Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• IS video shows troops' deaths in Syria archaeological site
• Tunisia declares state of emergency after beach attack
• Bombings kill 19 people in and around Baghdad
• Car bombs kill 11 in Baghdad at end of Ramadan fast
• Tunisia's president declares state of emergency after hotel attack
• Spanish police arrest man suspected of recruiting jihadis
• James Webb: War hero, former US senator, presidential longshot
• U.S., allies conduct 14 air strikes in Syria, nine in Iraq: military
• Iraqi jets drop leaflets over Mosul promising to recapture city
• Rockets land in Israel, Egypt's IS affiliate claims responsibility
• The High Stakes of Singing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
• Spain arrests Moroccan accused of distributing Islamic State propaganda
• Chafee's campaign leaves some NH Democrats a bit puzzled
• Analysis: Spill settlement closure leaves BP open to growth, takeover
• Two London teens have married IS group fighters: lawyer
• Libya magnet for jihadists from Tunisia and beyond
• Europe's Real Existential Crisis

IS video shows troops' deaths in Syria archaeological site Posted: 04 Jul 2015 02:56 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A video posted online Saturday purporteThe Islamic State group posted a video online on Saturday purportedly shows Islamic State fighters killing some 25 Syrian government soldiers in the historic town of Palmyra in central Syria.

Tunisia declares state of emergency after beach attack Posted: 04 Jul 2015 12:26 PM PDT President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a state of emergency following last week's beach massacre claimed by jihadists that he said had left Tunisia facing a "special type of war". The North African state, which has seen an exodus of tourists, has admitted its security services were unprepared for the seaside attack in Port El Kantaoui and that police were too slow to respond. In a televised address to the nation, Essebsi said the state of emergency, effective from Saturday for a 30-day period, was decided on after consultations with the parliament speaker and prime minister.

Bombings kill 19 people in and around Baghdad Posted: 04 Jul 2015 12:10 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks, mainly car bombs, in Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens on Saturday, authorities said.

Car bombs kill 11 in Baghdad at end of Ramadan fast Posted: 04 Jul 2015 11:31 AM PDT Two car bombs killed 11 people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, police and medical sources said, striking as many people were ending their daily Ramadan fast. Northeast of Baghdad, in the town of Balad Roz, a third car bomb killed two people, local police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Islamic State fighters who control large parts of western and northern Iraq frequently set off bombs in the capital.

Tunisia's president declares state of emergency after hotel attack Posted: 04 Jul 2015 11:30 AM PDT By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday, saying the Islamist militant attack on a beach hotel that killed 38 foreigners had left the country "in a state of war". Tunisia's emergency laws temporarily give the government more executive flexibility, hand the army and police more authority, and restrict certain rights such as those dealing with public assembly and detention. "Due to the terrorism risk, and the regional context, and spread of terrorism, we have declared a state of emergency," Essebsi said in a televised address.

Spanish police arrest man suspected of recruiting jihadis Posted: 04 Jul 2015 10:13 AM PDT MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they have arrested a Moroccan national in the northeastern city of Badalona on suspicion of having spent months praising jihadi terrorism and disseminating propaganda for the Islamic State group.

James Webb: War hero, former US senator, presidential longshot Posted: 04 Jul 2015 07:32 AM PDT Of all the 2016 presidential candidates who've entered the fray so far, James Webb may be the hardest to pin down. A Democrat who held high positions in the Reagan administration, he won a US Senate seat in Virginia, beating a Republican incumbent being talked about as presidential material, then declining to run for a second term after six years in office.

U.S., allies conduct 14 air strikes in Syria, nine in Iraq: military Posted: 04 Jul 2015 06:34 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces conducted 14 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and nine in Iraq on Friday, the task force conducting the operation said. The strikes in Syria included six around Hasaka, the northern city where militants briefly seized a residential area before being pushed back by the Syrian army, the Combined Joint Task force said on Saturday. ...

Iraqi jets drop leaflets over Mosul promising to recapture city Posted: 04 Jul 2015 06:26 AM PDT Iraqi jets dropped leaflets over Mosul telling residents that Islamic State fighters would soon be driven from the northern city, saying details of the operation would be broadcast on a new radio station. The city has been under Islamic State control since the Islamist militants took over in June last year, sweeping through most of Iraq's Sunni Muslim provinces towards Baghdad. The Shi'ite-led government has promised a military offensive to retake Mosul but progress has been slow, in part because of Islamic State gains elsewhere.

Rockets land in Israel, Egypt's IS affiliate claims responsibility Posted: 04 Jul 2015 06:00 AM PDT By Maayan Lubell and Mostafa Hashem JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Militants in Egypt's Sinai peninsula fired rockets into southern Israel on Friday in an incident that caused no casualties but appeared to be linked to fighting between Islamist insurgents and Egyptian security forces. Islamic State's Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, said in a statement posted on Twitter by supporters that it had launched three Grad rockets toward "occupied Palestine". An Israeli military source earlier said the rockets had been fired from Sinai, which borders Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal.

The High Stakes of Singing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Posted: 04 Jul 2015 05:00 AM PDT On July 25, 1990, the comedian Roseanne Barr stood in San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium before a baseball game, grabbed a microphone behind home plate, and, with her shirttails hanging out and sleeves rolled up, barked out what many consider to be the most unpatriotic performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in history.  In a screech not unlike a fork being scratched across slate, Barr garbled her way through the lyrics, missed notes intentionally, and capped off the whole affair by grabbing her crotch and spitting on the ground. What they saw was utter disrespect for the national anthem, and thus, the country. Want Singers to Do the National Anthem Live?

Spain arrests Moroccan accused of distributing Islamic State propaganda Posted: 04 Jul 2015 04:24 AM PDT Spanish police arrested a Moroccan man in the north eastern city of Badalona on Saturday accused of distributing militant Islamist propaganda across social networks, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said the man was a supporter of Islamic State militants and had called for jihad on two fronts. "On one side, the call for Muslims to go to Syria and Iraq and form part of the self-proclaimed caliphate and, on the other, for those that cannot travel, autonomous terrorist acts in their respective countries of origin or residence," it said.

Chafee's campaign leaves some NH Democrats a bit puzzled Posted: 04 Jul 2015 12:11 AM PDT LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee stands before a few dozen people at a meeting of New Hampshire's Belknap County Democrats. The Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat gets nods of approval when he tells them he was the only Republican senator to vote against authorizing the war in Iraq.

Analysis: Spill settlement closure leaves BP open to growth, takeover Posted: 03 Jul 2015 06:05 PM PDT BP's $18.7 billion settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill draws a line under years of uncertainty to allow it to focus once again on growth but could make it an acquisition target. The British energy giant, whose shares are still some 35 percent below their value before the largest offshore spill in U.S. history, still faces headwinds from the sharp decline in oil prices and its large exposure to Russia. The settlement lifts a huge weight off Bob Dudley, BP's first U.S. chief executive who was appointed leader just six months after the oil spill.

Two London teens have married IS group fighters: lawyer Posted: 03 Jul 2015 05:38 PM PDT Two of three teenage girls who travelled from Britain to Syria sparking criticism of the police response have married Islamic State (IS) group fighters, the lawyer for their families said Saturday. Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-olds Shamima Begum and Amira Abase left their homes in February and flew to Istanbul before crossing into Syria. "It entrenches their lives in Syria, rather than in Britain.

Libya magnet for jihadists from Tunisia and beyond Posted: 03 Jul 2015 05:05 PM PDT Lawless Libya has become a magnet for radical militants who receive weapons training in jihadist camps before launching deadly attacks in other countries, like last week's beach massacre in Tunisia. The oil-rich North African country bordering Tunisia has rival governments and parliaments as well as a slew of armed groups vying for power in the aftermath of its 2011 uprising that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi. The chaos in Libya has "serious security implications for the region", said Michael Nayebi-Oskoui, senior Middle East analyst at Stratfor, a global intelligence and advisory firm based in the US city of Texas.

Europe's Real Existential Crisis Posted: 03 Jul 2015 12:00 AM PDT Greece borrowed and spent beyond its means, like New York City in the '70s, and Detroit, Illinois, and Puerto Rico today. All the momentum toward One Europe — the dream of the generation of Jean Monnet that drove Europeans toward ever-deeper union — seems to have dissipated. The Greek crisis exposed one fault line in the union, the desire of the Mediterranean nations to build welfare states that their economies could not sustain without huge borrowing abroad.

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