Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Despite demands, Syria no-fly zone a no-go for US
• IMF/World Bank: build infrastructure to fight malaise
• Hagel cites progress in Turkey talks about Syria
• US drops food, ammunition to embattled Iraqi troops
• Bombings kill 45 in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and outskirts - police, medical officials
• British soldiers training peshmerga in Iraq
• Defense Secretary Hagel: Fight to defeat Islamic State is long-term
• Kurds battle for heart of Kobane as UN fears massacre
• Worried Iraqi capital sees militant push around it
• Kurdish PKK fighters called back to Turkey after protests
• More than 20,000 Kurds protest against IS in Germany
• Algerian army kills 5 Islamist gunmen: ministry
• Car bombs kill 38 in Iraq's capital, Baghdad
• IS jihadists execute four women in northern Iraq
• Baghdad blasts kill at least 34 in Shiite districts
• Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat
• Bahrain opposition announces election boycott
• Officials in Iraq say 2 car bombs kill 17 people in Shiite areas of the capital, Baghdad
• U.S. military says it conducts airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
• Talks with new UN Syria envoy set for October 21: Russia
• Kurdish leader threatens Turkish peace deal collapse
• Germany trying to convince Turkey, Iran to join fight against IS
• Kurds struggle to defend besieged Syrian town
• 'Thousands' in London monitored by security services, says mayor
• 14 killed as violence rages north of Baghdad
• Suicide bomber kills 11 in market north of Baghdad
• Archer's Spy Agency Is Dropping the Name ISIS in Light of Recent Real-World Events
• It’s Time for a Nobel War Prize
• Iraqi Yazidi girl tells of captivity in IS group
• London mayor says UK spies monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects
• Plagiarism report unlikely to affect Senate race
• UN warns of 'likely' massacre as Jihadists tighten grip on Kobane
• Gulf states 'could expand anti-IS role to ground troops'

Despite demands, Syria no-fly zone a no-go for US Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's promise to limit U.S. military engagement against Islamic State militants makes it difficult to accept Turkey's terms for joining the fight in neighboring Syria.

IMF/World Bank: build infrastructure to fight malaise Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:48 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - The terms are hardly riveting: "new mediocre," "secular stagnation," "structural reform", "lowflation."

Hagel cites progress in Turkey talks about Syria Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday the U.S. is making "considerable progress" in its negotiations with Turkey over the plan to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels in their fight against Islamic State militants.

US drops food, ammunition to embattled Iraqi troops Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:02 PM PDT Washington (AFP) - US military aircraft have delivered food, water and ammunition to besieged Iraqi troops battling Islamic State militants, the Pentagon said Saturday, as the coalition pursued its air assault in Iraq and Syria.

Bombings kill 45 in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and outskirts - police, medical officials Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:30 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 45 people were killed in bombings in Baghdad and its rural outskirts on Saturday as the government continued to defend the capital against jihadists who four months ago seized major cities in northern Iraq. Islamic State (IS) fighters, who took control of large sections of Iraq this year, regularly target Shi'ite districts in Baghdad and are penetrating surrounding farmland where Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militias try to push them back. ...

British soldiers training peshmerga in Iraq Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:19 PM PDT London (AFP) - British soldiers are in Iraq training the Kurdish peshmerga forces battling Islamic State jihadists, the Ministry of Defence in London said Saturday.

Defense Secretary Hagel: Fight to defeat Islamic State is long-term Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:14 PM PDT SANTIAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday Iraqi security forces were in full control of Baghdad but that the embattled Syrian city of Kobani was a very difficult problem. Hagel told a news conference in the Chilean capital that the fight against Islamic State militants, who have seized swathes of Iraq and Syria, was a long-term fight. (Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Diane Craft)

Kurds battle for heart of Kobane as UN fears massacre Posted: 11 Oct 2014 12:52 PM PDT Mursitpinar (Turkey) (AFP) - Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State jihadists towards the heart of the Syrian border town of Kobane Saturday, after the UN warned thousands of civilians risked massacre if it falls.

Worried Iraqi capital sees militant push around it Posted: 11 Oct 2014 12:24 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — On the western edge of Iraq's capital, Islamic State group militants battle government forces and exchange mortar fire, only adding to the sense of siege in Baghdad despite airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition.

Kurdish PKK fighters called back to Turkey after protests Posted: 11 Oct 2014 12:15 PM PDT Istanbul (AFP) - A leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) warned on Saturday it had called all its fighters back to Turkey and could resume attacks, after protests over the government's policy on Syria left dozens dead.

More than 20,000 Kurds protest against IS in Germany Posted: 11 Oct 2014 12:12 PM PDT Berlin (AFP) - More than 20,000 Kurds protested against the Islamic State group in the western German city of Duesseldorf Saturday, according to the police.

Algerian army kills 5 Islamist gunmen: ministry Posted: 11 Oct 2014 12:08 PM PDT Algiers (AFP) - Algerian soldiers killed five Islamist gunmen Saturday not far from where the suspected hideout of jihadists who beheaded a French hostage was destroyed two days earlier, the defence ministry said.

Car bombs kill 38 in Iraq's capital, Baghdad Posted: 11 Oct 2014 11:52 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of car bomb attacks in Iraq's capital killed 38 people in Shiite areas Saturday, authorities said, after Islamic militants killed a journalist working for a local television network in a Sunni province.

IS jihadists execute four women in northern Iraq Posted: 11 Oct 2014 11:24 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - The Islamic State group has executed at least four women, including two doctors and a politician, in their northern Iraq strongholds this month, relatives and rights activists said on Saturday.

Baghdad blasts kill at least 34 in Shiite districts Posted: 11 Oct 2014 10:59 AM PDT Baghdad (AFP) - Car bomb blasts in two Shiite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital killed at least 34 people and wounded 54 on Saturday, police and medical sources said.

Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat Posted: 11 Oct 2014 10:18 AM PDT By Ayla Jean Yackley and Tom Perry MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkey on Saturday. A group that monitors the Syrian civil war said the Kurdish forces faced inevitable defeat in Kobani if Turkey did not open its border to let through arms - something Ankara has so far appeared reluctant to do. The U.S. ...

Bahrain opposition announces election boycott Posted: 11 Oct 2014 09:53 AM PDT Dubai (AFP) - Bahrain's Shiite-led opposition on Saturday announced a boycott of parliamentary elections next month, saying the vote would cement "totalitarian" Sunni rule in the polarised kingdom.

Officials in Iraq say 2 car bombs kill 17 people in Shiite areas of the capital, Baghdad Posted: 11 Oct 2014 09:42 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials in Iraq say 2 car bombs kill 17 people in Shiite areas of the capital, Baghdad.

U.S. military says it conducts airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq Posted: 11 Oct 2014 09:42 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military conducted six airstrikes against Islamic State militants near the besieged Syrian city of Kobani on Friday and Saturday, U.S. Central Command said. The U.S. and Dutch militaries also carried out three airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq near Tal Afar and Hit on Friday and Saturday, Central Command said in a statement. Additionally, U.S. ...

Talks with new UN Syria envoy set for October 21: Russia Posted: 11 Oct 2014 08:59 AM PDT Moscow (AFP) - A new UN Syria envoy is expected to arrive for talks in Russia on October 21, the foreign ministry in Moscow said on Saturday.

Kurdish leader threatens Turkish peace deal collapse Posted: 11 Oct 2014 08:52 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - A senior Kurdish militant has threatened Turkey with a new Kurdish revolt if it sticks with its current policy of non-intervention in the battle for the Syrian town of Kobani. Kurdish forces allied to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the People's Defence Units (YPG), are fighting against Islamic State insurgents attacking Kobani close to the Turkish border. Turkey is reluctant to open its border to allow arms to reach the out-gunned Kurds. ...

Germany trying to convince Turkey, Iran to join fight against IS Posted: 11 Oct 2014 08:33 AM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is trying to convince Turkey and Iran to join the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told a German newspaper. In an interview with Berlin's Tagesspiegel daily, Steinmeier said longstanding animosities in the Middle East needed to be set aside to ensure a united front against IS and he vowed to raise this with Saudi Arabia's leadership when he visits the country on Sunday. "We are trying to convince the Arab countries, Turkey and Iran that it is necessary to work together against IS," he told the newspaper. ...

Kurds struggle to defend besieged Syrian town Posted: 11 Oct 2014 08:26 AM PDT SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish militiamen are putting up a fierce fight to defend a Syrian town near the border with Turkey but are struggling to repel the Islamic State group, which is advancing and pushing in from two sides, Syrian activists and Kurdish officials said Saturday.

'Thousands' in London monitored by security services, says mayor Posted: 11 Oct 2014 06:37 AM PDT London (AFP) - Britain's security services are monitoring "thousands" of people in London, the city's mayor Boris Johnson said in an interview Saturday, amid heightened fears of attack by homegrown jihadists.

14 killed as violence rages north of Baghdad Posted: 11 Oct 2014 06:25 AM PDT Baquba (Iraq) (AFP) - Friendly fire on a military ambulance, a suicide attack at a market and a booby trap killed at least 14 people in a fresh day of violence north of Baghdad Saturday.

Suicide bomber kills 11 in market north of Baghdad Posted: 11 Oct 2014 05:52 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in a market north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding 21 others, medical and police officials said. The attack took place about 28 km (17 miles) north of the capital, between the towns of Tarmiyah and Mishahda. The area has been the scene of clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State (IS) fighters, who have taken control of large sections of northern and western Iraq this year. In other violence, four Iraqi soldiers died in a friendly-fire incident in the town of Udaim, 90 km northeast of Baghdad. ...

Archer's Spy Agency Is Dropping the Name ISIS in Light of Recent Real-World Events Posted: 11 Oct 2014 05:10 AM PDT When Archer's sixth season premieres in January, things are going to look a bit different. The creators of the popular FX comedy have decided to drop the name ISIS from the show in light of recent real-world events, according to The Daily Beast. In the Archer universe, the acronym stands for International Secret Intelligence Service, which has been the name of the show's secret (and, oops, not government-approved) spy organization since Season 1. However, in recent months, the term has become a household name associated with the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The Daily Beast reports that the Season 6 premiere—which has been edited slightly since it debuted at San Diego Comic-Con in July—shows movers rolling out the recognizable blue ISIS sign. "We were waiting for it to go away—at least I was," series creator Adam Reed told the website. "Back in Season 5, FX said, 'This might be a thing,' and I thought, 'Maybe it won't be? Maybe it'll be the mole that I'm gonna ignore and nothing will happen.' We got sort of lucky and could organically make a merger with the CIA, so we went back and retroactively painted out the ISIS logos in parts of the show, and we just don't talk about it in dialogue." The producers have no plans to retroactively remove the name from Archer's first five seasons. "We won't say ISIS anymore, and the only visual representation of it will be that sign rolling off the show," executive producer Matt Thompson explained. "It's just the most awful thing, and we didn't want to have anything to do with it."

It’s Time for a Nobel War Prize Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:50 AM PDT Sure, Malala is totally worthy. But most of them haven't been, because peace is elusive. War, however, is clarifying.

Iraqi Yazidi girl tells of captivity in IS group Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:45 AM PDT MAQLUBA, Iraq (AP) — The young Yazidi girl rocked apprehensively as she described the ordeal that took her from her family, snatched from her home by militants in Iraq, then sold as a slave in Syria before finally escaping to Turkey.

London mayor says UK spies monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects Posted: 11 Oct 2014 02:45 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services are monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects in London and are involved in operations on a daily basis, the capital's mayor Boris Johnson said in an interview published on Saturday. "In London we're very, very vigilant and very, very concerned," mayor Johnson told the Daily Telegraph newspaper. ...

Plagiarism report unlikely to affect Senate race Posted: 11 Oct 2014 01:30 AM PDT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Sen. John Walsh's name has been removed from the U.S. Army War College's academic rolls and grinded from a plaque listing the members of the graduating class of 2007 after the college stripped him of his degree for plagiarism.

UN warns of 'likely' massacre as Jihadists tighten grip on Kobane Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:14 PM PDT Suruc (Turkey) (AFP) - A UN envoy warned thousands could be massacred in the Syrian border town of Kobane if Islamic State jihadists capture it from Kurdish fighters.

Gulf states 'could expand anti-IS role to ground troops' Posted: 10 Oct 2014 05:37 PM PDT Dubai (AFP) - Gulf monarchies taking part in US-led air strikes against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria could deploy special forces on the ground but only if certain conditions are met, analysts say.

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