Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• US airstrike targets al-Qaida militant in Libya
• Bush ready to jump into presidential campaign
• Car bomb attack kills 10 people in Iraq
• Islamic State turns to widescreen TV propaganda in Iraq
• Thousands of Syrian refugees flee into Turkey from Tal Abyad
• Jeb Bush: Will his official White House bid boost a lackluster campaign?
• Republican Christie backs 'coalition of the willing' for Iraq
• Africa and the ICC: a vexed relationship
• Africa in the dock at the ICC
• Thousands of Syrians flee into Turkey amid intense fighting
• Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State for town at Turkish border
• Islamic State teenager said to be UK's youngest suicide bomber
• U.S., allies conduct 12 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq
• Bush still with much to prove in leaderless GOP 2016 race
• Rival Libya militants fight Islamic State amid suicide bombings
• Networks must improve for Iraq to be Internet transit hub: executive
• In race for U.S. presidency, Jeb Bush runs from Romney's ghost

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 The 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 Islamic 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 Akçakale (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 New 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 A 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 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 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 By 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 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 A 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 By 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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