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Yahoo! News: Iraq


US airstrike targets al-Qaida militant in Libya

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 04:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S military launched airstrikes Saturday targeting and likely killing an al-Qaida leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed at least 35 hostages, including three Americans.

Bush ready to jump into presidential campaign

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 12:21 PM PDT

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush speaks on stage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, on February 27, 2015The campaign logo is ready, so is the big speech, and his message is taking shape: Jeb Bush prepared Sunday to join the crowded Republican field running for president in 2016. On Monday, he is set to make it official, in Miami, and set about proving that although he comes from the Bush political dynasty he is his own man with his own accomplishments to point to and ideas to offer. On Sunday, his campaign released his logo: "Jeb!" in big red letters on a white background, with 2016 in smaller blue lettering underneath the name.


Car bomb attack kills 10 people in Iraq

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 12:16 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities in Iraq say a car bomb blast near a market has killed 10 people in the capital, Baghdad.

Islamic State turns to widescreen TV propaganda in Iraq

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 11:51 AM PDT

Surreal Scenes of Life Under ISIS in Mosul, IraqIslamic State militants have set up giant television screens in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and are using them to proclaim that they will seize more Iraqi territory after capturing the provincial capital last month, residents said. Efforts by the Shi'ite Muslim-led government and its American allies to break the hardline group's control of about a third of Iraq are currently focused on Ramadi, in Sunni Muslim heartland Anbar province. "They have started to show videos of their military operations in Iraq and also show confessions by captured soldiers," said the owner of a small food shop near one of the screens in central Ramadi.


Thousands of Syrian refugees flee into Turkey from Tal Abyad

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 11:26 AM PDT

Syrians rush through broken down border fences near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on June 14, 2015Akçakale (Turkey) (AFP) - Thousands of Syrian refugees poured into Turkey on Sunday to escape the battle between Kurds and Islamic State (IS) jihadists for the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, as the Turkish authorities reopened the border after days of closure. Turkey had for several days been blocking the Syrians from entering Turkey, saying it would only allow them into the country in the event of a humanitarian tragedy. The decision came as Kurdish forces advanced on Tal Abyad, which is controlled by the IS group that has captured swathes of Syria and Iraq.


Jeb Bush: Will his official White House bid boost a lackluster campaign?

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 11:25 AM PDT

On the eve of his official launch into the 2016 presidential race, Jeb Bush has one thing going for him: money. The former Florida governor has raised something approaching $100 million – far more than his Republican rivals, declared or pondering. "Other than raising the money, little has gone as he had hoped," Jonathan Martin and Patrick Healy wrote in The New York Times over the weekend.

Republican Christie backs 'coalition of the willing' for Iraq

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:28 AM PDT

Republican presidential hopeful, New Jersey Gov. Christie addresses an economic summit in OrlandoNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate, advocated a "coalition of the willing" on Sunday to help fight Islamic State in Iraq, borrowing a phrase from George W. Bush's unpopular war. "Well, listen, you know, we've got to put together a coalition of the willing, which has been used before ... and used successfully in that region," he said on ABC's "This Week." In 2003, former President Bush used the phrase to refer to countries that supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In a presidential debate while seeking re-election in the 2004 vote, Bush defended the coalition with a line that would become embraced by satirists, "You forgot Poland." It was not the first time a likely 2016 Republican candidate had trouble hitting the right note on Iraq.


Africa and the ICC: a vexed relationship

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:25 AM PDT

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attends the opening session at the 25th African Union Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg on June 14, 2015A court order blocking the departure from South Africa of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, wanted for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court, brings to the fore the troubled relationship between Africa and the world tribunal. The ICC indicted the Sudanese leader in 2009 for war crimes and crimes against humanity and later genocide in Darfur.


Africa in the dock at the ICC

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:05 AM PDT

The International Criminal Court, pictured on September 5, 2011 in The Hague, has opened investigations in eight African countriesTHE HAGUE (AFP) - The International Criminal Court, which called for South Africa to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during a visit for an African Union summit, has opened investigations in eight African countries.


Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey amid intense fighting

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 09:48 AM PDT

In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, a masked gunman, believed to be an Islamic State militant runs, as he gives orders to Syrian refugees waiting on the Syrian side of the border in order to cross, to return back to the city of Tal Abyad, Syria, Saturday, June 13, 2015. Several militants pushed the refugees back towards the city but later the refugees massed again near the border fence in hope to flee intense fighting between Syrian Kurds and militants from the Islamic State group in nearby towns and villages. The mass displacement of Syrians came as Kurdish fighters announced they are making headway toward Tal Abyad, the stronghold of the extremist group near the Turkish border. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and crossed over into Turkey on Sunday, fleeing intense fighting in northern Syria between Kurdish fighters and jihadis.


Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State for town at Turkish border

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 09:36 AM PDT

Turkish soldiers stand guard as Syrian refugees wait for transportation after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, near Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, TurkeyBy Seyhmus Cakan and Tom Perry SANLIURFA, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish-led militia backed by U.S.-led air strikes fought Islamic State near a Syrian town at the Turkish border on Sunday, a monitoring group and a Kurdish official said, in an advance that has worried Turkey. Concerned about an expansion of Kurdish sway in Syria, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Kurdish groups were taking over areas evacuated by Arabs and Turkmen, saying that might eventually threaten Turkey's borders. The Kurdish-led YPG, working with the U.S.-led alliance and small Syrian rebel groups, has pushed into Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa province, threatening one of its supply lines to the jihadists' de facto capital, Raqqa city.


Islamic State teenager said to be UK's youngest suicide bomber

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 08:24 AM PDT

A 17-year old who left northern England to join Islamic State was reported to have become Britain's youngest suicide bomber when he blew himself up in a car in northern Iraq, British media said after the militants posted pictures on social media. The young man, who was named as Abu Yusuf al-Britani, was shown standing next to a black vehicle in photographs posted on Islamic State-affiliated social media accounts, the Guardian newspaper reported. The posts said he then took part in a suicide attack in Iraq's Salahuddin province.

U.S., allies conduct 12 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 06:47 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces conducted 12 air strikes against Islamic State targets in seven Iraqi cities on Saturday, the U.S. military said. The strikes destroyed buildings, excavators, heavy machine guns and a tunnel system and struck Islamic State tactical units and rocket-firing and mortaring positions, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Sunday. The strikes occurred near Mosul, Sinjar, Tal Afar, Baiji, Falluja, Baghdadi and Makhmur, it said in a statement. One strike was conducted in Syria, near Aleppo, it said. (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Bush still with much to prove in leaderless GOP 2016 race

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 04:54 AM PDT

Former US Governor of Florida Jeb Bush speaks to journalists during his visit in Tallinn, Estonia, Saturday, June 13, 2015, the once-bleak Soviet state of Estonia, that is now a growing free-market economy. Jeb Bush will be spending a week traveling through three nations, as he considers his widely anticipated announcement of his candidacy for the Republican candidate to run for president. (AP Photo/Liis Treimann)PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When Jeb Bush finally says on Monday that he's running for president, he'll begin the campaign with much to prove.


Rival Libya militants fight Islamic State amid suicide bombings

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 01:43 AM PDT

Libya Dawn fighters fire an artillery cannon at IS militants near SirteA Libyan Islamist militant alliance joined forces with local people in Derna to drive back Islamic State fighters, capturing the group's Yemeni commander and retaking a city courthouse, local residents said on Saturday. Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber blew himself up in Derna, killing at least three people and wounding five more as rival militants fought on the streets. Islamic State loyalists, who have been expanding their foothold in the North African country, have been engaged in fierce fighting for control of Derna for a week with local Islamist umbrella group Majlis Mujahideen.


Networks must improve for Iraq to be Internet transit hub: executive

Posted: 13 Jun 2015 10:17 PM PDT

A more reliable terrestrial broadband network could enable Iraq to become a transcontinental transit route for Internet traffic, a senior executive at one of two firms providing submarine connectivity to the war-torn country told Reuters. Iraq is ideally located to carry Internet traffic between Asia and Europe and built a submarine cable landing station at Al Faw on Iraq's Gulf coast to do so. Two companies – Qatar's Gulf Bridge International and India's Global Cloud Xchange – connected submarine cables to the stations, but Iraq's stultifying bureaucracy delayed their activation to the terrestrial network, which is wholly owned by state-run Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company (ITPC).

In race for U.S. presidency, Jeb Bush runs from Romney's ghost

Posted: 13 Jun 2015 10:12 PM PDT

From the Files - Jeb Bush to Announce 2016 BidBy Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Republican Jeb Bush gathered donors in Miami for an April retreat, it was clear he planned a less scripted, more inclusive U.S. presidential campaign bearing little resemblance to that of the unsuccessful 2012 nominee Mitt Romney. "Let Jeb be Jeb" was the message Bush's advisers conveyed. A former Florida governor, Bush will launch his campaign for the November 2016 election in Miami on Monday, having built a well-funded organization but facing some of the same dilemmas that Romney faced.


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