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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Did Petraeus Just Endorse Hillary Clinton?

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 12:39 PM PST

Did Petraeus Just Endorse Hillary Clinton?Among Republicans, there is no more popular general than David Petraeus, the commander credited for salvaging the Iraq war and the architect of the counter-insurgency strategy pursued by President Bush. Petraeus has always shied away from politics, but in a new book he is quoted...


A fresh start for Hillary Clinton and liberals?

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 10:56 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2014 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in New Orleans. Liberals may be giving Hillary Rodham Clinton a second look. As Clinton considers another White House campaign, progressives are looking for signs that she could become their standard-bearer. On economic issues and diplomatic talks with Iran, Clinton has signaled she would be in step with a more progressive Democratic coalition forged during President Barack Obama's two campaigns. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — As Hillary Rodham Clinton mulls a second presidential bid, liberals are closely watching whether the onetime supporter of the Iraq war moves to the left or straddles the center.


An Obama role in Islam's divide

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 10:41 AM PST

Yet as President Obama tries to adjust ties to both Iran and Saudi Arabia, he is stepping into a historic feud between Shiites and Sunnis. Talks begin Feb. 18 on a long-range solution for Iran's nuclear program that might lead to a strategic shift in Iran's role in the Middle East and with the United States. And in late March, Mr. Obama will visit Saudi Arabia and try to persuade King Abdullah that the US can denuclearize Iran and create a peaceful balance of power in the region. The time is ripe for Obama to succeed.

Nine killed in brutal Iraq assassinations

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST

Iraqi security forces patrol a street in the city of Ramadi, west of the capital Baghdad in the Anbar province, on February 4, 2014 during a military operation against anti-government fightersNine people were found dead in two brutal incidents in Iraq Sunday -- one where militants forced Shiite policemen to pray before killing them, and another where decapitated heads were left in a market. The violence is among the most shocking in Iraq's worst prolonged period of unrest since it emerged in 2008 from a Sunni-Shiite sectarian war, and comes with security forces also battling anti-government fighters in western Anbar province. In Tuz Khurmatu, an ethnically-mixed town that has been hit by regular attacks, militants surrounded a police encampment protecting a stadium construction site and gathered the six policemen as a group and shot them all dead, two security officials and a doctor at the local hospital said. One of the six, however, only died at hospital, and according to a local Tuz official, said that the insurgents had attempted to find out if the policemen were Sunni or Shiite before killing them.


One G.I.'s Killer Meltdown

Posted: 09 Feb 2014 03:45 AM PST

One G.I.'s Killer MeltdownCritics argue that better mental health screening could prevent the next Aurora or Newtown. Does the military, which closely monitors the mental health of its soldiers, offer a model?


A wave of college grads found US jobs in January

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 12:03 PM PST

The U.S. unemployment rate dipped to 6.6 percent in January from 6.7 percent in December as college graduates flooded the job market, and most found work. Among workers older than 25, 668,000 college graduates ...
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