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• Publisher to remove book passage that sparked Jesse Ventura lawsuit
• UN: Cross-border aid to Syria faces big challenges
• Massive Attack dedicate Lebanon gig to Gaza children
• House Passes a Bipartisan Response to the VA Scandal
• Jesse Ventura's image and legal battles not over
• UN reconsiders aid deliveries to Syria from Iraq
• Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq: sources
• Flurry of new legislation targets sexual assault on campus
• Three ways Middle East fighting threatens US national security
• US unveils $378 mn in new humanitarian aid for Syria
• Shi'ite militia hangs up 15 executed Sunnis in Iraqi square
• Dubai, European airlines divert flights over Iraq
• Iraq offers aid to those displaced by militants
• UN condemns extremist takeover of parts of Iraq
• Little Girl Wails When She Learns Her Baby Brother Will Grow Up [VIDEO]
• Hilarious ‘Deadpool’ Test Footage Starring Ryan Reynolds Leaked [VIDEO]
• Iraqi Kurdish pipeline stopped; tanker in limbo off Texas
• APNewsBreak: Ventura passage to be cut from book
• Billions of GI Bill funds go to for-profit schools
• U.S. approves $700 million sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq
• Iraqi Kurdistan sends letter to U.S. court over oil cargo
• Jury awards Ventura $1.8M in defamation case
• U.S. judge says cannot seize Kurdish crude for now
• U.S. judge says Kurdish tanker near Texas out of court's jurisdiction
• Arrest warrants for suspected Australian jihadists
• In Iraq's Mosul, resistance rises from rubble

Publisher to remove book passage that sparked Jesse Ventura lawsuit Posted: 30 Jul 2014 03:19 PM PDT The publisher of a book at the center of a successful defamation case brought by former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura against the estate of a former Navy SEAL said on Wednesday it would delete the passage about a bar fight that sparked the suit. HarperCollins, a subsidiary of News Corp, said the passage in the best-seller "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History" by Chris Kyle would be removed, without offering further details. Ventura, was awarded more than $1.8 million in damages on Tuesday after a federal jury in St Paul, Minnesota, found he had been defamed in the book by Kyle, who said he hit a man who made disparaging remarks about the SEALS.

UN: Cross-border aid to Syria faces big challenges Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:47 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday there are "significant challenges" in delivering humanitarian aid into Syria from Turkey, Jordan and Iraq, including a multitude of opposition and terrorist groups.

Massive Attack dedicate Lebanon gig to Gaza children Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:12 PM PDT Influential British band Massive Attack dedicated their only Middle East gig to the children of Gaza, openly condemning Israel's "massacre" of the Palestinians. As the band played in Byblos, in Lebanon, just a few hundred kilometres north of Gaza, swaying music-lovers on Tuesday night held up Palestinian flags as Massive Attack issued a rare, explicit condemnation of Israel's offensive.

House Passes a Bipartisan Response to the VA Scandal Posted: 30 Jul 2014 01:47 PM PDT The House on Wednesday signed off on a $17 billion bipartisan measure responding to the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs over patient deaths and long wait times at VA medical facilities. The overwhelming, 420-5 vote sends the bill to the Senate, which could pass it by the end of the week before lawmakers leave for their annual August recess. A rare compromise struck by House Republicans and Senate Democrats, the bill would allow the VA to add more doctors and facilities to reduce the backlog of veterans who served in the nation's long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jesse Ventura's image and legal battles not over Posted: 30 Jul 2014 01:25 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura got the legal vindication he craved when a jury agreed he had been defamed in slain military sniper Chris Kyle's autobiography.

UN reconsiders aid deliveries to Syria from Iraq Posted: 30 Jul 2014 01:22 PM PDT The United Nations is pressing on with cross-border aid convoys to Syria from Turkey and Jordan but is reviewing plans to send relief from Iraq, the top UN aid official said Wednesday. The UN Security Council decided this month to set up the aid deliveries without the Syrian government's consent from four crossing points to help millions of civilians in rebel-held areas. UN humanitarian relief coordinator Valerie Amos said more relief trucks should be crossing into Syria "in the next few days" after a first nine-truck convoy from Turkey delivered food, shelter, water and sanitation supplies on July 24.

Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq: sources Posted: 30 Jul 2014 12:48 PM PDT A Hezbollah commander has died during a mission in Iraq, sources familiar with the incident said on Wednesday, indicating the Lebanese group that is already fighting in Syria's civil war may be involved in a second conflict in the region. Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shi'ite Islamist group, has not previously announced any role in the conflict in Iraq, which escalated last month when radical Sunni militants seized large areas of territory from the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad. Four sources in Lebanon named the Hezbollah commander as Ibrahim al-Haj, a technical specialist involved in training. They said he was "martyred" in a battle near Mosul, a city in northern Iraq seized from government control last month by an al Qaeda offshoot known as the Islamic State.

Flurry of new legislation targets sexual assault on campus Posted: 30 Jul 2014 12:38 PM PDT New legislation follows landmark Center series

Three ways Middle East fighting threatens US national security Posted: 30 Jul 2014 12:19 PM PDT "Is there going to be peace in the Middle East?" Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), asked himself aloud last week, before an audience of national security specialists. Pentagon analysts are increasingly grappling with what this growing unrest means for US national security. Here are the top three ways the advance of the insurgent group the Islamic State in Iraq and violence in Gaza could endanger US national security. 1. Hamas could be replaced by a group able to use chemical weapons

US unveils $378 mn in new humanitarian aid for Syria Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:15 AM PDT The United States on Wednesday unveiled $378 million in new humanitarian aid for the Syrian people, denouncing "appalling 'starve or surrender' tactics" by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. "The regime is asphyxiating half a million Syrians in Aleppo by obstructing deliveries of food, water, and medicine," Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement. The new aid brings the US total released for Syria since the start of the war three years ago to $2.4 billion, and Kerry insisted that it was "having an impact on the ground -- right now." Some $1.2 billion has gone towards helping more than 4.7 million people inside Syria, and $1.2 billion is going towards aid efforts for some three million refugees who are being sheltered in neighboring countries.

Shi'ite militia hangs up 15 executed Sunnis in Iraqi square Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:11 AM PDT By Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public square in the town of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said. With Iraq sliding ever closer to all-out sectarian civil war, a car bomb exploded near restaurants and shops in the capital's Shi'ite district of Sadr City, killing 16 people, while another car bomb killed five in Baghdad's Ameen district, police said. A police officer at the scene in Baquba, a mixed Sunni and Shi'ite town 65 km (40 miles) from Baghdad, said he believed the gruesome display of the bodies was designed to warn Sunnis off supporting the Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has seized swathes of land in an advance through northern Iraq. "The militia forces are preventing the medical crew from taking down the bodies," the police officer said.

Dubai, European airlines divert flights over Iraq Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:41 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — European airlines and a Dubai-based carrier are rerouting flights over Iraqi airspace as a security precaution amid fears that militants with the Islamic State group have weapons capable of shooting down planes, despite Iraq saying its skies are safe.

Iraq offers aid to those displaced by militants Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:23 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday his government has allocated more than $850 million to assist those displaced by last month's militant takeover of much of the country, and called on Sunnis remaining in those areas to take up arms against the insurgents.

UN condemns extremist takeover of parts of Iraq Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is condemning the offensive waged by the extremist Islamic State group and allied militants in Iraq, calling it "a major threat" to the country's future.

Little Girl Wails When She Learns Her Baby Brother Will Grow Up [VIDEO] Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:50 AM PDT Sadie is a five-year-old who just found out her adorable, grinning baby brother is going to grow up and no longer be as cute. She takes the news terribly.

Hilarious ‘Deadpool’ Test Footage Starring Ryan Reynolds Leaked [VIDEO] Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:50 AM PDT Test footage of the long-awaited movie about Marvel Comics' favorite mercenary has leaked online following the close of San Diego Comic Con, and fans are all abuzz over Reynolds' hilarious portrayal.

Iraqi Kurdish pipeline stopped; tanker in limbo off Texas Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:21 AM PDT By Humeyra Pamuk and David Sheppard ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's attempts to export oil independently of Baghdad hit another obstacle on Wednesday, as a Turkish energy official and industry sources said the autonomous region's pipeline to the Mediterranean has been shut for the past week. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has not launched any oil tankers from the Turkish port of Ceyhan in over a month as Baghdad has moved to block the vessels from unloading at foreign ports. The latest set-back comes as Iraqi Kurdistan's increasingly bitter legal and diplomatic struggle with Baghdad over oil sales threatens to spill over into the United States.

APNewsBreak: Ventura passage to be cut from book Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:12 AM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The passage from the best-selling memoir "American Sniper" that sparked former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's defamation lawsuit against author Chris Kyle will be removed, publisher HarperCollins said Wednesday.

Billions of GI Bill funds go to for-profit schools Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have flocked to for-profit colleges, including a troubled chain that is closing or selling its campuses amid a series of federal and state investigations.

U.S. approves $700 million sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 5,000 Hellfire missiles to Iraq as Baghdad tries to fend off militant Islamist forces. The deal is valued at $700 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Tuesday. Iraq had requested 5,000 of the air-to-ground missiles, which are manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp and enable helicopters to battle tanks and other armored vehicles. Much smaller Hellfire shipments have already been sent to Iraq. Parts, training and logistical support are part of the new deal. Iraq's U.S. ...

Iraqi Kurdistan sends letter to U.S. court over oil cargo Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:18 AM PDT The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Wednesday it had sent a letter to a U.S. court in Texas over a seized cargo of Kurdish crude oil to counter claims from Iraq's central government in Baghdad which maintains the oil was illegally exported. In the letter, the KRG asserts that Baghdad has failed to fulfil its obligations in Kurdistan, boosting the region's need to export oil as it contends with the influx of more than one million refugees in recent months due to violence sparked by Islamic State insurgents. "The federal government cannot win, because our crude is legally produced, shipped, exported, and sold in accordance with the rights of the Kurdistan Region as set forth in the Iraqi constitution," KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami said in a statement on the KRG's web site.

Jury awards Ventura $1.8M in defamation case Posted: 30 Jul 2014 04:23 AM PDT Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura won $1.8 million Tuesday in his two-year fight to prove he was defamed by a military sniper and best-selling author who claimed to have punched out Ventura at a bar ...

U.S. judge says cannot seize Kurdish crude for now Posted: 29 Jul 2014 10:50 PM PDT By Anna Driver and Kristen Hays HOUSTON (Reuters) - A high-stakes dispute over a tanker carrying $100 million in Iraqi Kurdish crude took a surprising turn on Tuesday when a U.S. judge said she lacked jurisdiction given the ship's distance from the Texas shore and urged that the case be settled in Iraq. Federal magistrate Nancy K. Johnson said that because the tanker was some 60 miles (100 km) offshore, and outside territorial waters, an order she issued late on Monday for U.S. Marshals to seize the cargo could not be enforced. She said the dispute between Iraq's central government and the autonomous region of Kurdistan should be resolved in Iraq. Overnight Johnson signed an order directing the marshals to seize the 1 million barrels of crude from the United Kalavrvta tanker anchored in the Gulf of Mexico.

U.S. judge says Kurdish tanker near Texas out of court's jurisdiction Posted: 29 Jul 2014 10:50 PM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Tuesday her court "has no jurisdiction" over a tanker near Texas loaded with Kurdish crude oil because it is some 60 miles offshore, meaning the order she issued earlier to seize the $100 million cargo cannot be enforced at this time. Federal magistrate Nancy K. Johnson said the dispute between Iraq's central government and the Regional Government of Kurdistan should be resolved in Iraq. (Reporting By Anna Driver and Kristen Hays; Editing by Terry Wade)

Arrest warrants for suspected Australian jihadists Posted: 29 Jul 2014 09:00 PM PDT Australia has issued arrest warrants for two men suspected of fighting alongside militants in Iraq and Syria, police said Wednesday, including one who reportedly posed with severed heads. The Australian Federal Police said warrants had been issued for two former Sydney men, Mohamed Elomar and Khaled Sharrouf, who have reportedly joined the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group fighters. "The warrants relate to alleged terrorism related activity," a police spokeswoman said. "Should Sharrouf or Elomar return to Australia, these warrants authorise law enforcement to arrest them immediately." The federal police said they were unable to comment further, given the matter was yet to be tested in court.

In Iraq's Mosul, resistance rises from rubble Posted: 29 Jul 2014 05:57 PM PDT The dynamiting of some of Mosul's most precious heritage has spurred a group of students and officers into the first act of armed resistance against the Iraqi city's jihadist rulers. "With a group of mainly students, but also young civil servants and merchants, I joined something we named Kataeb al-Mosul (The Mosul Brigades)," he told AFP. Other precious monuments deeply rooted in Mosul's rich history were reduced to rubble. "This campaign of destruction of our mosques, churches and heritage sites is an attempt to suppress Mosul's identity," Anwar Ali said.

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