Yahoo! News: Iraq

Canada police kill 'radicalized' driver after he rams two soldiers
U.S. approves sale of $600 million in tank ammunition to Iraq
Libya parliament allies with renegade general, struggles to assert authority
Canada police kill driver after he rams two soldiers
Iraqi PM in Tehran for crisis talks on IS
Obama coalition-building again, this time on Ebola
Jihadists kill at least 10 in attack on Kurdish-held Iraq town
Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani as U.S. drops arms to defenders
Turkey says Iraqi Kurds can fight in Kobane. Could they make a difference?
Turkey says it helps Kurdish fighters enter Syria
US air drops, Turkey boost Kurd battle against jihadists
US welcomes Turkish move to let Iraqi Kurds into Syria
She wore a face veil to a Paris opera. They asked her to leave
PM denies Islamic State group presence in Algeria
Yemen: Suicide bomber kills 10 Houthi rebels
Iran military ready to ship equipment to Lebanon
Islamic State insurgents advance into Iraqi town of Qara Tappa
Indonesian president gets rock star welcome at inauguration
EU urges Turkey to open border to allow supplies to Kobani
Islamic State oil output was $2 million/day before air strikes: IHS
US airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani
Families of Troops Deployed to Africa Ebola Mission are Eligible for Assistance from Operation Homefront
Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesia's new president
Turkey shifts strategy to help Iraqi Kurdish fighters into Kobane
Suicide, car bombings in Iraq kill at least 33
No plan for Egyptian military action against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria
Attack at Baghdad Shiite mosque kills at least 11
Iraq PM rules out foreign boots on the ground
U.S. reports 12 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
The Daily Fix: Students Riot at Pumpkin Fest, Nigeria Is Free of Ebola, and Turkey Will Help Kurds Fight Islamic State
Saudi Arabia steps up beheadings; some see political message
Turkey to help Kurdish 'peshmerga' fighters reach besieged Syrian town
Kobane: Turkey to allow some Kurds help defend city against Islamic State
Vatican warns of 'new genocide' by IS
Kerry: 'Irresponsible' not to aid Kurds against IS
Iraq officials: Triple car bombing in revered Shiite city of Karbala kills at least 16 people
Kerry in Southeast Asia seeking support against IS group
Kurds say new weapons not enough to beat Islamic State in Kobani
Australia abandons controversial niqab segregation plan
Morgan Fairchild: Badass Terrorism Wonk

Canada police kill 'radicalized' driver after he rams two soldiers

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:10 PM PDT

OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) - A man who ran down two Canadian soldiers in his car at a Quebec mall on Monday and was later shot dead by police, "had become radicalized," the Canadian government said. The Canadian government did not specify what it meant by radicalized but in the past has used the term to refer to Canadians who become supporters of militant Islamic groups. Quebec police shot and killed the 25-year-old driver after a police chase following the incident. One of the two soldiers he ran over had life-threatening injuries. Police did not say whether the soldiers were in uniform. ...

U.S. approves sale of $600 million in tank ammunition to Iraq

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Monday said it had approved the sale to Iraq of $600 million in tank ammunition manufactured by General Dynamics Corp , saying it would help the Iraqi government establish an integrated ground defense capability. Congress now has 30 days to block the sale, although such action is rare since arms deals are usually vetted carefully before a congressional notification. ...

Libya parliament allies with renegade general, struggles to assert authority

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT

By Ayman al-Warfalli and Feras Bosalum BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libya's beleaguered elected parliament has declared a formal alliance with a renegade former general, as it struggles to assert some authority in a country many fear is sliding into outright civil war. Three years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, the oil-producing desert state is in chaos, with Islamists and other militias fighting for territory and influence and the regular armed forces left with little power. ...

Canada police kill driver after he rams two soldiers

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 03:23 PM PDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Two Canadian soldiers were injured in a hit-and-run in the province of Quebec on Monday by a male driver who was later shot dead by police officers, said a spokesman for the Surete du Quebec, the provincial police force. The incident took place in the town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, around 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Montreal. After the collision the driver sped off and was chased by police. He soon lost control of the car, which landed in a ditch, and was shot after confronting officers. Police later said the suspect had died. ...

Iraqi PM in Tehran for crisis talks on IS

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT

Tehran (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi arrived in Tehran late Monday on his first visit to Iran since taking office after the crisis triggered by the advance of Islamic State militants.

Obama coalition-building again, this time on Ebola

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 02:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After rallying dozens of nations to join the fight against Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama is back in the coalition-building business — this time to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Jihadists kill at least 10 in attack on Kurdish-held Iraq town

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:59 PM PDT

Baquba (Iraq) (AFP) - The Islamic State jihadist group on Monday attacked the Kurdish-controlled town of Qara Tapah, northeast of Baghdad, killing at least seven peshmerga troops and three civilians, officials said.

Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani as U.S. drops arms to defenders

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:55 PM PDT

By Gulsen Solaker and Tom Perry ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday it would allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian town of Kobani on Turkey's border, and the United States air-dropped arms to help the Kurds there resist an Islamic State assault. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey was facilitating the passage of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces, themselves fighting Islamic State in Iraq. He stopped short of saying whether Ankara backed the U.S. air-drop of weapons. ...

Turkey says Iraqi Kurds can fight in Kobane. Could they make a difference?

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Turkey has announced it is relenting – sort of – on military aid to the beleaguered Kurdish town of Kobane just over the border in Syria. The government refuses to allow in Turkish Kurds, who played a crucial role in the fight to repel the forces of the Islamic State from the Kurdish-Iraqi capital of Erbil in August. But, in an about-turn, Turkey said Monday it would allow passage for Iraqi-Kurds to travel through its territory and into Syria to join the fight.

Turkey says it helps Kurdish fighters enter Syria

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:40 PM PDT

SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said it was helping Iraqi Kurdish fighters cross into Syria to support their brethren fighting Islamic State militants in a key border town, although activists inside embattled Kobani said no forces had arrived by Monday evening, raising questions about whether the mission was really underway.

US air drops, Turkey boost Kurd battle against jihadists

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:12 PM PDT

Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Kurds battling jihadists for the Syrian border town of Kobane welcomed a first US airdrop of weapons Monday as neighbouring Turkey said it will help Iraqi Kurds to support the fight.

US welcomes Turkish move to let Iraqi Kurds into Syria

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:06 PM PDT

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Monday praised a policy reversal by Turkey which agreed to allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross the border to help defend a besieged Syrian town.

She wore a face veil to a Paris opera. They asked her to leave

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 11:12 AM PDT

The Opera Bastille in Paris ejected a woman who was wearing a full face veil apparently after members of the cast said they would not go on with the show until she was removed.

PM denies Islamic State group presence in Algeria

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:44 AM PDT

IN GUEZZAM, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's prime minister insists the radical Islamic State group has no presence in Algeria, despite the recent kidnapping and beheading of a French hiker.

Yemen: Suicide bomber kills 10 Houthi rebels

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:21 AM PDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suicide car bomb on Monday targeted a house used by Shiite Houthi rebels in a town south of Sanaa, killing at least 10 and injuring 15, security officials said, in an attack that bore all the hallmarks of al-Qaida.

Iran military ready to ship equipment to Lebanon

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:12 AM PDT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's defense minister said his country is ready to ship defensive materials to Lebanon to aid its army in the fight against Sunni extremists on Monday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Islamic State insurgents advance into Iraqi town of Qara Tappa

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:12 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants advanced on the Iraqi town of Qara Tappa on Monday disguised as Kurdish peshmerga fighters, Kurdish security sources said. They seized two Kurdish villages after surprising the Kurdish fighters before launching the attack on Qara Tappa, 120 km (75 miles) north of Baghdad, seeking to expand their territory and heap pressure on Kurdish forces in disputed areas. "The terrorists were wearing peshmerga uniforms and this tactic helped them to easily infiltrate our defences near Qara Tappa," a peshmerga officer said on condition of anonymity. ...

Indonesian president gets rock star welcome at inauguration

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:58 AM PDT

Joko Widodo, Indonesia's first president from outside the political and military elite, got a rock-star welcome from a cheering crowd at a celebration marking his inauguration Monday but takes power facing challenges to enact an ambitious reform agenda.

EU urges Turkey to open border to allow supplies to Kobani

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:47 AM PDT

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union urged Turkey on Monday to open its border to allow supplies to get through to residents of the Syrian border town of Kobani that is being besieged by Islamic State insurgents. EU governments also tightened sanctions on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is locked in a three-year-old civil war. They agreed to ban the export of jet fuel to Syria, saying it was being used for air attacks on civilians, and to add 16 people and two organizations to its list of sanctions on Syria. ...

Islamic State oil output was $2 million/day before air strikes: IHS

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:46 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Islamic State militants were producing about $2 million worth of crude oil per day in Iraq and Syria before recent U.S.-led air strikes, possibly more than double the amount heard in U.S. congressional testimony last month, the research firm IHS said on Monday. The group of Sunni extremists controlled as much as 350,000 barrels per day of crude oil, but was able to produce only about 50,000 bpd to 60,000 bpd, said IHS, a provider of global market and economic information. ...

US airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:30 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says it has airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani against Islamic State militants.

Families of Troops Deployed to Africa Ebola Mission are Eligible for Assistance from Operation Homefront

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:00 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Emergency financial and other assistance will be available to the families of U.S. service members deployed to West Africa to fight Ebola on the same basis as those deployed to combat zones like Iraq and Afghanistan, Operation Homefront announced today. ...

Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesia's new president

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:53 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Joko Widodo completed a journey from riverside shack to presidential palace on Monday, cheered through the streets following his inauguration by tens of thousands of ordinary Indonesians in a reminder to the opposition-controlled parliament of the strong grass-roots support that swept him to power.

Turkey shifts strategy to help Iraqi Kurdish fighters into Kobane

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:31 AM PDT

Istanbul (AFP) - Turkey on Monday dropped its refusal to allow Kurdish fighters over the border to defend the besieged Syrian town of Kobane, saying it was now helping Iraqi peshmerga to cross the frontier in a major policy shift.

Suicide, car bombings in Iraq kill at least 33

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:30 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed attacks on Iraq's majority Shiite community on Monday, killing at least 33 people, the latest in relentless assaults that have challenged the Shiite-led government as it battles the Sunni-led insurgency by the Islamic State group.

No plan for Egyptian military action against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:27 AM PDT

By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has no plans to provide the United States with direct military assistance in its war against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria even though American aerial bombardment may not be enough to defeat the group, the country's prime minister said. But Ibrahim Mehleb left open the possibility of military action if Cairo's Gulf Arab allies are threatened by the al Qaeda offshoot. ...

Attack at Baghdad Shiite mosque kills at least 11

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT

Baghdad (AFP) - A suicide bomber detonated explosives Monday outside a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad, killing at least 11 people in the second such attack in the capital in 24 hours, officials said.

Iraq PM rules out foreign boots on the ground

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:44 AM PDT

Najaf (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Monday ruled out any foreign ground intervention to assist government forces in retaking territory lost to jihadists and urged Sunnis to give up such hopes.

U.S. reports 12 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:24 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military conducted six air strikes against Islamic State militants near the Syrian border town of Kobani on Sunday and Monday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement. U.S. forces, in coordination with Iraqi ground troops, also conducted six air strikes against the militant group in Iraq near Fallujah and Bayji with help from France and the United Kingdom, Central Command said. In Iraq, three of the U.S. ...

The Daily Fix: Students Riot at Pumpkin Fest, Nigeria Is Free of Ebola, and Turkey Will Help Kurds Fight Islamic State

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:00 AM PDT

On Saturday, police in riot gear responded to reports that a group of drunk Keene State College students were throwing bottles. Throughout the morning, the students set fires, pulled up street signs, and turned over at least two Dumpsters during an annual pumpkin festival in Keene, N.H.

Saudi Arabia steps up beheadings; some see political message

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:56 AM PDT

By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Immediately after his sword falls, the Saudi Arabian executioner steps backwards to avoid soiling his clothes with the blood of the condemned man, whose headless body can be seen slumping over backwards in the shaky online film. After perfunctorily checking the white folds of his robe for flecks of red, the executioner wipes his blade with a tissue, which he drops onto the corpse and walks away. A sudden surge in public executions in Saudi Arabia in the last two months has coincided with a U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic State. ...

Turkey to help Kurdish 'peshmerga' fighters reach besieged Syrian town

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:31 AM PDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is facilitating the passage of Kurdish "peshmerga" fighters to the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. But he stopped short of saying Ankara backed a decision by the United States to airdrop weapons to the town's defenders. Islamic State fighters have for a month laid siege to Kobani, on the Turkish frontier, and only intense bombardments by U.S.-led coalition warplanes have halted their advance. ...

Kobane: Turkey to allow some Kurds help defend city against Islamic State

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:56 AM PDT

The battle for Kobane, for weeks now a test of Islamic State reach, Kurdish resilience, US tactics, and Turkish intentions, took a potentially important turn Monday with Turkey's decision to allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to cross into Syria to join the battle.

Vatican warns of 'new genocide' by IS

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:53 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has demanded that world governments do more to prevent a possible "new genocide" in northern Iraq and Syria, and for Muslim leaders in particular to repudiate the Islamic State militants who are killing and exiling the region's Christians.

Kerry: 'Irresponsible' not to aid Kurds against IS

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:17 AM PDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the Obama administration decided to airdrop weapons and ammunitions to "valiant" Kurds fighting Islamic State extremists in the Syrian border town of Kobani because it would be "irresponsible" and "morally very difficult" not to support them.

Iraq officials: Triple car bombing in revered Shiite city of Karbala kills at least 16 people

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:40 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq officials: Triple car bombing in revered Shiite city of Karbala kills at least 16 people.

Kerry in Southeast Asia seeking support against IS group

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 03:28 AM PDT

Jakarta (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday visited Indonesia, home to the world's biggest Muslim population, to press Southeast Asian nations to step up efforts in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.

Kurds say new weapons not enough to beat Islamic State in Kobani

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 03:22 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The main Syrian Kurdish armed group defending the Syrian border town on Kobani against Islamic State attackers said on Monday arms air-dropped by the United States would not be enough for it to win the battle, and asked for more support. Redur Xelil, a spokesman for the Kurdish YPG group, said the weapons dropped overnight would have a "positive impact" on the battle and the morale of fighters who have been out-gunned by Islamic State. But he added: "Certainly it will not be enough to decide the battle." "We do not think the battle of Kobani will end that quickly. ...

Australia abandons controversial niqab segregation plan

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 02:56 AM PDT

Sydney (AFP) - A controversial plan to make women wearing the burqa or niqab sit in separate glassed public enclosures at Australia's Parliament House due to security concerns was abandoned Monday after an outcry.