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• Suicide attack kills at least 47 south of Iraqi capital
• U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report
• 25 migrants drown off Turkey, few allowed into Macedonia
• Iraq PM Abadi secures Shi'ite support for cabinet change plan: state TV
• Boat sinks off Turkish coast, at least 18 migrants drown
• The Latest: Death toll in migrant boat sinking rises to 25
• The power of Trump’s call to free America from political correctness
• Islamic State truck bomb kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad
• IRAQ BOMBING
• U.S. leads 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
• IS suicide truck bomb kills 47 south of Baghdad
• Gunmen ambush ambulance in Egypt's Sinai, killing 3
• Egypt arrests six Muslim Brotherhood members over killing of prosecutor
• As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away
• The Latest: Iraq bombing death toll rises to 47
• Little to show in Boko Haram-IS partnership: analysts

Suicide attack kills at least 47 south of Iraqi capital Posted: 06 Mar 2016 03:31 PM PST HILLAH, Iraq (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden fuel truck into a security checkpoint south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 47 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report Posted: 06 Mar 2016 02:04 PM PST The United States has nearly finished setting up an air base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and was proceeding with the construction of a second base for dual military and civilian use, a Kurdish website said on Sunday. A spokesman for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, however, the United States was not taking control of any airfields in Syria. The Erbil-based news website BasNews, quoting a military source in the Kurdish-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), said most of the work on a runway in the oil town of Rmeilan in Hasaka was complete while a new air base southeast of Kobani, straddling the Turkish border, was being constructed.

25 migrants drown off Turkey, few allowed into Macedonia Posted: 06 Mar 2016 12:55 PM PST IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — At least 25 people drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece on Sunday, while Macedonian authorities imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the Greek border.

Iraq PM Abadi secures Shi'ite support for cabinet change plan: state TV Posted: 06 Mar 2016 11:57 AM PST Iraq's main Shi'ite groups on Sunday voiced support for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's plan to overhaul the government and combat corruption, state TV said. The broadcaster cited a statement issued by the National Alliance, a loose gathering of Shi'ite groups that controls the majority of seats in parliament, after a meeting with Abadi in the Shiite holy city of Kerbala, south of Baghdad. Abadi, 19 months into his four-year term, said in February that he wanted to replace politically-appointed ministers with technocrats in a bid to weaken the current system which distributes positions along ethnic and sectarian lines, creating patronage networks blamed for breeding corruption.

Boat sinks off Turkish coast, at least 18 migrants drown Posted: 06 Mar 2016 11:22 AM PST At least 18 people attempting to reach Greece drowned after their boat sank off the Turkish coast on Sunday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, on the eve of a European meeting aimed at tackling the number of migrants. The Turkish Coast Guard, using speedboats and a helicopter, rescued 15 people and recovered 18 bodies in the Aegean Sea near the town of Didim, Anadolu said. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will be in Brussels for Monday's emergency summit with European Union leaders seeking to reduce illegal migration to member states, much of which occurs through Turkey.

The Latest: Death toll in migrant boat sinking rises to 25 Posted: 06 Mar 2016 10:54 AM PST IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe (all times local):

The power of Trump’s call to free America from political correctness Posted: 06 Mar 2016 09:48 AM PST Ron Herndon needs more than 10 fingers to count the ways Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rubs him the wrong way, not least the billionaire's quest for personal aggrandizement via the White House. "America is at the point where she needs someone who speaks the truth, to say what we all think but won't say around strangers," says Mr. Herndon. Recommended: What do you know about Donald Trump?

Islamic State truck bomb kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad Posted: 06 Mar 2016 09:21 AM PST A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 70 on Sunday, medical and security officials said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast. The suicide attack, involving an explosive-laden fuel tanker, is the second deadliest this year after one on Feb. 28 that killed 78 people in Sadr City, a Shi'ite district of Baghdad. This was also claimed by the ultra-hardline Sunni group that controls vast swathes of territory in Iraq and in Syria.

IRAQ BOMBING Posted: 06 Mar 2016 08:28 AM PST Map locates Hillah, Iraq, site of a suicide bombing; 1c x 3 inches; 46.5 mm x 76 mm;

U.S. leads 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military Posted: 06 Mar 2016 07:34 AM PST WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said. In a statement released early Sunday, the Combined Joint Task Force said six strikes focused near Al Hasakah and Manbij in Syria destroyed a heavy machine gun, a building, vehicles and other weapons. In Iraq, 13 strikes near nine cities hit a weapons factory and storage facility and destroyed bulldozers, an explosive device and a fighting position, among other targets, the statement said. ...

IS suicide truck bomb kills 47 south of Baghdad Posted: 06 Mar 2016 07:21 AM PST A suicide truck bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed 47 people at a crowded checkpoint south of Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year. The massive blast completely destroyed the checkpoint manned by security forces guarding the northern entrance to Hilla, an area that had recently been spared such attacks.

Gunmen ambush ambulance in Egypt's Sinai, killing 3 Posted: 06 Mar 2016 06:44 AM PST Gunmen on Sunday shot dead two wounded members of Egypt's security forces in an ambulance after they had been injured by a bombing in the Sinai Peninsula, security officials said. A medic in the ambulance was also killed in the ambush in the town of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, where the jihadist Islamic State group is spearheading an insurgency. Inside the ambulance were three security personnel who had been wounded just minutes previously in a blast targeting their armoured vehicle, a senior security officer in El-Arish told AFP.

Egypt arrests six Muslim Brotherhood members over killing of prosecutor Posted: 06 Mar 2016 06:24 AM PST Egypt has arrested six alleged Muslim Brotherhood members in connection with the killing of Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat last year and ordered their detention for 15 days, a judicial source and the state news agency said on Sunday. Barakat, 64, was killed in a car bomb attack in Cairo in June 2015. "The prosecution has accused the suspects of several crimes including premeditated murder of the late public prosecutor to carry out an act of terrorism, possessing and using explosives, and joining a terrorist group," MENA reported.

As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away Posted: 06 Mar 2016 05:32 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — It will take many more months to prepare Iraq's still struggling military for a long-anticipated assault on the Islamic State group's biggest stronghold in the country, the city of Mosul, U.S. and Iraqi officials say — and it may not even be possible to retake it this year, despite repeated vows by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

The Latest: Iraq bombing death toll rises to 47 Posted: 06 Mar 2016 04:43 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — The Latest on the violence in Iraq, where a string of deadly bombings has killed more than 100 in recent days (all times local):

Little to show in Boko Haram-IS partnership: analysts Posted: 06 Mar 2016 12:06 AM PST When Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria last year, there were fears the deadly insurgency in northeast Nigeria would take on an international dimension. If anything, Boko Haram appears a considerably weaker force and apparently in disarray after a year-long military counter-offensive. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has only been heard from twice since his audio message published on March 7, 2015 pledging an oath to his IS counterpart Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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