2014年11月29日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq airstrikes kill 17 in areas held by Islamic State

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 12:57 PM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seventeen people were killed in Iraq on Saturday in air strikes targeting areas controlled by Islamic State militants, witnesses and an intelligence official said. Two brothers who were members of the Albu Hishma tribe were mistakenly killed when an Iraqi military helicopter attacked the house of an Islamic State militant in the town of Yathrib, 90 km (56 miles), witnesses said. Fifteen people from the same tribe were then killed in an airstrike as they headed to the funeral of the brothers, said witnesses. Both accounts were confirmed by an intelligence official. ...

For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 11:14 AM PST

This Nov. 24, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama, left, looking to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, as he talks about his resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The friction between the President and the Pentagon has been particularly pronounced during his six years in office, and seems to be affecting his ability to find a replacement for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Previous Pentagon chiefs have criticized Obama's efforts to micromanage the Pentagon and centralize decision-making in the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — On a trip to Afghanistan during President Barack Obama's first term, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was stunned to find a telephone line at the military's special operations headquarters that linked directly back to a top White House national security official.

Activists: ISIS Is Now Launching Attacks From Inside Turkey

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST

Activists: ISIS Is Now Launching Attacks From Inside TurkeyTurkey's main Kurdish party on Saturday accused the government of turning a blind eye to—if not outright supporting—ISIS militants within its borders after suicide bombers attacked the town of Kobani along its southern border with Syria. The Turkish government vehemently denies the claims.

Islamic State group attacks Kobani from Turkey

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 10:50 AM PST

In this Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 photo, a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter shows the extent of the damage from a truck bomb in Kobani, Syria. Here, Kurdish fighters backed by small numbers of Iraqi peshmerga forces and Syrian rebels, are battling what they see as an existential battle against the militants who swept into their town in mid-September as part of a summer blitz that saw the group seize large chunks of territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq.(AP Photo/Jake Simkin)BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group launched an attack Saturday on the Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey, a Kurdish official and activists said, although Turkey denied that the fighters had used its territory for the raid.

Pope prays in Istanbul mosque in new outreach

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 10:12 AM PST

ISTANBUL (AP) — Pope Francis stood Saturday for two minutes of silent prayer facing east in one of Turkey's most important mosques, a powerful vision of Christian-Muslim understanding at a time when neighboring countries are experiencing violent Islamic assault on Christians and religious minorities.

Pope Francis prays in Istanbul's Blue Mosque

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 09:27 AM PST

By Philip Pullella and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis prayed silently alongside a senior Islamic cleric in Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, in a gesture of inter-religious harmony in a country bordering the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Francis took off his shoes as he entered the huge mosque, before bowing his head in prayer for several minutes, facing Mecca and standing next to Istanbul's Grand Mufti Rahmi Yaran, in what a Vatican spokesman described as a joint "moment of silent adoration" of God. ...

Indian minister accuses Pakistan of 'destabilising' India

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 05:46 AM PST

Indian soldiers are seen at their positions following at attack by militants at the Pindi Khattar belt of the Arnia border sector, some 45 kms from Jammu district, on November 27, 2014India's home affairs minister on Saturday accused Pakistani "state actors" of attempting to destabilise India, reiterating an accusation commonly levelled by the South Asian giant at its northern Muslim neighbour.

South African academy trains anti-poaching dogs

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 03:43 AM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 attack dogs and their handlers apprehend a "rhino poacher" center, after alighting from a helicopter into water, in a simulation exercise showing training at an academy run by the Paramount Group, near Rustenburg, South Africa. The course prepares canine units to find firearms or contraband, track suspects in the undergrowth and abseil in harnesses from helicopters in pursuit of poachers. Dogs and handlers learn to trust each other and fine tune a relationship balancing control and aggression. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — Venom and Killer. These are members of a furry breed of anti-poaching operatives, dogs that can detect a whiff of hidden rhino horn in a suspect's vehicle or follow the spoor of armed poachers in South Africa's besieged wildlife parks.

Three dead in attack and Islamist protests in Egypt

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 12:18 AM PST

People shout slogans against the military and interior ministry during an Islamist protest in the Cairo suburb of MatariyaCAIRO (Reuters) - Three people including an army general were killed and at least 28 wounded on Friday in militant attacks, some claimed by a group loyal to Islamic State, and clashes at Islamist protests around Egypt, security sources and health officials said. Police were out in force at the demonstrations, organised by a hardline Salafi group calling for removal of the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the ex-army chief who led the overthrow of elected Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in July 2013. ...

Syria says U.S.-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State

Posted: 28 Nov 2014 06:39 PM PST

A view shows debris at a school following what activists said were U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State, in RaqqaBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said U.S.-led air strikes had failed to weaken Islamic State it in Syria and the jihadist group would not be tackled unless Turkey was forced to tighten border controls. A U.S.-led alliance started attacking Islamic State targets in Syria in September as part of a wider effort to destroy the al Qaeda offshoot that has seized large areas of the country and neighboring Iraq. ...

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