2014年10月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Australia will soon ban foreign 'hate preachers'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:36 PM PDT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister says his government will soon introduce a system for banning foreign "hate preachers" from entering the country.

Iraq humanitarian crisis may turn deadly in winter

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:31 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The grave humanitarian crisis in Iraq will become "a deadly life-threatening situation" if shelter isn't found for over 160,000 people in Kurdistan before winter weather arrives in about six weeks, a senior U.N. official warned Tuesday.

Turkey says Syria town about to fall as Islamic State advances

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:15 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucBy Daren Butler and Oliver Holmes MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey's president said the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" on Tuesday as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes. The prospect that the town could be captured by Islamic State, who are now within city limits, has increased pressure on Turkey to join an international coalition to fight against the jihadists. ...


Violent protests as Kurds seek help against IS

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:12 PM PDT

Kurdish protesters wearing an apron calling for support to save the Syrian town of Kobani from being overrun by Islamic State group fighters during a demonstration outside the Parliament of Cyprus in the capital Nicosia on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Kurdish protesters gathering outside of the parliament to call for help for the town of Kobani on the Syrian-Turkish border. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish protesters clashed with police in Turkey leaving at least 14 people dead and scores injured Tuesday as demonstrators in Brussels forced their way into the European Parliament, part of Europe-wide demonstrations against the Islamic State group's advance on a town on the Syrian-Turkish border.


Turkey: Syrian town poised to fall to militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani after a war plane carried out an air strike, seen from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in SurucMURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey's president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from their footholds on the outskirts.


'Too late' for Syrian border town as air strikes fail: analysts

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:40 PM PDT

Alleged Islamic State (IS) group militants stand next to an IS flag atop a hill in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, on October 6, 2014Paris (AFP) - A lack of ground support for air strikes against Islamic State jihadists, and Turkey's reluctance to step in militarily, have all but sealed the fate of the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, analysts said Tuesday.


Biden adds Saudi Arabia to his apology list over Islamic State

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:31 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks with politicians and business owners in a round table discussion on raising the minimum wage at Casa Don Juan restaurant in Las VegasWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday added Saudi Arabia to the list of Middle Eastern countries to which he "clarified" remarks he made last week suggesting they had supported Islamist militants in Syria. He apologized to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates last weekend for having said U.S. allies in the region were partly to blame for the rise of the Islamic State group in Syria. He made the statements in a question-and-answer session with students at Harvard University. ...


Britain arrests four men in operation against Islamist militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT

Armed police officers are seen on duty in Downing Street, central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism police arrested four men in their early 20s in London on Tuesday as part of an investigation into Islamist-related militancy, police said in a statement. Armed police were present at one of the raids, but no shots were fired, police said. "These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism," the statement said. "A number of residential addresses and vehicles are being searched by specialist officers in west and central London as part of the investigation. ...


Syria border town 'about to fall', UN envoy urges action

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:14 PM PDT

Islamic State militants have been waging street battles against Kurdish fighters after entering the Syrian border town of KobaneMursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Jihadists are on the verge of seizing the key Syrian border town of Kobane, neighbouring Turkey warned Tuesday, prompting the UN envoy to appeal for immediate international action to prevent its fall.


Embattled Kurds key in fight against Islamic State

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, a Turkish Kurd, standing on the the Turkey-Syria border, uses binoculars to watch fighting between militants of the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Kobani, Syria, on outskirts of Suruc, Turkey. The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries coming under significant threat by the militants' lightening advance. The cooperation between Kurds in these countries underscores their loyalty, not to the nations in which they live, but to the shared dream of one day establishing an independent and unified Kurdistan, or Land of the Kurds. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis< File)BAGHDAD (AP) — The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries coming under significant threat by the militants' lightening advance.


ABC's 'World News' breaks a ratings streak

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:03 PM PDT

In this image released by ABC News, anchor David Muir from "World News Tonight with David Muir," appears on the set in New York. ABC's "World News" beat NBC's "Nightly News" in viewership last week, only a month after David Muir took over as anchor from Diane Sawyer. NBC's Brian Williams-led newscast had ruled for 263 consecutive weeks, a streak that began in September 2009, and for 310 of the past 311 weeks. Last week ABC's broadcast averaged 8.42 million viewers, while NBC had 8.25 million, the Nielsen company said. (AP Photo/ABC, Lorenzo Bevilaqua)NEW YORK (AP) — As it did in the morning two years ago, ABC News has broken a long-running winning streak by its rivals at NBC News.


CBS reporter travels to Syria for interviews

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:01 PM PDT

In this 2012 photo from video released by CBS, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Clarissa Ward appears in Syria. Ward traveled undercover to Syria to interview two Westerners fighting against the United States for stories airing this week, a risk the network took despite the backdrop of kidnappings and beheadings by Islamic state fighters. Ward's stories, about a former Dutch Army fighter and an American who are fighting for rebel groups in Syria, are scheduled to air Tuesday and Wednesday on the "CBS Evening News." (AP Photo/CBS News)NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News reporter Clarissa Ward traveled undercover to Syria to interview two Westerners fighting against the United States for stories airing this week, a risk the network took despite the backdrop of kidnappings and beheadings by Islamic state fighters.


Does Islamic State progress in Kobane show limits of Obama's policy?

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:58 PM PDT

The inability of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State to halt the siege of a Syrian Kurdish town abutting the Turkish border is raising new doubts about President Obama's heavy reliance on airstrikes to defeat the extremist militant group.

US 'concerned' over IS-beseiged border town

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the city centre of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, on October 7, 2014Washington (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it was "horrific" watching in real time the battle for the Syrian border town of Kobane, insisting it did not want to see the city fall to Islamic militants.


FBI Wants You to Identify American ISIS Fighters

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT

Bureau Says Masked Man Speaks in 'North American' Accent in Video Before Turning Pistol on Captives

ISLAMIC STATE

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:22 PM PDT

Map shows the spread of the Islamic State across Iraq and Syria with ethnic borders on the map.;

AP ANALYSIS: US-led airstrikes produce few gains

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 12:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, smoke rises after a shell lands in Kobani in Syria as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border. After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has so far hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremists' grip on major cities across Iraq and neighboring Syria remains unquestioned. The campaign has brought some gains, with Kurdish fighters taking back towns on the fringes of the Islamic State group's territory. But those successes only underline a major weakness: Besides the Iraqi Kurds, there are no forces on the ground ready to capitalize on the airstrikes. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)BAGHDAD (AP) — After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremist fighters have melted into urban areas when needed to elude the threat, and they have even succeeded in taking new territory from an Iraqi army that still buckles in the face of militants.


UN's Syria envoy calls for international action to defend Kobane

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:56 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the city centre of the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, on October 7, 2014Geneva (AFP) - The international community should immediately act to defend the besieged Syrian town of Kobane from the jihadist Islamic State group, the UN's envoy to Syria said on Tuesday.


Kurds burst into EU parliament to protest Islamic State

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:50 AM PDT

Protesters hold flags bearing a portrait of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan at the main entrance of the European Parliament during a demonstration calling for support for the Syrian town of Kobane, October 7, 2014 in BrusselsBrussels (AFP) - Dozens of Kurdish demonstrators burst into the European parliament in Brussels on Tuesday to protest the Islamic State group's attack on the town of Kobane on Syria's border with Turkey.


Panetta tell-all in rich tradition of dirt dishing memoirs

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 11:23 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base October 7, 2014 in MarylandWashington (AFP) - It's as much a Washington tradition as fireworks on July 4.


Top 10 revelations from Leon Panetta's new book 'Worthy Fights'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 10:22 AM PDT

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta tackles some major policy debates in his new book, "Worthy Fights: a Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace," out Tuesday. 

Anti-Islamist politician killed in eastern Libya

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:08 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — A security official says gunmen in an eastern Libyan city have killed a local politician who was a prominent opponent of Islamic militants controlling the city.

French discussing Kobani action with Turks: minister

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:05 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday it was vital to act in order to stop Islamic State's advance on the northern Syria border town of Kobani, and was discussing with Turkey what could be done. "A lot is at stake in Kobani and everything must be done so that the Daesh terrorists are stopped and pushed back," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the French parliament. "A tragedy is unfolding, and we must all react. ...

Keep your courts independent, EU to tell Turkey

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 09:03 AM PDT

By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will criticise Turkey on Wednesday for failing to safeguard the independence of its judges and says it wants to have more discussion on rights as part of Ankara's bid to join the European Union, according a senior EU official. The Commission, the EU executive, will make the calls when it publishes its annual report to assess how far Turkey and other countries aspiring to EU membership have progressed in bringing their rules into line with EU standards and values. ...

Exclusive: Drugmaker GSK investigating corruption allegations in UAE

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:54 AM PDT

The logo of GlaxoSmithKline is seen on its office building in ShanghaiBy Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which was slapped with a record $489 million fine for corruption in China last month, said on Tuesday it was looking into allegations of corruption in the United Arab Emirates. Britain's biggest pharmaceuticals group confirmed the investigation following allegations of improper payments set out in a whistleblower's email sent to its top management on Monday. The email, purporting to be from a GSK sales manager in the Gulf state, was seen by Reuters. ...


Fighting blurs tribal, sectarian lines in holdout Iraqi town

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:35 AM PDT

An Iraqi Sunni fighter holds a position during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in the town of Dhuluiyah, on October 4, 2014Dhuluiyah (Iraq) (AFP) - When jihadists from the Islamic State group attacked last week, the Shiite village of Al-Saud in central Iraq received help from an unlikely source.


Four held in London over 'terrorist offences'

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 08:31 AM PDT

Armed police officers hold guns as they stand in Downing Street, in central London on August 29, 2014London (AFP) - Four men were arrested in London Tuesday on suspicion of terrorism-related offences by officers investigating Islamic extremism, Scotland Yard said.


Lebanese army to get first Saudi-financed weapons soon: former PM

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:53 AM PDT

By Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Lebanon's army will soon receive military equipment as part of a $1 billion grant from Saudi Arabia to help it fight Islamist militants encroaching into Lebanon from Syria, former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Tuesday. Hariri, who has close links to the Saudi royal family, originally announced the deal after visiting King Abdullah in August, just days after Islamist militants attacked and briefly seized the Lebanese border town of Arsal. ...

U.S. drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan dents Israeli arms exports

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:25 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's defense exports dropped by almost 13 percent in 2013 as the United States and its allies drew down forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign buyers trimmed procurement budgets, Israeli officials said on Tuesday. Israeli arms firms, many of them state-owned, sell some 80 percent of their products abroad - income which helps support the annual defense budget of around $18 billion. Defense exports totaled $6.54 billion in 2013, the Defense Ministry said, compared to $7.47 billion in 2012. ...

Parish priest, 20 Christians kidnapped in Syria

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:18 AM PDT

Supporters of the Al-Nusra Front take part in a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the international coalition in Aleppo, northern Syria on September 26, 2014ROME (Reuters) - A parish priest and a number of Christians have been kidnapped from a Syrian village near the border with Turkey, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said on Tuesday. The Latin Patriarchate, which oversees Latin Church Catholics in Israel and neighbouring countries, said Father Hanna Jallouf had been kidnapped on the night of Oct. 5 in Knayeh, a small Christian village. It said his kidnappers were brigades linked to the Islamist Nusra Front. ...


Ambassador Bolton Endorses 9 GOP House Candidates & Former Governor Mike Rounds In Critical South Dakota Senate Race

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 06:12 AM PDT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ambassador John Bolton endorses 10 Republican candidates for election to the U.S. House and Senate, and John Bolton PAC makes a maximum donation of $5,000 to each candidate for a total of $50,000. The outcomes of these races are of critical importance in determining the direction of the 114th Congress. "To assure that the United States is prepared and capable to lead on the global stage, we must support assertive leaders who understand the nature of today's most pressing security challenges to which our nation must respond," Bolton said. ...

US-led coalition struggles to stop Islamic State offensive on Turkey-Syria border

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:25 AM PDT

Islamic State militants have reportedly advanced to southern and eastern districts of Kobane, a strategically important Kurdish town along the Syria-Turkey border.

American fighter joins Kurds in battle against Islamic State

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:24 AM PDT

By Rodi Said QAMISHLI Syria (Reuters) - After months in which the United States and European countries issued warnings about their citizens traveling to Syria fight on behalf of Islamic State, there are new reports of Westerners going to fight on the other side, against the militants. A man who said he is a U.S. citizen and former soldier from Ohio said in a video interview inside Syria that he had come to join Kurdish fighters to battle Islamic State. ...

Tatted-Up Mom Busted For Car Burglaries Claimed She Was ‘Looking For ISIS Terrorists’

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Police in Southern Mississippi have arrested a woman for breaking into cars in the parking lot of her children's high school and stealing things.

Nine Terror Groups Gunning for the United States

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:45 AM PDT

Few had heard of ISIS before it sent the Middle East into chaos . Now, American lives and dollars are attempting to stop the group from forming a caliphate in the Middle East. ISIS isn't alone: There are ...

Leon Panetta: Obama’s ‘red line’ on Syria damaged U.S. credibility

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 03:33 AM PDT

President Barack Obama damaged U.S. credibility by drawing a "red line" against Syria's use of chemical weapons and then failing to back up the warning with military force, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Yahoo News in an interview. "It was damaging," Panetta, who also served Obama as CIA director, told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric.

ISIS’s Gruesome Muslim Death Toll

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:45 AM PDT

ISIS's Gruesome Muslim Death TollThe group's killing of Westerners gets attention. But ISIS has killed far more Muslims, and publicizing that fact would harm it more.


Suicide car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq: police, doctor

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 02:01 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers coming from the Sunni Muslim city of Samarra stand near military vehicles in the Sunni town of Dhuluiyah, some 75 kms (45 miles) north of Baghdad, on October 4, 2014Samarra (Iraq) (AFP) - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the Iraqi city of Samarra, killing at least 17 people, police and medical sources said Tuesday.


Brother of beheaded British hostage calls for troops to fight militants

Posted: 07 Oct 2014 01:05 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should put troops on the ground in the Middle East to fight Islamist militants who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria and killed Western hostages, the brother of a beheaded British aid worker has said. Insurgents who are seeking to establish a caliphate in the region beheaded 47-year-old British aid worker Alan Henning last week, a killing condemned by Western leaders and British Muslim groups alike. Britain ordered air strikes against targets in Iraq last month though Prime Minister David Cameron has not yet proposed strikes against Syria. ...

Bangladeshi directors hope to step out of Bollywood's shadow

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:04 PM PDT

A still image of a scene from Bangladeshi film 'Jalal's Story', directed by Abu Shahed EmonBusan (South Korea) (AFP) - With his debut nominated for the top prize at Asia's biggest film festival, Bangladeshi director Abu Shahed Emon is hopeful that his achievement will help spur on his compatriot filmmakers.


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