Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Damaged nuclear submarine leaves shipyard, to be scrapped
• Kerry released from hospital after broken leg surgery
• ISIS: This Is How Much It Costs the US to Fight the Terror Group Every Day
• Iraq's speaker secures aid in visit to White House, Pentagon
• White House fence jumper seeks sentence of time served
• The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet
• Lawyer for man in White House entry case seeks time served
• Seven shot dead at protest against Islamic State in Libya: residents
• Why the Iowa Straw Poll is no more
• Ombudsman criticizes Macedonia for treatment of migrants
• Hungary threatens to shut Serbian border to stop migrants
• Tensions rise between Kurdish and Shi'ite forces in Iraq
• Iraq militias say they don't need US help in Anbar operation
• Two U.S. men charged with beheading plot to help Islamic State
• Probes of frat abuse of vets in Florida finds no targeting
• UN says risks rising for migrants heading to EU via Balkans
• Damascus says it has faced worse times, key areas secure
• Nobel laureate Satyarthi says up to 500,000 child soldiers worldwide
• Hungary's Orban says barrier on border with Serbia possible
• As refugees pour into Germany, Berlin doubles funds for states
• U.S. allies conduct 23 air strikes against Islamic State: military
• Germany drops probe into alleged US tapping of Merkel cellphone
• Belgium to revoke passports of suspected Islamist fighters
• U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi
• Nine killed in clashes between Islamic State and other militants in eastern Libya
• Hackathons take on Islamic State in cyberspace battle
• Soccer-Kawamata, Kiyotake to miss Japan's qualifier v Singapore
• Australia to expand on security crackdown with tougher new laws
• 10 Things to Know for Friday
• General: New US hub in Iraq could be model

Damaged nuclear submarine leaves shipyard, to be scrapped Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:39 PM PDT KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A nuclear-powered submarine heavily damaged by a fire set by a shipyard worker three years ago departed Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Friday for a final journey to the West Coast, where it'll be cut up for scrap.

Kerry released from hospital after broken leg surgery Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:08 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was discharged from a Boston hospital Friday 10 days after undergoing surgery on a broken leg he sustained in a bicycle accident in France, and he declared he had not missed a tick on key foreign policy issues during his recovery.

ISIS: This Is How Much It Costs the US to Fight the Terror Group Every Day Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:30 PM PDT So far, the American military campaign against ISIS has cost $2.74 billion. That's an average daily cost of $9.1 million.ISIS: Trail of TerrorThe military campaign began 10 months ago, on August 8, 2014, when the first airstrikes were conducted in Iraq. Airstrikes in Syria began a month later.New figures released by the Defense Department provide the first detailed breakdown of costs associated with what has mainly been an air war against ISIS.Daily flight operations have cost $1.501 billion -- or 55 percent of the total amount of $2.74 billion. ...

Iraq's speaker secures aid in visit to White House, Pentagon Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:26 PM PDT The speaker of Iraq's parliament, Saleem al-Jabouri, met with President Barack Obama and other top officials in Washington on Friday, securing an additional $9 million in U.S. humanitarian aid for Iraq, the White House said. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with Jabouri at his residence and later at the White House, where Obama dropped by to discussed the ongoing fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq, the White House said.

White House fence jumper seeks sentence of time served Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:06 PM PDT The U.S. Army veteran who entered the White House with a knife should be sentenced to time served followed by supervised release, his attorney said in a court filing on Friday. Omar Gonzalez, 43, of Cooperas Cove, Texas, is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for breaching White House security in September. Gonzalez's attorney, federal public defender David Bos, said he should be sentenced to the nine months he has been held in jail, followed by three years of supervised release.

The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet Posted: 12 Jun 2015 01:24 PM PDT Hillary Clinton is not—despite what some of her aides and allies apparently want people to believe—kicking off her campaign Saturday.

Lawyer for man in White House entry case seeks time served Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for an Army veteran who got over the White House fence and ran inside the executive mansion before being stopped says his client shouldn't spend any more time in jail.

Seven shot dead at protest against Islamic State in Libya: residents Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:35 PM PDT By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Seven people were shot dead on Friday at a protest against Islamic State in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, residents said. Demonstrators, angered at the amount of foreign fighters coming in to join the militant group, started marching towards its main base in the coastal settlement when gunmen opened fire into the crowd, several residents told Reuters. Islamic State has thrived in Libya since two rival governments began fighting for control, leaving a security vacuum four years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

Why the Iowa Straw Poll is no more Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:35 PM PDT The Iowa Straw Poll, a high-profile Republican Party tradition for nearly four decades, is now dead. The Iowa Republican Party on Friday voted unanimously to kill the state's presidential straw poll in an early morning conference call. Previously, several prominent Republicans – including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio – have said they are not going to participate in this year's event, which was planned for August 8.

Ombudsman criticizes Macedonia for treatment of migrants Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:05 PM PDT SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Macedonia's ombudsman has criticized the government over its treatment of migrants, saying they are being held beyond a 30-day legal limit in "degrading and inhumane" conditions.

Hungary threatens to shut Serbian border to stop migrants Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:01 PM PDT EU member Hungary threatened Friday to close its border with Serbia to stop an influx of migrants. "We don't think it's right that they send us the refugees, they need to be stopped on Serbian territory," Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview on Kossuth public radio. "We take every option into consideration, including the possibility of complete physical closure of borders," Orban, 52, said, adding that a decision could be made next Wednesday.

Tensions rise between Kurdish and Shi'ite forces in Iraq Posted: 12 Jun 2015 12:01 PM PDT Tensions ran high in eastern Iraq on Friday between Kurdish and Shi'ite fighters, highlighting divisions hampering efforts by the U.S.-backed government to blunt the momentum of Islamic State militants. There were conflicting reports on what transpired in Diyala province after Kurdish peshmerga fighters attempted to dig a trench to separate two towns there, Jalawla and al-Saadiya, police sources said. A police official said five people were killed after clashes erupted between the two sides competing for territory in several parts of Iraq, even though they have joined forces against Islamic State in the past.

Iraq militias say they don't need US help in Anbar operation Posted: 12 Jun 2015 11:49 AM PDT KESSARRAT, Iraq (AP) — Ali Ahsan paced back and forth carrying a rifle more than half his height in the searing heat as his militia convoy made a pit stop in the Anbar desert to rest and pray.

Two U.S. men charged with beheading plot to help Islamic State Posted: 12 Jun 2015 11:49 AM PDT By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged two U.S. men on Friday for plotting to help the Islamic State militant group by beheading Americans, after an investigation that led law enforcement officers to shoot a suspect dead last week in Boston. The case follows a handful of so-called "lone wolf" attacks in the United States and Canada since last year by people whom authorities said were inspired by Islamic State, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq and has vowed attacks on the West. The men, Nicholas Rovinski, 24, of Rhode Island, and David Wright, 25, of Massachusetts, are accused of making plans with Wright's uncle, Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, to kill the organizer of a Mohammad cartoon exhibit in Texas in May, and later to target Massachusetts police, a U.S. Department of Justice statement said.

Probes of frat abuse of vets in Florida finds no targeting Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:29 AM PDT GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Investigations into a fraternity whose members are accused of mistreating wounded veterans while at a Florida Panhandle hotel have not found malicious intent, but instead a rash of bad behavior that disrupted the soldiers' retreat.

UN says risks rising for migrants heading to EU via Balkans Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:06 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency warned Friday that the increasing number of migrants from the Mideast seeking to go overland to Europe through the Balkans face growing risks of violence, abuse and accidents on the train tracks they follow.

Damascus says it has faced worse times, key areas secure Posted: 12 Jun 2015 08:56 AM PDT By Laila Bassam and Sylvia Westall DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The Syrian government says it has come through worse phases in the four-year-old conflict than the latest advances by insurgents across the country and is confident its army can hit back with the help of its allies. Western officials believe losses in recent months by President Bashar al-Assad's government could signal a shift in momentum after a long period of stalemate in the four-year-old conflict. Assad's government has lost ground in recent months both to Islamic State fighters that are being targeted by U.S.-led air strikes and to other insurgents, some of which are supported by Arab allies of the West.

Nobel laureate Satyarthi says up to 500,000 child soldiers worldwide Posted: 12 Jun 2015 07:21 AM PDT There are up to 500,000 child soldiers around the world, Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said Friday, terming it the worst form of child abuse. Satyarthi, who is attending an International Labour Organization summit in Geneva, said global funding for education -- the best means to fight child labour and servitude -- had gone down dramatically over the past four years. "There are between 400,000 and 500,000 child soldiers across the world but the actual numbers could be far higher because there are hidden militant groups kidnapping children and forcing them to use guns," he told reporters.

Hungary's Orban says barrier on border with Serbia possible Posted: 12 Jun 2015 07:07 AM PDT BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian government will consider "all options," including a physical barrier on the southern border with Serbia, to stem the increased flow of migrants, the prime minister said Friday.

As refugees pour into Germany, Berlin doubles funds for states Posted: 12 Jun 2015 06:22 AM PDT Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has agreed to double its support this year to federal states and cities struggling with a surge of refugees, but vowed to speed up repatriation of those whose asylum applications are rejected. The influx of refugees, many of whom are fleeing conflicts in Syria and Iraq, has led to tensions in some regions of Germany and, occasionally, attacks by suspected neo-Nazis. The government expects the number of people seeking asylum to more than double this year to 450,000, a record for Germany, and had previously promised states and communities 500 million euros ($560 million) in support in 2015.

U.S. allies conduct 23 air strikes against Islamic State: military Posted: 12 Jun 2015 06:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and coalition forces conducted 13 air strikes targeting Islamic State in Iraq on Thursday, as well as 10 strikes against the militant group in Syria, the U.S. military said. The attacks were intended to diminish the support systems for Islamic State, hurting its "morale and ability to sustain the fight in forward tactical battle areas," Colonel Wayne Marotto, chief of public affairs for the Combined Joint Task Force, said in a statement on Friday. ...

Germany drops probe into alleged US tapping of Merkel cellphone Posted: 12 Jun 2015 06:04 AM PDT Germany's chief prosecutor has dropped a probe into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by US intelligence agencies, his office said Friday. The suspected surveillance and rampant online spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) revealed by fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden badly strained US-German relations. The German chief prosecutor Harald Range said he had put an end to his year-old probe, citing a lack of hard evidence that would stand up in a court of law.

Belgium to revoke passports of suspected Islamist fighters Posted: 12 Jun 2015 05:51 AM PDT The Belgian government proposed a law on Friday which will invalidate passports and identity cards of people authorities believe plan to go and fight for militant Islamist organizations in the Middle East. The measure, which has to be approved by parliament, is a response to Belgium's position as the source of many foreigners fighting in Syria and Iraq. Some 300 mostly young men are estimated to have left the country of 11 million inhabitants over the past few years to fight for organizations such as Islamic State, one of the largest per capita contributors in western Europe.

U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi Posted: 12 Jun 2015 05:49 AM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations center in the heart of the war against Islamic State will not engage in combat, but they will do almost everything but fight to support the beleaguered Iraqi forces. U.S. defense officials say the tasks of the troops going to Taqaddum air base will range from advising Iraqi commanders how to ensure soldiers have enough bullets to integrating air power into combat plans. Obama on Wednesday authorized deployment of up to 450 troops to work with the dispirited 8th Iraqi army division as it tries to regroup and ultimately drive the Islamist forces back out of the city of Ramadi that they overran last month.

Nine killed in clashes between Islamic State and other militants in eastern Libya Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:07 AM PDT At least nine fighters were killed in clashes on Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source in one group said. Fighting had first erupted in Derna - a long-time gathering point for jihadists - on Tuesday after a leader in the Islamist umbrella group Majlis al-Shura was killed. New clashes broke out in one district on Friday and nine fighters were killed, the source said.

Hackathons take on Islamic State in cyberspace battle Posted: 12 Jun 2015 02:52 AM PDT In a small room close by the Sydney Opera House, 60 people representing a vast range of communities and industries are working feverishly to come up with ways to combat the Islamic State group's online propaganda machine. The extremists' ideology and use of social media has struck a chord with thousands of youngsters across the world, drawing them to fight in Iraq and Syria or show support from their home countries. The United States and its allies have struggled to counter the digitally savvy group, but a pair of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are leading a grassroots-charge to take on IS in cyberspace, travelling around the world to host hackathon challenges.

Soccer-Kawamata, Kiyotake to miss Japan's qualifier v Singapore Posted: 12 Jun 2015 01:03 AM PDT TOKYO, June 12 (Reuters) - Japan will be without the injured duo of Kengo Kawamata and Hiroshi Kiyotake in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Singapore, local media reported on Friday. Nagoya Grampus striker Kawamata has pulled out with a bruised thigh after sustaining the injury in a J-League clash last weekend, Kyodo news agency reported. Hannover have announced their midfielder Kiyotake will undergo a surgery to repair a broken right metatarsal which rules him out of action for several weeks. ...

Australia to expand on security crackdown with tougher new laws Posted: 11 Jun 2015 07:58 PM PDT By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will expand a crackdown on Islamist militant groups with more tough security legislation, the attorney general told a regional summit aimed at combating violent extremism on Friday. Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims including home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to "high" and unleashed a series of high-profile raids in cities. Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott has secured a raft of new security powers in recent years, expanding domestic spying capabilities and proposing to strip citizenship from dual-nationals accused of terrorism.

10 Things to Know for Friday Posted: 11 Jun 2015 06:04 PM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

General: New US hub in Iraq could be model Posted: 11 Jun 2015 04:59 PM PDT NAPLES, Italy (AP) — The Pentagon's top general said Thursday the U.S. military's reach could extend even further into Iraq if the anti-Islamic State campaign gains momentum, and he held out the possibility of eventually recommending to President Barack Obama that U.S. troops take on the riskier role of calling in airstrikes.

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