Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Islamic State claims kidnapping of three African Christians in Libya
• Demonstrators disrupt presidential forum at Netroots event
• Toll soars to 90 after IS bomb guts Iraq town
• Trump's criticism of McCain overshadows issues in Iowa
• Militants kill 5 at military checkpoints in Egypt's Sinai
• Iran nuclear deal: Americans generally supportive but very wary
• US condemns car bombing that killed at least 90 in Iraq
• Islamic State claims attack that kills five members of Egypt's security forces
• White house condemns Islamic State attack in Iraq
• Iran supreme leader: Nuclear deal won't change policy to US
• Nuclear deal will not change Iran's relations with U.S.: supreme leader
• U.S., allies target Islamic State with 23 air strikes in Iraq: military
• Saudi Arabia says it stopped Islamic State attacks; 400 held
• A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the US pullout
• More than 400 arrested in Saudi crackdown on IS
• Sailor slain in Tennessee attacks was star baseball player
• Saudi Arabia says arrests 431 Islamic State suspects, thwarts bombings
• IS executes journalist in Iraq's Mosul
• How ways to catch a 'lone wolf' terrorist failed in Chattanooga shooting
• Four Marines slain in Chattanooga united in pride in serving
• Destroyed Iraqi Holy Sites Find New Life Online
• Iran leader says policy on 'arrogant' US won't change
• Protesters clash with police at Australian anti-immigration rally
• Rights group slams China state TV report on repatriated Uighurs
• Syria Kurds say IS used chemical weapons against them
• Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills more than 100 in Iraq
• At least 19 Boko Haram insurgents killed in Chad -source
• Clinton focuses on GOP at first primary face-off of 2016
• Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor
• Former governor dies while on trial for Philippine journalist massacre

Islamic State claims kidnapping of three African Christians in Libya Posted: 18 Jul 2015 05:02 PM PDT Islamic State has kidnapped three African Christians in eastern Libya, the group said, publishing their passport pictures. The kidnapping took place in Noufliyah, an Islamic State stronghold southeast of the city of Sirte, said a resident, asking not to be named. Mohamed El Hejazi, a military spokesman loyal to the internationally recognized government based in the east, also said the abduction happened in the small town.

Demonstrators disrupt presidential forum at Netroots event Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:56 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley arrived at the annual Netroots Nation convention hoping to impress some of the party's most influential liberal activists. Things didn't exactly go as planned.

Toll soars to 90 after IS bomb guts Iraq town Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:46 PM PDT Iraq mourned its dead Saturday after one of the deadliest car bombs in its bloody history ripped through a busy market north of Baghdad and killed at least 90 people. The suicide attack by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group came as the country marked Eid al-Fitr, the feast that ends the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muthanna Saadoun, a municipal employee who drives a street sweeper, used his truck to help put out the fires that the blast caused in the market area.

Trump's criticism of McCain overshadows issues in Iowa Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:08 PM PDT AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump's criticism Saturday that Sen. John McCain isn't a war hero overshadowed his rivals' quest for support among evangelical voters at an Iowa political gathering designed to showcase their conservative views.

Militants kill 5 at military checkpoints in Egypt's Sinai Posted: 18 Jul 2015 02:05 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Militants in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula attacked two military checkpoints, killing at least five soldiers Saturday in the latest violence there targeting security forces, officials and state media said.

Iran nuclear deal: Americans generally supportive but very wary Posted: 18 Jul 2015 01:59 PM PDT Now that a nuclear deal has been worked out between Iran and six world powers led by the United States, the political selling job begins – especially in the US, where Congress has a say on whether the agreement to lift economic sanctions in return for inspections gets implemented. President Obama, whose foreign policy legacy may hinge on an agreement designed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, began his public lobbying with a formal White House statement, then continued with a press conference in which he made sure that Iran was topic number one. Recommended: How much do you know about Iran?

US condemns car bombing that killed at least 90 in Iraq Posted: 18 Jul 2015 01:38 PM PDT The White House on Saturday condemned a car bombing in Iraq by the Islamic State group that killed at least 90 people. The attack, one of the deadliest in Iraq's turbulent history, was carried out Friday as the country marked Eid al-Fitr -- the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. The car bombing "purposefully and viciously targeted Iraqi civilians" celebrating the holiday, said National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.

Islamic State claims attack that kills five members of Egypt's security forces Posted: 18 Jul 2015 12:39 PM PDT Islamic State's Egypt affiliate said in a statement on a social media site it carried out an attack in North Sinai on military checkpoints that killed five members of the country's security forces on Saturday. North Sinai is the epicenter of an insurgency waged by militants who support Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni group which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria and has a presence in Egypt's neighbor Libya. Egypt's state news agency MENA said the attack by terrorists -- the term the government uses to describe militants -- involved rockets and shooting and that clashes were continuing.

White house condemns Islamic State attack in Iraq Posted: 18 Jul 2015 12:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The White House said on Saturday that it condemned an Islamic State attack on Friday that killed more than 100 people at a market in an Iraqi town, calling it "yet another painful examples of the atrocities" committed by the group. "The United States remains steadfast in its commitment to work with Prime Minister (Haider) al-Abadi and our partners in Iraq and the international community to bring an end to ISIL's depravity," said White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price, in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Iran supreme leader: Nuclear deal won't change policy to US Posted: 18 Jul 2015 10:57 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday a landmark nuclear deal won't change his country's policy toward the "arrogant" U.S., making his first public speech since the Islamic Republic's historic pact with world powers.

Nuclear deal will not change Iran's relations with U.S.: supreme leader Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:54 AM PDT By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin Nouri and Babak Dehghanpisheh DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the nuclear deal with world powers did not signal any wider shift in Iran's relationship with Washington or its policies in the Middle East. The agreement struck this week was met with celebrations in the streets of Tehran as many Iranians anticipated it would allow the economy, battered by years of sanctions, to stabilize and make their daily lives easier. There are some exceptions like the nuclear program that we negotiated with the Americans to serve our interests." U.S. policies in the region were "180 degrees" opposed to Iran's, he said in a speech at a Tehran mosque punctuated by chants of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel".

U.S., allies target Islamic State with 23 air strikes in Iraq: military Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:47 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies bombarded Islamic State in Iraq on Friday with 23 air strikes, hitting the militant group near Tal Afar and Ramadi, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Referring to the militant group as Daesh, Col. Wayne Morotto, chief of public affairs for the Combined Joint Task Force, said in a statement: "When coalition assets detect and positively identify Daesh targets, we strike them relentlessly and our strikes exact a heavy toll on this brutal enemy. ...

Saudi Arabia says it stopped Islamic State attacks; 400 held Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:38 AM PDT RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it has broken up planned Islamic State attacks in the kingdom and arrested more than 400 suspects in an anti-terrorism sweep, a day after a powerful blast in neighboring Iraq killed more than 100 people in one of the country's deadliest single attacks since U.S. troops pulled out in 2011.

A look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the US pullout Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:18 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Here is a look at the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the withdrawal of U.S. troops on Dec. 18, 2011:

More than 400 arrested in Saudi crackdown on IS Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:16 AM PDT Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it has broken up an Islamic State group-linked network and made more than 430 arrests, foiling new attacks on Shiite mosques and a diplomatic mission. The IS jihadist group has claimed several deadly attacks in the Sunni-dominated kingdom. The cells were involved in several attacks and plots, including deadly suicide bombings of Shiite mosques in the kingdom's Eastern Province, it said.

Sailor slain in Tennessee attacks was star baseball player Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:13 AM PDT Four Marines and a sailor were slain in the attacks on two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Some of them had deployed overseas and seen battle, others had not.

Saudi Arabia says arrests 431 Islamic State suspects, thwarts bombings Posted: 18 Jul 2015 07:09 AM PDT Saudi Arabia has arrested 431 people suspected of belonging to Islamic State cells and thwarted attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission, the interior ministry said on Saturday. The announcement came after a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near the kingdom's highest security prison on Thursday, killing the driver and wounding two security officials in an attack claimed by Islamic State. "Terrorist plots to target a diplomatic mission, security and government facilities in Sharurah province and the assassination of security men were thwarted," it said.

IS executes journalist in Iraq's Mosul Posted: 18 Jul 2015 07:06 AM PDT The Islamic State group has executed an Iraqi journalist in the northern city of Mosul on charges of spying, local officials and colleagues said Saturday. A former senior security officer in the area and a medical source in Mosul confirmed the young journalist's death. The father of two was born in 1988 and had worked as a cameraman for a local channel before IS took over Iraq's second city in June 2014.

How ways to catch a 'lone wolf' terrorist failed in Chattanooga shooting Posted: 18 Jul 2015 06:30 AM PDT There are two ways to catch a potential 'lone wolf' terrorist before he or she carries out a violent attack. One is to gather actionable intelligence that such an attack is being planned – typically through electronic surveillance, often prompted by a tip from a relative or associate – then arresting the alleged plotter before any attack can be carried out. In the case of Muhammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, who attacked two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Thursday, killing four US Marines (and a US Navy sailor who died later) before being shot and killed by police, neither of these scenarios involving known lone wolf terrorists seems to have been part of the violent tragedy.

Four Marines slain in Chattanooga united in pride in serving Posted: 18 Jul 2015 06:06 AM PDT By Katie Reilly and Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three of the Marines killed on Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee were battle-hardened veterans who survived tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fourth was relatively new to the Marine Corps, fresh out of boot camp. Outlines of the lives of the four slain Marines have started to emerge from online posts and photos, as well as from interviews with close friends and family.

Destroyed Iraqi Holy Sites Find New Life Online Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:45 AM PDT Researchers are embarking on an ambitious project to bring part of Iraq's destroyed heritage back to life. Over the past few years the world has watched as the Islamic State has destroyed historical monuments and committed acts of genocide in Iraq and Syria. However, thanks to the Iraq travels of Amir Harrak, a professor at the University of Toronto, researchers have a chance to bring a bit of this destroyed heritage back online.

Iran leader says policy on 'arrogant' US won't change Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:09 AM PDT Iran's avowed opposition to an "arrogant" United States government will not change despite a landmark nuclear deal with world powers, its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday. In a speech in which he stressed Iran was sharply at odds with US policy across the Middle East, Khamenei highlighted huge differences over the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and other regional states. "Our policies toward the arrogant US government will not change," Khamenei said at a prayer gathering in Tehran marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Protesters clash with police at Australian anti-immigration rally Posted: 18 Jul 2015 03:57 AM PDT MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Several hundred Australian nationalists and anti-racism activists clashed with police in Melbourne on Saturday in a rare display of violence in a country where immigration is an increasingly emotive political issue.    Police used pepper spray to try to keep the two sides apart after the anti-racism activists attempted to keep the nationalists from holding their "Reclaim Australia" rally.    Prime Minister Tony Abbott made blocking migrants trying to reach Australia by boat a key plank of his victorious election campaign in 2013. ...

Rights group slams China state TV report on repatriated Uighurs Posted: 18 Jul 2015 03:48 AM PDT An exiled minority rights group slammed a Chinese state television report on Saturday that suggested ethnic Uighurs who had been forcibly repatriated after fleeing the country had returned to a "heaven on earth". The report came as China makes efforts to keep its ethnic Uighurs from leaving the country. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of members of the largely Muslim ethnic minority have left China in recent years, clandestinely crossing into southeast Asia before making their way to Turkey.

Syria Kurds say IS used chemical weapons against them Posted: 18 Jul 2015 01:37 AM PDT The Islamic State group fired chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq last month, Kurdish fighters and weapons experts have said. The Conflict Armament Research (CAR) group and Sahan Research said in a statement Friday that IS targeted Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga with a projectile filled with a chemical agent on June 21 or 22. The organisations also documented two such attacks against Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on June 28.

Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills more than 100 in Iraq Posted: 18 Jul 2015 12:47 AM PDT More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country. The blast brought down several buildings in Khan Bani Saad, about 30 km (20 miles) northeast of Baghdad, crushing to death people who were celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, police and medics said. Islamic State, which controls large parts of northern and western Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack in the mixed eastern province of Diyala where Khan Bani Saad is located and said the target was "rejectionists", as the group refers to Shi'ite Muslims.

At least 19 Boko Haram insurgents killed in Chad -source Posted: 18 Jul 2015 12:38 AM PDT N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - At least 19 Boko Haram fighters and two Chadian soldiers were killed in combat on Friday after the insurgents attacked a Chadian village on the banks of Lake Chad, a military source said. "The Islamists fighters attacked early this morning and we returned fire and they were forced to flee back into Nigeria," the source told Reuters by telephone from Komguia, where the fighting took place. Chadian President Idriss Deby earlier on Friday vowed to crush the insurgents who have killed thousands of people and threat the stability of the region.

Clinton focuses on GOP at first primary face-off of 2016 Posted: 17 Jul 2015 07:32 PM PDT CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton avoided any mention of her primary opponents in the first Democratic face-off of the 2016 presidential campaign, opting instead to focus her fire on an expanding field of would-be Republican contenders.

Islamic State used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor Posted: 17 Jul 2015 06:12 PM PDT By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. Two UK-based organizations investigating the attack said they had confirmed Islamic State's use of chemical weapons against Kurdish forces and civilian targets in Syria and Iraq, where they said chemical agents were also used in an attack on an Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga position on June 21 or 22.

Former governor dies while on trial for Philippine journalist massacre Posted: 17 Jul 2015 05:22 PM PDT The main suspect on trial for the 2009 mass murder of a rival family and journalists in the southern Philippines died late Friday, a lawyer and family members said. Andal Ampatuan Sr., the patriarch of a political clan, died at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, where he was comatose after suffering a heart attack on Monday. Some family members were at his bedside, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio told the local press.

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