Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Writers Guild Nominates 'Transparent' and 'True Detective' for TV Kudos
• 'American Sniper': What the Critics Are Saying
• Iran holds funeral for general killed in Iraq
• The Afghan war that didn't really end yesterday ended in defeat
• 5 things for Hillary Clinton in 2015
• Iraqi security forces recapture large sections of Dhuluiya town
• The top politics stories of 2014
• U.S. coalition launches 18 air strikes against Islamic State: task force
• Iraq: Suicide attack on funeral kills 15
• UK's royal palace guards moved behind gates on attack fears: media
• Royal palace guards moved behind gates on attack fears - media
• How the GOP Could Jettison the Iran Talks
• Washington tries 'passive tough love' in Iraq
• Special Report: Their nation in pieces, Iraqis ponder what comes next
• Obama: Iran has 'chance to get right with the world' - NPR
• For Obama, high ambitions, less power to achieve
• Bomb blast kills woman in south Indian city
• Today in History
• Michigan Theater Offering Free Tickets to 'The Interview'
• US, NATO Mark End of Mission in Afghanistan

Writers Guild Nominates 'Transparent' and 'True Detective' for TV Kudos Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:47 PM PST Returning series scoring noms include 'Mad Men,' 'The Good Wife' and 'Game of Thrones'

'American Sniper': What the Critics Are Saying Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:38 PM PST Bradley Cooper stars as real-life Navy SEAL and accomplished marksman Chris Kyle in Clint Eastwood's war drama

Iran holds funeral for general killed in Iraq Posted: 29 Dec 2014 11:17 AM PST TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran held a funeral on Monday for a senior Revolutionary Guard commander who was killed during a battle against the Islamic State group in Iraq.

The Afghan war that didn't really end yesterday ended in defeat Posted: 29 Dec 2014 09:59 AM PST News websites and broadcasts - and US and NATO press releases - were filled with discussion about the "formal" end of the Afghan war yesterday. But any close reading of the facts will find that they were wrong.

5 things for Hillary Clinton in 2015 Posted: 29 Dec 2014 09:24 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A still undeclared candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton sits atop the prospective field of Democratic presidential candidates for 2016. But as Clinton has said before, if she runs again, she'll work as hard as any underdog.

Iraqi security forces recapture large sections of Dhuluiya town Posted: 29 Dec 2014 08:38 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces and pro-government militias took control of large parts of the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad on Monday from Islamic State fighters, police and army sources said. The assault, which began on Sunday and ran into Monday, enabled militia fighters and Iraqi army and federal police to break the militants' siege of the town 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad. Iraq's Shi'ite-led government, backed by U.S. ...

The top politics stories of 2014 Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:00 AM PST A year to remember — or forget.

U.S. coalition launches 18 air strikes against Islamic State: task force Posted: 29 Dec 2014 05:58 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition launched 18 air strikes against Islamic State on Monday, including 12 in Syria and six in Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. In Syria, the strikes hit near the border town of Kobani as well as Raqqa and Day az Zawr. In Iraq, the strikes hit near Mosul, Sinjar and Asad, according to the statement. (Reporting by Washington Newsroom; Editing by Eric Beech)

Iraq: Suicide attack on funeral kills 15 Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:51 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a funeral north of the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 15 mourners, a government official said.

UK's royal palace guards moved behind gates on attack fears: media Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:42 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The soldiers who stand guard outside Britain's royal palaces have been moved behind metal fences because of fears of a terror attack, local newspapers reported on Monday. The Royal Guards, a popular tourist attraction outside royal residences because of their ceremonial uniforms, have been separated from the public, with armed police providing additional protection. The Telegraph newspaper said Buckingham Palace and the police feared that militant Islamists could see the Royal Guards as high-profile targets. ...

Royal palace guards moved behind gates on attack fears - media Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:39 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The soldiers who stand guard outside Britain's royal palaces have been moved behind metal fences because of fears of a terror attack, local newspapers reported on Monday. The Royal Guards, a popular tourist attraction outside royal residences because of their ceremonial uniforms, have been separated from the public, with armed police providing additional protection. The Telegraph newspaper said Buckingham Palace and the police feared that militant Islamists could see the Royal Guards as high-profile targets. ...

How the GOP Could Jettison the Iran Talks Posted: 29 Dec 2014 03:15 AM PST Republicans signaled over the weekend they intend to waste little time in the New Year before they challenge President Obama on a range of sensitive national security and defense issues. Likely to be first up: a measure to beef up economic sanctions against Iran if that country violates an interim nuclear agreement with the U.S. or scuttles the ongoing talks on the future of Iran's nuclear weapons capability. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Saturday in Israel that the Senate would vote on a bipartisan measure next month that could greatly complicate the delicate talks by introducing the threat of additional sanctions, The Hill reported. He just announced restoring diplomatic and commercial relations with Cuba, and now President Obama wants to reach agreement with Iran to curb its nuclear research.

Washington tries 'passive tough love' in Iraq Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:15 AM PST By David Rohde WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the United States withdrew its last troops from Iraq at the end of 2011, both Washington and Baghdad said Iraq was ready to defend itself. The rise of radical Sunni group Islamic State has proven that belief wrong. Yet senior White House and Pentagon officials are determined to show "strategic patience" and not be drawn into Iraq's new civil war. Washington has sent 1,900 troops to Iraq, while U.S. forces and their allies have conducted more than 1,300 air strikes against Islamic State, in both Iraq and Syria.

Special Report: Their nation in pieces, Iraqis ponder what comes next Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:11 AM PST By Isabel Coles, Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE, Iraq (Reuters) - The machine gun poking out from between a framed portrait of a Shi'ite imam and a stuffed toy Minnie Mouse was trained on anyone who approached the checkpoint. Like dozens of other communities in Iraq, this small Sunni settlement in northern Salahuddin province's Tuz Khurmatu district has been reduced to rubble. In October, Shi'ite militiamen and Kurdish peshmerga captured the village from the Sunni militant group Islamic State. The Shi'ite and Kurdish paramilitary groups now patrol the scorched landscape, eager to claim the most strategic areas or the few houses that are still intact. For now, the two forces are convenient but uncomfortable allies against the nihilist Islamic State.

Obama: Iran has 'chance to get right with the world' - NPR Posted: 29 Dec 2014 02:05 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran could become a "very successful regional power" if Tehran agrees to a long-term deal to curb its nuclear program, President Barack Obama said in an interview with NPR News. "They've got a chance to get right with the world," Obama said in the interview, which was taped at the White House on Dec. 18 and is set to air this week. More than a year ago, Iran agreed to an interim plan to halt higher-level uranium enrichment in exchange for a limited easing in financial sanctions pending negotiations on a long-term deal. Those talks have now been extended to next June. ...

For Obama, high ambitions, less power to achieve Posted: 28 Dec 2014 10:37 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — It was intended as a joke. "Are you still president?" comedian Stephen Colbert asked Barack Obama earlier this month.

Bomb blast kills woman in south Indian city Posted: 28 Dec 2014 10:24 PM PST One woman died and two people were injured late Sunday when a crude bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police said.

Today in History Posted: 28 Dec 2014 09:00 PM PST Today is Monday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2014. There are two days left in the year.

Michigan Theater Offering Free Tickets to 'The Interview' Posted: 28 Dec 2014 09:00 PM PST Moviegoers will be urged to make a donation to a charity supporting military veterans

US, NATO Mark End of Mission in Afghanistan Posted: 28 Dec 2014 04:01 PM PST The longest war in American history came to an end Sunday.In a ceremony at their headquarters in Kabul, the United States and NATO brought the combat phase of their mission in Afghanistan to a close."Today marks an end of an era, and the beginning of a new one," said U.S. Army General John Campbell, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). "Today, NATO completes its combat mission, a 13-year endeavor filled with significant achievements and branded by tremendous sacrifice. ...

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