Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Cameron to focus defence spending more on militant risk
• Cameron says Britain needs more drones to combat IS threat
• Baghdad car bombs and suicide attacks kill 35 - sources
• Canada cools to resisters of US's Iraq War. What's changed since Vietnam?
• Iraqi officials: Bombings across Baghdad kill 29, wound 81
• US soldiers opposed to war now find Canada less hospitable
• Five arrests as 'terror attack' on Kosovo water supply feared
• Blast damages citadel wall in Syria's UNESCO-listed Aleppo
• U.S., allies target Islamic State with 27 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
• Suicide bomber kills five in Baghdad shrine neighborhood
• IS admits losing control of Libya city
• Kurdish militants threaten to attack Turkey dams
• Iraq gets first funding to rebuild war-struck regions
• Tunnel explosion lightly damages Syria's citadel in Aleppo
• Boko Haram attacks prison in Niger, four killed: military
• China: Uighurs deported from Thailand wanted to join jihad
• Top Asian News at 10:00 a.m. GMT
• Uighurs 'on way to jihad' returned to China in hoods
• Tripoli parliament stays away from signing of Libya peace agreement
• Latest clashes between Libyan soldiers, Islamists in Benghazi kill 19: medics
• Islamic State says behind bombing at Italian consulate in Cairo
• Suicide bomber in burqa kills 15 people in Chad capital
• Disappointment awaits migrants fleeing to crisis-hit Greece

Cameron to focus defence spending more on militant risk Posted: 12 Jul 2015 04:16 PM PDT Britain should spend more of its defence budget on spy planes, drones and special forces to counter militants and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday. "I have tasked the Defence and Security chiefs to look specifically at how we do more to counter the threat posed by IS and Islamist extremism," Cameron will say, according to excerpts from his speech. "This could include more spy planes, drones and special forces.

Cameron says Britain needs more drones to combat IS threat Posted: 12 Jul 2015 04:02 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain's military to invest more in drones and elite troops to help counter the threat from the Islamic State group.

Baghdad car bombs and suicide attacks kill 35 - sources Posted: 12 Jul 2015 03:05 PM PDT Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the Iraqi capital, which has faced a wave of bombings by Islamic State militants. The deadliest attack hit the northern Shaab neighborhood, where a car bomb followed by a suicide blast killed 19 people, security and medical sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants who control much of northern Iraq and the province of Anbar west of Baghdad regularly send bombers into the capital.

Canada cools to resisters of US's Iraq War. What's changed since Vietnam? Posted: 12 Jul 2015 02:34 PM PDT Key, a former US soldier, served as a combat engineer in Iraq in 2003 before deserting while on a two-week furlough due to the "many senseless acts of violence and aggression against Iraqi civilians" that he witnessed during his deployment. For many soldiers who disagreed with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Canada seemed a logical destination – after all, the country welcomed roughly 50,000 American draft dodgers during the Vietnam War. Cliff Cornell, who lived in British Columbia for four years after abandoning his unit before it deployed to Iraq in January 2005, was sentenced to one year after he returned to the US voluntarily.

Iraqi officials: Bombings across Baghdad kill 29, wound 81 Posted: 12 Jul 2015 02:32 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombings Sunday across the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 29 people and wounded 81, police officials said.

US soldiers opposed to war now find Canada less hospitable Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:19 PM PDT BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — When Army Sgt. Patrick Hart decided a decade ago that he would not serve in the war in Iraq, he expected to follow the same path as thousands of American war resisters during the Vietnam era and take refuge across the border.

Five arrests as 'terror attack' on Kosovo water supply feared Posted: 12 Jul 2015 12:35 PM PDT Five people suspected of planning a "terrorist attack" aimed at contaminating the water supply in the Kosovo capital Pristina have been arrested, officials in the breakaway Serbian territory said Sunday. The suspects were apprehended while riding in two cars near a lake that supplies drinking water to the city. City authorities temporarily shut down the water supply on Sunday fearing the suspects had already carried out the plan, turning the tap back on after tests showed it was not contaminated.

Blast damages citadel wall in Syria's UNESCO-listed Aleppo Posted: 12 Jul 2015 12:32 PM PDT An explosion Sunday in a tunnel near Aleppo Citadel in Syria damaged a wall of the fortress that is part of the UNESCO-listed Old City, state media and a monitor reported. The blast partly destroyed the wall of the monumental 13th century citadel overlooking the Old City, said the official SANA news agency and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It was caused by the blowing up of a tunnel in the Old City near the Aleppo Citadel," the Observatory said.

U.S., allies target Islamic State with 27 air strikes in Syria, Iraq Posted: 12 Jul 2015 11:52 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces conducted 16 air strikes in Syria and 11 more in Iraq against Islamic State forces on Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations said on Sunday. In Syria, air strikes that were carried out using bomber, fighter-attack and drone aircraft were conducted near Al Hasakah, Ar Raqqah, Aleppo and Kobani, the statement said. The statement said Syrian aircraft conducted air strikes within Ar Raqqah "near the time frame of coalition forces" that "were not coordinated with the coalition." The statement said the nearest air strike by U.S. ...

Suicide bomber kills five in Baghdad shrine neighborhood Posted: 12 Jul 2015 11:04 AM PDT A suicide car bomber killed five people on Sunday in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Kadhimiya, home to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines, police and medical sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants who control much of northern Iraq and the province of Anbar west of Baghdad, regularly send bombers into the capital. A second bomb in the Iskan district of western Baghdad killed two people on Sunday evening, medical sources said.

IS admits losing control of Libya city Posted: 12 Jul 2015 10:20 AM PDT The jihadist Islamic State group acknowledged losing control of the city of Derna in eastern Libya, promising to "avenge" its fighters, in a video posted on Twitter. The 10-minute video posted late Saturday by the "media office of the province of Barqa" in Libya confirmed the loss of Derna after clashes. The coastal city near the border with Egypt has often been described as the bastion of IS supporters in the North African country since its fighters first entered Derna in November 2014.

Kurdish militants threaten to attack Turkey dams Posted: 12 Jul 2015 09:19 AM PDT A Kurdish militant group on Sunday threatened to stage guerrilla attacks on hydroelectric dams being built in southeastern Turkey, accusing the government of violating a fragile ceasefire. The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) said in a statement quoted by the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency that the building of the dams was aimed at displacing people and helping the Turkish military rather than creating energy. Turkish forces and the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have largely observed a ceasefire since 2013 but tensions have flared again in recent months as a final deal remains elusive.

Iraq gets first funding to rebuild war-struck regions Posted: 12 Jul 2015 08:38 AM PDT By Dominic Evans BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq and the World Bank signed a $350 million loan agreement on Sunday to fund emergency reconstruction in towns recaptured from Islamic State militants, a deal Baghdad said marked the first international help to rebuild areas devastated by war. Finance Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said around a third of the money would go toward repairing roads and bridges, with a similar amount allocated to restoring electricity networks, water and sewage. Iraq faces a budget deficit of up to $20 billion this year as it grapples with low oil revenues and the heavy cost of war with Islamic State insurgents.

Tunnel explosion lightly damages Syria's citadel in Aleppo Posted: 12 Jul 2015 07:51 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A tunnel explosion in the northern city of Aleppo lightly damaged the wall of its famous citadel Sunday, the latest archaeological site to be ravaged in Syria's civil war, activists and state media said.

Boko Haram attacks prison in Niger, four killed: military Posted: 12 Jul 2015 07:42 AM PDT Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there. Boko Haram also attacked the prison in February. "When the attack was repelled, the assailants fled, probably back into the town," one military source said.

China: Uighurs deported from Thailand wanted to join jihad Posted: 12 Jul 2015 04:53 AM PDT BEIJING (AP) — China's government has alleged that more than 100 minority Muslim Uighurs who were sent back by Thailand after fleeing China were on their way to fight in the Middle East and that some were implicated in terrorist activities at home.

Top Asian News at 10:00 a.m. GMT Posted: 12 Jul 2015 03:02 AM PDT BEIJING (AP) — China's official news agency said that 109 ethnic Uighurs who Thailand deported to China amid international criticism that the refugees could face persecution had been on their way to Turkey, Syria or Iraq to help wage holy war. On Thursday, Thai authorities sent back the Uighurs, who had been in Thailand for over a year and claimed to be Turkish, after determining they were Chinese. The repatriations were criticized by the U.N. refugee agency as "a flagrant violation of international law." Rights groups expressed fears that they could face torture. In Turkey's capital, Istanbul, protesters ransacked the Thai consulate to denounce the decision.

Uighurs 'on way to jihad' returned to China in hoods Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:36 AM PDT By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Some of the Uighurs deported to China last week from Thailand had planned to go to Syria and Iraq to carry out jihad, state television said, showing pictures of them being bundled out of an aircraft with black hoods over their heads. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Uighurs keen to escape unrest in China's western Xinjiang region have traveled clandestinely via Southeast Asia to Turkey. China is home to about 20 million Muslims spread across its vast territory, only a portion of whom are Uighurs, who speak a Turkic language and are from Xinjiang.

Tripoli parliament stays away from signing of Libya peace agreement Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:34 AM PDT By Aziz El Yaakoubi SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) - Some Libyan warring factions signed an initial United Nations-sponsored agreement on Sunday to form a unity government and end fighting, but a key player from a parliament controlling the capital Tripoli stayed away. An armed alliance known as Libya Dawn took over Tripoli and declared its own government and parliament a year ago, driving out the internationally recognised premier and deepening anarchy in the North African country. The United Nations, wrapping up months of negotiations, had invited the warring factions to the Moroccan coastal town of Skhirat to sign an initial power-sharing agreement.

Latest clashes between Libyan soldiers, Islamists in Benghazi kill 19: medics Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:26 AM PDT By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Around 19 people have been killed and 80 wounded in heavy clashes between Libyan soldiers and Islamist fighters in the eastern city of Benghazi in the past three days, medics said on Saturday. Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have been fighting Islamist groups in the country's second-largest city for over a year, part of a wider struggle since Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in 2011. Army forces backed by armed residents have regained some of the territory in Benghazi lost last year, but fighters of the Islamist Majlis al-Shura are still present in several districts and the central port area.

Islamic State says behind bombing at Italian consulate in Cairo Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:21 AM PDT By Michael Georgy CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack at the Italian consulate in central Cairo on Saturday, in an escalation of violence that suggests militants are opening a new front against foreigners in Egypt. "Through God's blessing, Islamic State soldiers were able to detonate a parked car bomb carrying 450 kg of explosive material on the headquarters of the Italian consulate in central Cairo," the group said on a website that carries its statements. "We recommend that Muslims stay clear of these security dens because they are legitimate targets for the mujahideen's strikes." Until now, Islamic State supporters in Egypt had not set their sights on Western targets, focusing instead on security forces.

Suicide bomber in burqa kills 15 people in Chad capital Posted: 12 Jul 2015 01:04 AM PDT By Madjiasra Nako and Moumine Ngarmbassa N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - A man dressed in a woman's burqa blew himself up in the main market in Chad's capital N'Djamena early on Saturday, killing 15 people and injuring 80, a police spokesman said. No group immediately claimed responsibility but Chad has blamed Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group based in neighbouring Nigeria, for a series of bombings and shootings in recent weeks. Chad has been at the forefront of a regional military campaign against the group.

Disappointment awaits migrants fleeing to crisis-hit Greece Posted: 11 Jul 2015 09:37 PM PDT At 6:00 am, with the sun rising over the Athens port of Piraeus, hundreds of grateful migrants disembark from ferries in the midst of summer holidaymakers. Despite their fatigue, the relief is palpable among the migrants made up of relatively young men, but also families whose only luggage is a sleeping bag and a back-pack. Among them is Hisham Mohy Al Deen, 37, a Palestinian from Syria and former UN employee.

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