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• Suicide bomber kills anti-ISIL leader in Iraq's Anbar province: source
• Top military officer: Bergdahl case not closed
• US charges Guantanamo Bay prisoner with war crimes
• 'High-value' Guantanamo inmate charged with terrorism
• Guantanamo prisoner charged in roadside attacks
• Iraq attacks and shelling leave 35 dead
• Oil steady above $102 as US supply data awaited
• An important landmark anniversary for the National Guard
• Syria and neighbors need reconstruction plan: World Bank
• The quest for the bionic arm
• Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadi
• Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadists
• Complaining Like a Cubicle Drone in ’99
• Palin Clone Could Cost GOP Senate Seat
• Lots of Ideas, No Quick Fix for VA Health Care
• A look at key events in Syria's uprising
• 5 things to know about Syria's presidential vote
• Today in History

Suicide bomber kills anti-ISIL leader in Iraq's Anbar province: source Posted: 03 Jun 2014 04:19 PM PDT One of the leaders of Iraq's pro-government Sunni tribal fighters was killed late on Tuesday by a suicide bomber in western Anbar province's capital of Ramadi, one of his men said. Mohammed Khamis Abu Risha was touring a checkpoint manned by his fighters in Ramadi when a suicide bomber hugged him, said one of his men. Four of Abu Risha's bodyguards were killed in the blast, the source added. His body was mutilated beyond recognition." Abu Risha, who was in his 30s, was the commander of hundreds of men in the desert province's capital, where security forces and a smaller number of pro-government Sunni tribal fighters have for months been battling tribesmen furious at Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and militants hailing from the al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Top military officer: Bergdahl case not closed Posted: 03 Jun 2014 03:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top military officer said Tuesday the Army could still throw the book at Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the young soldier who walked away from his unit in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan and into five years of captivity by the Taliban.

US charges Guantanamo Bay prisoner with war crimes Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:42 AM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting roadside bombing attacks in Afghanistan as a commander of al-Qaida is facing a trial by military commission on war crimes charges that could put him in prison for life, officials said Tuesday.

'High-value' Guantanamo inmate charged with terrorism Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:33 AM PDT An Iraqi "high-value" detainee at Guantanamo, accused of being an Al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was referred to a military court on terror charges, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Guantanamo's highest military court authority on Monday approved the charges against Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who was accused of directing fatal attacks against Americans and their allies in Pakistan and elsewhere between 2001 and 2006, a statement said. The 53-year-old Iraqi native, transferred to Guantanamo in April 2007, was among the last to arrive at the US prison for terror suspects in Cuba.

Guantanamo prisoner charged in roadside attacks Posted: 03 Jun 2014 10:20 AM PDT MIAMI (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting roadside bombing attacks in Afghanistan as a commander of al-Qaida is facing war crimes charges that could put him in prison for life, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

Iraq attacks and shelling leave 35 dead Posted: 03 Jun 2014 08:11 AM PDT Violence across Iraq, including shelling of the conflict-hit city of Fallujah, killed 35 people Tuesday, as politicians haggle over forming a new governing coalition after April elections. Iraq is going through its worst protracted spell of violence since it emerged from a brutal Sunni-Shiite conflict that killed tens of thousands in 2006 and 2007, with near-daily attacks plaguing Baghdad and much of the north and west. The worst of Tuesday's bloodshed was concentrated in Fallujah, which has been under the control of anti-government fighters since the beginning of the year. Shelling in the city, which lies just a short drive west of Baghdad, killed 18 people and wounded 43 others, according to Ahmed Shami, a doctor at Fallujah hospital.

Oil steady above $102 as US supply data awaited Posted: 03 Jun 2014 07:02 AM PDT The price of oil was little changed above $102 a barrel Tuesday as traders awaited reports on U.S. supplies of crude and refined products.

An important landmark anniversary for the National Guard Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:55 AM PDT It was on this day 98 years about that the National Guard officially got its name after Congress passed an important, if not overlooked, act to strengthen our military.

Syria and neighbors need reconstruction plan: World Bank Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:49 AM PDT World powers and international donors must prepare a post-war reconstruction plan for Syria and its neighbors to help the region recover from the Syrian conflict, the head of the World Bank said on Tuesday. Jim Yong Kim said that although there was no sign that the ruinous war between President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters will end soon, international efforts - led by Arab states - should focus now on a post-war phase. "The international community, including the World Bank Group, the United Nations and key donors, must put together a plan that will help not only Syria rebuild, but also will help Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq recover from the massive spillover effects of the war," he said.

The quest for the bionic arm Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:15 AM PDT ROSEMONT, Ill., June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the past 13 years, nearly 2,000 veterans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries requiring amputations; 14 percent of those injured veterans required upper extremity amputations. To treat veterans with upper extremity amputations, scientists continue to pursue research and development of bionic arms and hands with full motor and sensory function. An article appearing in the June issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) reviews the recent advancements in upper extremity bionics and the challenges that remain in creating a prosthesis that meets or exceeds the abilities of a human arm and hand.

Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadi Posted: 03 Jun 2014 04:51 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels provides a textbook example of a longstanding fear in the West — the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the battlefields of Syria.

Arrest shows Europe's challenge to track jihadists Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:54 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — The suspect in the recent killings at the Jewish Museum in Brussels provides a textbook example of a longstanding fear in the West — the threat posed by radicalized citizens returning from the battlefields of Syria.

Complaining Like a Cubicle Drone in ’99 Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:45 AM PDT Most of us would say a boring office job is a better life choice than fast-food worker, pedophile, anarchist, or freedom fighter in a post-apocalyptic hellscape. Not Hollywood in '99.

Palin Clone Could Cost GOP Senate Seat Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:45 AM PDT Joni Ernst began as a compromise candidate, but attacked the EPA, Farm Bill, and more to woo conservatives. That won't help in an agricultural swing state.

Lots of Ideas, No Quick Fix for VA Health Care Posted: 03 Jun 2014 02:30 AM PDT Ever since President Obama accepted the resignation of former Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday, lawmakers and advocates have been frantically talking about ways to reform the scandal-ridden VA, under investigation for mismanagement and negligence in at least 45 medical facilities across the country. On Sunday, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation to overhaul the VA health care system and address reports of altered medical records and long wait times that were confirmed by a preliminary inspector general's report last week. The auditors concluded that VA primary care wait times at a facility in Phoenix averaged 115 days. "The truth is that when people get into the VA, the quality of care is good.

A look at key events in Syria's uprising Posted: 03 Jun 2014 01:35 AM PDT As Syrians vote for president on Tuesday, here's a look at some of the key events in the country since the uprising began:

5 things to know about Syria's presidential vote Posted: 02 Jun 2014 11:45 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's first multicandidate presidential elections in decades is being touted by President Bashar Assad's government as measuring Syrians' support for him after three years of civil war that has killed and wounded tens of thousands of people, displaced millions of others and destroyed parts of the country.

Today in History Posted: 02 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT Today is Tuesday, June 3, the 154th day of 2014. There are 211 days left in the year.

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