PDT

An image made available by the jihadist Twitter account Al-Baraka news on June 9, 2014 allegedly shows Islamic State group militants waving the trademark Jihadits flag on a newly cut road through the Syrian-Iraqi borderBeirut (AFP) - A senior Islamic State group jihadist was killed on Friday in an air strike in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.


US not trying to help Assad stay in power: Kerry

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:29 PM PDT

A pictures taken on a government guided tour shows a flag of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fluttering near damaged buildings in Adra on September 25, 2014New York (AFP) - America's war on Islamic militants is not aimed at helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stay in power, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Friday.


British police release radical preacher Choudary

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:17 PM PDT

Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary speaks to a group of demonstrators outside the US embassy in central London on September 14, 2012London (AFP) - British police released radical preacher Anjem Choudary on bail on Friday, a day after he and eight others were arrested in an investigation into a banned extremist group.


Man returning from Mideast 'combat zones' held at French airport

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:13 PM PDT

The international airport of Nice, southeastern France, on September 14, 2011Nice (France) (AFP) - A young man was detained Friday at an airport in southern France as he returned from Iraqi or Syrian "combat zones" via Turkey, a source close to the case said.


Syrian rebel force of up to 15,000 needed to defeat IS group: US

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey (R) and US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel take part in a press conference at the Pentagon on September 26, 2014 in Washington, DCWashington (AFP) - A Syrian rebel force of 12,000 to 15,000 will be needed to push back Islamic State militants in the country's east, three times the number of fighters due to be trained by the United States, the top US military officer said Friday.


Vanishing Marine will be tried on desertion charge

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:56 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2004 file photo, Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun makes a statement to the media outside Quantico Marine Base in Quantico, Va. Hassoun, who vanished from his unit in Iraq and later wound up in Lebanon for eight years, will face trial on desertion and other charges, the military said Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A Lebanese-born U.S. Marine who vanished from his unit in Iraq and later wound up in Lebanon for eight years will face trial on desertion and other charges, the military said Friday.


US-led strikes hit IS group as coalition grows

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:54 PM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — American warplanes and drones hit Islamic State group tanks, Humvees, checkpoints and bunkers in airstrikes Friday targeting the extremists in Syria and Iraq, as the U.S.-led coalition expanded to include Britain, Denmark and Belgium.

French minister presses Turkey to avoid repeat of jihadi bungle

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala (L) listens to French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve during a joint press conference after their meeting in Ankara, on September 26, 2014Ankara (AFP) - The French interior minister on Friday held talks with his Turkish counterpart aimed at improving intelligence and security communications after an embarrassing bungle allowed three suspected jihadists who fought in Syria to walk free.


UKIP targets Labour voters before 2015 vote

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:48 PM PDT

The leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party Nigel Farage delivers his speech at the party's annual conference at Doncaster Racecourse in DoncasterBy Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - The anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) said on Friday it would target working class voters in the north of England who traditionally back the opposition Labour party as it seeks to broaden support ahead of next May's national election. UKIP, which wants Britain to quit the European Union and to sharply curb immigration, has in the past been seen as more of an electoral threat to Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservatives. Many Conservatives fear UKIP could split the centre-right vote and prevent them being re-elected. ...


The War No One Is Watching Just Got Much Worse

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:45 PM PDT

While the fight against ISIS has drawn the attention of Washington and the international community, the security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating quickly. While ISIS was murdering innocents in Syria and Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan killed 80 people including 12 who were beheaded, according to a report by AFP. The Taliban, which had retreated deep into remote Afghan provinces during last spring's election, launched an offensive in eastern Afghanistan this week. This attack follows similar ones in Kandahar, Helmand and Logar, three provinces where Americans spent years fighting the Taliban.

Dissenting MPs voice doubts as Britain backs air strikes

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:31 PM PDT

This US Air Forces Central Command photo released by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) shows a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flying over northern Iraq early in the morning of September 23, 2014London (AFP) - British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to join US-led air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, but 43 MPs including two prominent opposition Labour party members dissented with many saying the plan was poorly thought-out.


Victim in Oklahoma food warehouse incident was beheaded: police

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:29 PM PDT

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY Okla. (Reuters) - A worker killed in an attack at an Oklahoma food distribution warehouse on Thursday was beheaded and the suspect, a fired coworker, had reportedly tried to convert his colleagues to Islam, law enforcement officials said on Friday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into suspect Alton Nolen's background for any potential religious ties to the attack after former colleagues reported he had attempted to convert them, police in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore said. ...

US praises Britain, Belgium and Denmark for agreeing to fight IS

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:15 PM PDT

Belgian Defence Minister Pieter De Crem addresses the plenary session of the Chamber at the federal parliament in Brussels on September 26, 2014Washington (AFP) - The White House on Friday praised allies Britain, Denmark and Belgium for joining the military coalition battling the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq.


Turkey's Erdogan calls for no-fly zone in Syria

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:59 AM PDT

IN this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 photo, a Syrian refugee mother rests with her children at a crossing gate near Suruc, Turkey. Refugees have been streaming into Turkey from Syria to find safety. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that a "no-fly zone" should be created in Syria to protect part of it from attacks by Syria's air force.


U.S.-led strikes pressure al Qaeda's Syria group to join with Islamic State

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:48 AM PDT

A U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq after conducting air strikes in SyriaBy Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, is facing mounting pressure from its own members to reconcile with its rival Islamic State and confront a common enemy after U.S.-led air strikes hit both groups this week. Nusra, long one of the most effective forces fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was weakened this year by battles with Islamic State, an al Qaeda splinter group that routinely employs ruthless methods such as beheadings and mass executions.


Germany plans tougher controls on would-be jihadists

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:38 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government plans tougher controls on would-be jihadists such as marking personal identity cards to alert border guards that the traveler may be en route to join the Islamic State militant group. An interior ministry spokeswoman said some kind of marking on identity cards could identify suspected jihadists so border guards in Germany or other Schengen countries such as Belgium or the Netherlands could prevent them from leaving. ...

Western Muslims, troubled, rally against extremism

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:35 AM PDT

Muslims hold a sign paying homage to French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel, his photo in the centre of the banner, who was beheaded by Islamist militants in Algeria, during a gathering in front of the Paris Grand Mosque, Friday Sept. 26, 2014. The gathering was part of demonstrations by French Muslims against the killings happening in the name of their religion. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)PARIS (AP) — In tweets, in street gatherings and in open letters, moderate Muslims around the world are insisting that Islamic State extremists don't speak for their religion. Many are also frustrated that anyone might think they do, and a backlash has already begun.


Turkey, France in talks after mix-up over jihadis

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:30 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — French police will accompany any French jihadis caught and extradited by Turkey, France's interior minister said Friday, following a mix-up in which three suspected Islamic State militants who had traveled to Syria were sent home by police in Turkey without French police knowing about it.

Secret Service director briefed Obama on review: White House

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:29 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama received an update Thursday on a review of the Secret Service's response after an intruder climbed the White House fence and entered the executive mansion last week, the White House said on Friday. Spokesman Josh Earnest said Secret Service Director Julia Pierson briefed Obama in the Oval Office on the investigation. Earnest said the White House would likely review the service's eventual recommendations on how to change security procedures. ...

Belgium votes to join air strikes against Islamic State

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:26 AM PDT

The plenary session of the Chamber at the federal parliament in Brussels on September 26, 2014Brussels (AFP) - Belgium's parliament overwhelmingly approved plans on Friday to send six F-16 fighter jets to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group.


Erdogan signals more active Turkish role in anti-IS fight

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:22 AM PDT

President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the United Nations Climate Summit 2014 September 23, 2014 at the United Nations in New YorkIstanbul (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday signalled Turkey would take a more active role in the coalition against Islamic State (IS) militants following the release of Turkish hostages held by the jihadists.


Why China stays out of Islamic State fight, for now

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Heavily armed Chinese paramilitary policeOne might expect China to be heavily invested in the international fight to stop Islamic State jihadists from taking over Iraq and Syria: For starters, China is the number one investor in Iraq's oil industry. Yet, Beijing is almost nowhere to be seen in anti-IS coalition discussions. Why?


Pentagon stresses effort to limit civilian deaths

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:14 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says the United States and its allies are taking every precaution to limit civilian casualties as they continue air strikes against Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq.

US general: Ground troops would be international

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:09 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says the ground troops he may eventually recommend in Iraq would not necessarily be American.

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