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• Putin's war, not Obama's
• UN says 703 killed in Iraq in February attacks
• Iraq February toll falls but still one of worst in years
• Iraq death toll exceeds 700 in February: U.N.
• Iraq oil exports hit 25-year high in February
• Iraq hosts arms exhibition as it battles militants
• UN says 703 Iraqis killed in violence in January
• Iraq official says oil exports jump in February
• Odd couple at center of Russian helicopter inquiry
• Official: Iraqi crude oil exports jump in February
• For Iraqis fleeing Fallujah, it's 2004 again – but worse
• Did Egypt's Bloody Protests Influence Civil Unrest in Ukraine?
• And the winner is... memorable Oscars moments

Putin's war, not Obama's Posted: 01 Mar 2014 11:12 AM PST There's a fallacy afoot in the efforts to blame President Obama for the crisis in the Ukraine. It goes like this: because American's hand on the global tiller is unsteady and President Obama failed to enforce his "red line" in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin feels empowered to threaten and perhaps make war with the Ukraine because he does not fear repercussions. Moreover, by letting Russia invent the solution to Syria's transgression, Putin has earned some political capital that he feels he can spend. The President's refusal to endorse some type of kinetic, military punishment against Bashir Assad stands as a moral failure to many, and could conceivably have furhter opened the aperture for murderous misbehavior by other tyrants.

UN says 703 killed in Iraq in February attacks Posted: 01 Mar 2014 10:39 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said Saturday that violence across Iraq in February killed 703 people, a death toll higher than the year before as the country faces a rising wave of militant attacks rivaling the sectarian bloodshed that followed the U.S.-led invasion.

Iraq February toll falls but still one of worst in years Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:28 AM PST The death toll from violence in Iraq fell in February from the previous month, but was still one of the worst in years, new figures showed Saturday as Baghdad hosted an arms exhibition. Less than two months ahead of parliamentary elections, Iraq is suffering a year-long surge in violence to levels not seen since 2008, when it was emerging from a period of brutal sectarian bloodletting that killed tens of thousands.

Iraq death toll exceeds 700 in February: U.N. Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:23 AM PST By Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 700 people died in violence in Iraq in February, not including nearly 300 reported deaths in western Anbar province, where security forces have been battling Sunni Muslim rebels since January, the United Nations said on Saturday. The world body said local authorities had recorded 298 civilian deaths in Anbar, but that it could not confirm the figures independently due to the chaos in the desert region. Outside Anbar, the bloodshed was worst in Baghdad, where 239 civilians were killed, followed by Salahuddin province to the north with 121 dead. The United Nations said it had confirmed 703 deaths in Iraq in February, compared to 733 in January, excluding Anbar.

Iraq oil exports hit 25-year high in February Posted: 01 Mar 2014 09:21 AM PST Basra (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraq exported 2.8 million barrels of oil per day in February, a top minister said Saturday, a sharp month-on-month gain and the highest such figure in at least a quarter-century. Production, meanwhile, reached 3.5 million bpd, the deputy prime minister for energy affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, told reporters in the southern port city of Basra as he inaugurated a refinery. The export figure was the highest since then dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, triggering a crippling embargo and international sanctions that massively restricted Iraq's energy industry. Most of Iraq's crude is exported via its southern terminals near Basra, but a significant portion goes through a northern pipeline that is periodically bombed by militants.

Iraq hosts arms exhibition as it battles militants Posted: 01 Mar 2014 07:16 AM PST Iraq on Saturday hosted an international arms exhibition for the third year in a row, as it seeks to obtain weapons to bolster its forces in their battle against militants. "The companies that contributed today in the exhibition will have priority in contracting over other companies in filling the needs of the armed forces," acting Defence Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi said. More than 50 companies from nine countries, including the United States, Britain, France, China and South Korea, are taking part in the exhibition. Iraq's armed forces -- plagued by shortcomings ranging from insufficient training to problems with logistics and maintenance -- have so far failed to check rising violence in the country.

UN says 703 Iraqis killed in violence in January Posted: 01 Mar 2014 05:58 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — The United Nations said on Saturday that a total of 703 Iraqis were killed by violence in February, excluding deaths of insurgents and those from an embattled western province.

Iraq official says oil exports jump in February Posted: 01 Mar 2014 05:38 AM PST Iraq's daily oil exports surged to 2.8 million barrels per day in February, some half million barrels more than in the previous month, as international oil companies developed fields and export infrastructure, ...

Odd couple at center of Russian helicopter inquiry Posted: 01 Mar 2014 05:33 AM PST The ties between a former Army colonel and a Russian entrepreneur are at the heart of a criminal investigation into a program that supplies American allies with Russian helicopters. Federal agents are ...

Official: Iraqi crude oil exports jump in February Posted: 01 Mar 2014 05:12 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — A senior Iraqi official says oil exports have shot up in February to 2.8 million barrels per day from nearly 2.3 million in the previous month, thanks to a small group of international oil companies developing oil fields and export infrastructure.

For Iraqis fleeing Fallujah, it's 2004 again – but worse Posted: 01 Mar 2014 05:00 AM PST In a trailer relocated from Camp Victory, Eman Rasheed brushes the dust off her clothes and tries to settle her children on thin foam mattresses after fleeing Fallujah for a second time. For many here, this is their second exodus from Fallujah. In Iraq's vast Anbar Province, where Al Qaeda first made a stand, Fallujah was the fiercest urban battle for American forces since the Vietnam War.  Fallujah is once again under fire.

Did Egypt's Bloody Protests Influence Civil Unrest in Ukraine? Posted: 28 Feb 2014 04:51 PM PST Days before the civil unrest in Kiev turned deadly, dozens of Ukrainians stood around a makeshift silver screen to watch Egypt's revolution unfold in the Academy Award–nominated documentary The Square.  Bundled up and draped in the post-Soviet nation's blue-and-yellow flags, dozens stood rapt to watch the sometimes grisly scenes from Tahrir Square unfold at the open-air cinema on a Kiev street. The Jan. 18 showing of the film in Ukraine came just a day after its full U.S. release, and—more poignantly—just days before the protests in Kiev became deadly.

And the winner is... memorable Oscars moments Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:06 AM PST From winners sobbing uncontrollably to shocking political outbursts, bizarre snubs and streakers, the Oscars have seen it all -- and Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony could provide fresh drama. Organizers of Hollywood's biggest night are white-knuckled as they brace for more unscripted moments that could anger television viewers or throw the finely calibrated global telecast off schedule. Boos rang out around the Kodak Theater in 2003 when maverick filmmaker Michael Moore launched a vitriolic attack on then-US president George W. Bush for waging war in Iraq. But Moore was only following the tradition of turning the Oscars podium into a bully pulpit.

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