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Yahoo! News: Iraq


Despite 'halt' to Saudi raids, peace elusive for Yemen

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 04:34 PM PDT

Yemeni boys sit in a pick-up truck during a demonstration by supporters of the Shiite Huthi movement in the capital Sanaa on April 22, 2015, against the Saudi-led military "Decisive Storm" air campaignSaudi Arabia has declared nearly a month of air strikes on Yemeni rebels a success, but at the cost of a resurgent Al-Qaeda and with no sign of peace yet. "The air campaign had exhausted its potential," and with Riyadh's allies like Pakistan unwilling or unable to provide ground forces, there were "few good options," said the Soufan Group intelligence consultancy. It said US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had also "made clear that they favoured a political solution" to the conflict.


France foils church attack after suspect shoots self in leg

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 04:15 PM PDT

A police vehicle is parked outside the student residence where an It student -- suspected of planning an attack on churches -- lived in Paris, on April 22, 2015France said Wednesday it had foiled a jihadist plot to attack a church after an Algerian who accidentally shot himself was found with a stash of weapons and documents mentioning Islamist militant groups. The 24-year-old IT student Sid Ahmed Ghlam's plans were exposed purely by chance after he called an ambulance saying he had been shot during an armed robbery at his Paris home, prosecutor Francois Molins told journalists. The suspect, who was admitted to a Paris hospital after his arrest, was known to intelligence services over comments on social networks expressing his desire to go and fight in Syria alongside jihadists, said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.


STILL NO REPORTS OF 'HILLARY FEVER' OUTBREAKS

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:36 PM PDT

I gather from the increasing hysteria of the feminists that Democrats are beginning to rebel at having a loser of a presidential candidate being foist upon them, in the person of Hillary Clinton. The same way the national tea party leaders are a thorn in the side of the Republican Party, constantly challenging incumbent Republicans with untested candidates who then go on to lose to Democrats (in Delaware, Indiana and Nevada, and nearly in Kentucky, Kansas and Mississippi), the feminists are a thorn in the side of the Democrats, saddling them with utter mediocrities like Hillary. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Sen. Patty Murray are, objectively, two of the least appealing human beings ever elected to any office. Now, to satiate the feminists, the Democrats seem to be stuck with Hillary as their presidential nominee.

CinemaCon: Clint Eastwood Quips About Michael Moore Criticism, Reflects on 'American Sniper' Success

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:22 PM PDT

The 'American Sniper' helmer spoke to THR's Stephen Galloway during an event at the Las Vegas convention Wednesday.

Clint Eastwood reflects on career, 'American Sniper'

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:16 PM PDT

Filmmaker Clint Eastwood poses for a photo op before "The Legend of Cinema Luncheon: A Salute to Clint Eastwood," during CinemaCon 2015 at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Clint Eastwood wants to get one thing straight: He did not threaten to kill Michael Moore.


Bill Clinton: What It Will Be Like to Have Him Back on the Campaign Trail

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT

Bill Clinton: What It Will Be Like to Have Him Back on the Campaign TrailFormer President Bill Clinton has been keeping quiet when it comes to directly commenting on his wife's latest bid for the White House -- but he's starting to make more obvious hints now that she is officially two weeks into the race. You may have noticed that," he said at a Tuesday event held at his alma mater, Georgetown University. Moving past Hillary Clinton's return to the race for, what she described in her 2008 concession speech as "the highest, hardest glass ceiling," her bid also means that Bill Clinton will be returning to the campaign fray. "He brings the kinds of political and interpersonal skills that some think that she lacks so while he helps her in that way he also makes a contrast to her which is not as favorable," professor Stephen Wayne, the American Government field chair at Georgetown, told ABC News.


Active online, foreign women become Islamic State widows

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 12:18 PM PDT

By Alistair Bell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 15 young Western women who joined Islamic State and married jihadi fighters are now widows after the militant group suffered losses in clashes in Syria and Iraq, according to researchers who closely monitor Islamist radicals online. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) think tank in London gave Reuters access to its database of 106 foreign women it says have moved to IS territory and are active online. Fifteen of the women have either mentioned on social media that they lost their husbands in fighting, or other known IS supporters have announced the men's deaths online, said ISD researcher Melanie Smith. Although Reuters could not independently confirm the identities of the women, many of them have been said by relatives to have left their home countries for Syria and Iraq.

Iraqi forces fight to rout Islamic State militants from Ramadi

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:19 AM PDT

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands guard as displaced Sunni people, who fled the violence in the city of Ramadi, arrive at the outskirts of BaghdadIraqi security forces fought to rout Islamic State militants from the western city of Ramadi on Wednesday, slowly regaining some ground from the militant group, security and local officials said. The insurgents began encroaching on Ramadi two weeks ago and local officials warned it was about to fall, sending more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes in and around the provincial capital of Anbar. Security officials said Islamic State were being pushed back from sections near the military's Anbar operation command but booby-traps, snipers and suicide attacks were hindering government troops from recapturing other areas they lost last week. "We're engaged in tough guerrilla warfare in Ramadi," said an Iraqi security officer whose unit is fighting in Ramadi.


Europe's security challenges should mean more defense spending: Carter

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:01 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter addresses U.S. military personnel during a meeting near an F-16 fighter jet at Osan U.S. Air Base in PyeongtaekBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe should be spending more on its military given the security challenges facing the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Wednesday, adding that falling investment had eroded Europe's ability to be a capable U.S. ally. It's too low," Carter told a group of university students training as military officers. The Pentagon chief made the remarks after being asked by one student what the United States could do to encourage Europe to be more financially committed to its own defense. Low European military spending has long been a sore point for the United States.


Obama again avoids calling 1915 Armenian killings 'genocide'

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:23 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks to members of Congress and other guests in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, to thank those who supported a compromise that permanently changed how Medicare pays doctors. Also on Tuesday administration officials said that Obama will once again stop short of calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and disappointment from those who have been pushing him to use the politically fraught term. Top administration officials discussed the decision with Armenian-American leaders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will once again stop short of calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and disappointment from those who have been pushing him to fulfill a campaign promise and use the politically fraught term on the 100th anniversary of the killings this week. Officials decided against it after opposition from some at the State Department and the Pentagon.


Erdogan slams European plans to destroy traffickers' vessels

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:15 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday condemned what he said were suggestions in Europe to sink human traffickers' vessels, insisting the plans would leave migrants "to their deaths."

Afghan, NATO officials doubt IS links to Jalalabad bombing

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 09:31 AM PDT

By Kay Johnson KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan officials and NATO forces in Afghanistan said they doubted that a recent suicide attack on the eastern city of Jalalabad was the work of an offshoot Islamic State, the Islamist militant group fighting mainly in Syria and Iraq. The bombing, in which at least 33 people were killed, was claimed by a spokesman pledging allegiance to IS, also known as ISIS and locally in Afghanistan as "Daesh". President Ashraf Ghani was quick to blame the group for the atrocity. ...

U.S. allies conduct 18 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: military

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 09:11 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with seven air strikes from Tuesday to Wednesday morning and conducted 11 strikes against the group in Iraq, the U.S. military said. Six of the strikes in Syria hit targets near Kobani, destroying Islamic State fighting positions and a vehicle and damaging tactical units, according to a military statement released on Wednesday. In Iraq, the strikes were concentrated near Bayji, where they hit a tactical unit and a command-and-control facility and destroyed a dump truck, motorcycle and armored vehicle. ...

Pentagon chief Carter: Europe 'not doing enough' on defense

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 08:02 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter chided America's European allies on Wednesday, saying a long slide in European defense spending calls into question its ability to partner with the U.S. military at a time of growing security threats across Europe.


German defense minister: widely used rifle has no future

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 5, 2014 file photo G36 rifles of manufacturer Heckler&Koch stand in front of soldiers in Sigmaringen, southern Germany. The widely used assault rifle has "no future" with the German military in its current form, Germany's defense minister Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, April 22, 2015, escalating a dispute over the weapon's alleged shortcomings. (Patrick Seeger/dpa via AP, File)BERLIN (AP) — A widely used assault rifle has "no future" with the German military in its current form, Germany's defense minister said Wednesday, escalating a dispute over the weapon's alleged shortcomings.


IS videos are psychological warfare, says German intel chief

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:08 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — Brutal videos produced by the Islamic State group and others are part of a "psychological warfare" effort that requires a concerted response, a senior German security official said Wednesday.

White House says 'job is not done' in Yemen

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:07 AM PDT

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yemen remains unstable and much more work needs to be done in the region, despite a declared halt to the Saudi-led bombing campaign in the country, the White House said on Wednesday. "Obviously, the job is not done," Jen Psaki, White House communications director, said on CNN. Saudia Arabia's announcement on Tuesday that it would end air strikes against the Iranian-allied Houthis drew positive responses from the White House and Tehran, as well as fresh calls for peace talks and humanitarian aid. Saudi Arabia said its month-old campaign against the Houthis, who had seized large areas in Yemen, had met its goals but rival forces fought on in Yemen on Wednesday.

Google Doodle and animal quiz marks Earth Day 2015

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 06:02 AM PDT

Google has created a special Doodle for Earth Day 2015 with a quiz to find out "Which animal are you?"Are you a honey bee, a giant squid or a komodo dragon? On the occasion of Earth Day 2015, Google is lending a helping hand in figuring out which animal best captures your personality.


Ethiopians mourn Libya killings at rally, scuffles erupt

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 05:51 AM PDT

People participate in a rally to mark the start of a three-day national moaning period at Meskel Square, for the 30 Ethiopian victims killed by Islamic State militants in Libya, in capital the Addis AbabaBy Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Demonstrators hurled stones and police fired teargas as emotions ran high at a mass rally in Ethiopia's capital on Wednesday commemorating 30 compatriots shot and beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya, witnesses said. Protesters started gathering at Addis Ababa's Meskel Square at dawn to denounce Islamic State. Another read: "The world must be united against terrorism." One man at the government-organized rally, who said he was a university professor, said many in the crowd were angry that jobless Ethiopians still felt they had to travel to places like Libya in the hope of crossing over to a better life in Europe. "We do not have the power to speak." Ethiopia's government dismisses accusations from rights groups that it stifles critics and opponents.


Russia arms Iraq, Syria to help combat Islamic State: Lavrov

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 05:50 AM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov speaks during news conference after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang in MoscowRussia is arming Iraq and Syria to help them fight Islamic State, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, calling the radical militant group the main threat to his own country's security. "Islamic State is our main enemy at the moment. "They are already coming back... and to enjoy themselves could stage vile acts at home." Russia has criticized air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq, and encouraged Washington to work with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the battle against IS.


Taliban announce their spring offensive in Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 05:15 AM PDT

Afghan security personals inspect at the site of roadside bomb explosion in Behsood district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April, 22, 2015. In eastern Nagharhar province, where the Taliban have long been active, Ahamd Zia Abdulazai, spokesman for the provincial governor, said that a prosecutor and his driver were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Behsud district.(AP Photo)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Wednesday their spring offensive in Afghanistan will begin this week, the first time the insurgents' annual campaign against the Afghan government will take place without NATO troops on the battlefield.


Imprisoned Syrian businessman questioned about bribe case

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 05:00 AM PDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Anti-corruption prosecutors have questioned a Syrian businessman imprisoned for the abduction of three Romanian journalists about bribes demanded by another Syrian to secure his release.

Bombings in Iraqi capital kill 10

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:51 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two bomb blasts in Baghdad killed at least 10 people on Wednesday, Iraqi officials said.

Sisi's crackdown on Islamists yet to win over Egyptian village

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:15 AM PDT

By Michael Georgy KERDASA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police often raid homes in this rundown village just outside Cairo, residents say -- part of a broad crackdown on Islamists that has included the imprisonment of ousted president Mohamed Mursi. The area is an example of the challenges facing Sisi as he confronts what he calls the existential threat from militancy to the Middle East and the West. Security operations in Kerdasa intensified after its police station was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades in August 2013, killing 12 officers, hours after hundreds of Mursi supporters died as police stormed protest camps in Cairo.

Iraqi tribesmen fight their own after breaking with IS group

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:08 AM PDT

In this Monday, April 20, 2015 photo, a Sunni fighter stands guard on the frontline with the Islamic State group outside the city of Makhmour, northern Iraq while holding a PKC machine gun. When Islamic State militants swept across northern Iraq last summer the Sunni al-Lehib tribe welcomed them as revolutionaries fighting the Shiite-led government in Baghdad, but less than a year later the tribe is bitterly split between those who joined the extremist group and those resisting its brutal rule.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)MAKHMOUR, Iraq (AP) — When Islamic State militants swept across northern Iraq last summer, the Sunni al-Lehib tribe welcomed them as revolutionaries fighting the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. But less than a year later, the tribe is bitterly split between those who joined the extremist group and those resisting its brutal rule.


10 Things to Know for Today

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:58 AM PDT

In this Monday, April 13, 2015 photo, an Afghan deportee child rests on the ground in a reception tent, at the Afghanistan-Iranian border point on the outskirts of Islam Qala in Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. Around 25,000 Afghans a month are deported from Iran at Islam Qala, nicknamed Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:


Turkey faces delicate battle against Islamic State sympathizers at home

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:17 AM PDT

File photo of black flag belonging to the Islamic State in the Syrian town of Kobani, pictured from Turkish-Syrian border near southeastern town of SurucNow, she is among the hundreds of Turks using social media to show support for Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Turkey, a Sunni Muslim nation with a secular constitution, is a member, albeit reluctantly, of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State. This sympathy is of growing concern to officials in Ankara, diplomats and security experts say, as they fear a network of fighters, recruiters and facilitators is being cultivated in Turkey to support Islamic State operations over the border. Turkey has stepped up its efforts to destroy these networks but analysts say pushing the militants too far could lead to the EU candidate nation becoming a target itself, particularly ahead of June elections.


Ethiopians struggle to come to terms with beheadings of compatriots in Libya

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 01:00 AM PDT

A woman mourns with the framed picture of a man said to be among the 30 Ethiopian victims killed by members of the militant Islamic State in Libya, in the capital Addis AbabaBy Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Hundreds of grieving relatives gathered outside the homes of two Ethiopians who were among dozens shown being shot and beheaded in a video purportedly made by Islamic State militants in Libya, struggling to make sense of their loved ones' fate. I am burning," a sobbing Ahaza Kasaye, mother of Eyasu Yekuno-Amlak, said at the gathering of family members on Tuesday. Dozens of others - young men who were both neighbours and friends of the two men - briefly took to the streets and demonstrated in Addis Ababa's main square before being dispersed by police. Across town, Ethiopia's House of Representatives opened an emergency session with a minute's silence, before voting to observe three days of national mourning and fly the Ethiopian flag at half mast from Wednesday.


South Carolina teen 'seduced' by Islamic State sentenced on gun charge: newspaper

Posted: 22 Apr 2015 12:01 AM PDT

(Reuters) - A South Carolina teen, who a prosecutor said was "seduced" by the Islamic State group and planned to shoot U.S. soldiers, was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in juvenile prison on a gun possession charge, the local Herald newspaper reported. The 16-year-old, who was not named due to his age, had conspired with another person to rob a gun shop and shoot soldiers in neighboring North Carolina, 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett said in a recording of the Darlington County family court hearing.

Special Report: How Denmark's unexpected killer slipped through the net

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 11:10 PM PDT

File photo of an image released by Danish police showing Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein on a subway train in connection to a stabbing in CopenhangenBy Alexander Tange and Alister Doyle COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - On Valentine's Day, two weeks after his release from prison, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein walked up to a Copenhagen cafe hosting a debate on freedom of speech and sprayed it with bullets. The country was further confounded when it emerged that prison officials had warned Denmark's domestic intelligence agency that Hussein was at risk of being radicalized. If Denmark's prison system – famed for its focus on rehabilitation and education over punishment – could not prevent a young man from turning into an Islamist killer, then perhaps it was not the model that many Danes believe it was. His story seems to show how quickly people can be radicalized and how easily they can slip through the net, even a net as supportive and ostensibly secure as Denmark's. Those who knew Hussein both inside prison and out say the son of Palestinian immigrants was a violent and troubled 22-year-old, but not a long-term convert to radical Islam.


CinemaCon: Clint Eastwood Takes Aim at Michael Moore, Reflects on 'American Sniper' Success

Posted: 21 Apr 2015 09:00 PM PDT

The 'American Sniper' helmer spoke to THR's Stephen Galloway during an event at the Las Vegas convention Wednesday.

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