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• US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters to Iraq
• U.S. to send more troops to Iraq to tackle Islamic State
• Obama's first farewell tour starts with damage control
• Obama: U.S. giving more support to Iraq as it fights Islamic State
• Saudi Arabia: Obama's foreign policy conundrum
• Why the US is sending more troops and helicopters to Iraq
• Pentagon misled lawmakers on military sexual assault cases
• The Latest: Plight of refugees among themes of prize winners
• Congress to Include Reproductive Services Assistance in Veterans Bill
• U.S. top court appears unlikely to revive Obama immigration plan
• Coverage of wars, terrorism scoop Pulitzer Prizes
• Pulitzer Prizes: William Finnegan, Emily Nussbaum, T.J. Stiles Nab Wins
• Carter says US to deploy more forces to back Iraq's anti-IS war
• US to Send 200 More Troops to Fight ISIS in Iraq
• Boko Haram still a threat months after 'technical victory'
• Greek police tear gas migrants after police van attacked
• Turks who tried to hood US soldier released
• Hollande talks business on second day of Egypt visit
• Iraq's Abadi, facing unrest, hopes anti-graft cabinet can be named in coming days
• Sanders’ Attacks Are Taking a Serious Toll on Clinton
• US-Kurdish operation killed Islamic State operative in Iraq
• Four dead as rockets hit teachers' dormitory in Turkish border town
• German Muslims compare anti-immigrant AfD party to Hitler's Nazis
• Ex-White House spokesman Robert Weiner: "Given media reporting on classified '28 pages' with alleged Saudi officials' 9-11 involvement, it's time for Arab nations including the Saudis to step up anti-Isis fight on ongoing basis, not make threats to U.S. about blame"
• US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to fight Islamic State group in Iraq amid push to retake key city of Mosul
• Iraq PM calls on fractious parliament to do its job
• More followers of Iraqi Shiite cleric join rally in Baghdad
• U.S. defense chief offers Iraq more help, possibly troops: officials
• Obama courts Gulf kings keen just to see him go

US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters to Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:40 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. defense officials said Monday.

U.S. to send more troops to Iraq to tackle Islamic State Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:35 PM PDT By Yeganeh Torbati BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States will send more troops to Iraq and will put them closer to the front lines of battle there to advise Iraqi forces in the war against Islamic State militants.  U.S. defense officials said on Monday that Washington will deploy about 200 additional troops, mostly as advisers for Iraqi troops as they advance towards Mosul, the largest Iraqi city still under Islamic State control. "As we see the Iraqis willing to fight and gaining ground, let's make sure that we are providing them more support," U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with CBS News.

Obama's first farewell tour starts with damage control Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sets out this week on his first in a series of international farewell tours, a sometimes wistful tradition for presidents in legacy mode. But in a reminder of this president's uneven ties to allies, Obama's first stop will involve more damage control than nostalgia, more friction than fondness.

Obama: U.S. giving more support to Iraq as it fights Islamic State Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:03 PM PDT President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday that the United States is providing more support to Iraq as its military moves to take back territory from Islamic State, and he expects the city of Mosul will be retaken eventually. "As we see the Iraqis willing to fight and gaining ground, let's make sure that we are providing them more support," Obama said in an interview with CBS News. U.S. officials announced in Baghdad on Monday the United States will deploy about 200 additional troops, mostly as advisers for Iraqi troops as they advance toward Mosul, the largest Iraqi city still under Islamic State control.

Saudi Arabia: Obama's foreign policy conundrum Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:19 PM PDT For much of his presidency, Barack Obama has encouraged America's allies to take on more responsibility for their own defense. Mr. Obama will get a firsthand look at how that central tenet of his foreign policy doctrine is working when he visits Saudi Arabia Wednesday. In the case of Saudi Arabia, the chief example is the war in neighboring Yemen, where the Saudis intervened more than a year ago against advancing Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Why the US is sending more troops and helicopters to Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:44 PM PDT The United States will send more than 200 additional troops and eight apache helicopters to Iraq in an effort to bolster local forces as they prepare to retake Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, from the so-called Islamic State. US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter made the announcement Monday while visiting top American and Iraqi officials in Baghdad. The additional 217 troops will boost total US forces from 3,870 to 4,087 and include Army special forces, trainers, security forces for the advisers, and maintenance teams for the Apaches.

Pentagon misled lawmakers on military sexual assault cases Posted: 18 Apr 2016 02:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon misled Congress by using inaccurate or vague information about sexual assault cases in an effort to blunt support for a Senate bill that would make a major change in how the military handles allegations of sexual misconduct, an Associated Press investigation found.

The Latest: Plight of refugees among themes of prize winners Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:58 PM PDT The Latest on the awarding of the 100th-annual Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 4:55 p.m. The plight of refugees is among the social issues tackled by this year's Pulitzer Prize winners. Among the prize's ...

Congress to Include Reproductive Services Assistance in Veterans Bill Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a major legislative victory for wounded veterans struggling with fertility and reproductive health, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to support reproductive assistance for injured service members. Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington), the amendment passed with bi-partisan support, and would provide coverage for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other reproductive assistance. The passage was applauded by Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors.

U.S. top court appears unlikely to revive Obama immigration plan Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:31 PM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's bid to save his plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation and give them work permits ran into trouble on Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case testing the limits of presidential power. The court, with four conservative justices and four liberals, seemed divided along ideological lines during 90 minutes of arguments in the case brought by 26 states led by Texas that sued to block Obama's unilateral 2014 executive action that bypassed Congress. Liberal justices voiced support for Obama's action.

Coverage of wars, terrorism scoop Pulitzer Prizes Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:24 PM PDT Coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Syria, the ensuing refugee crisis and the rise of the Islamic State extremist group won a string of categories in America's Pulitzer Prizes Monday. Photographers from The New York Times and Thomson Reuters shared the breaking news photography award for their coverage of the unprecedented refugee crisis, fueled primarily by the war in Syria.

Pulitzer Prizes: William Finnegan, Emily Nussbaum, T.J. Stiles Nab Wins Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:19 PM PDT The prizes were announced at Columbia University.

Carter says US to deploy more forces to back Iraq's anti-IS war Posted: 18 Apr 2016 01:14 PM PDT The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support the country's troops, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter said Monday in Baghdad. President Barack Obama hailed the 2011 withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as a major accomplishment of his presidency, but the US has been steadily drawn back into the country since the Islamic State jihadist group overran swathes of territory in 2014. Washington heads an international coalition that is carrying out strikes against IS and also providing training and other assistance to forces fighting the jihadists in both Iraq and neighbouring Syria.

US to Send 200 More Troops to Fight ISIS in Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:30 PM PDT Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced that more than 200 advisers will be sent to Iraq to battle ISIS. Carter, who is currently in Baghdad, said government officials in Iraq have also authorized the U.S. to use Apache helicopters in the fight against the extremist group. During a visit to Baghdad, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced 217 more advisers — personnel who will serve as planners, trainers, aviation support and security.

Boko Haram still a threat months after 'technical victory' Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:24 PM PDT MAROUA, Cameroon (AP) — Here on the front line against Boko Haram, no one boasts of having "technically" won the war.

Greek police tear gas migrants after police van attacked Posted: 18 Apr 2016 11:23 AM PDT Greek police on Monday fired tear gas at a group of angry migrants in a flashpoint border camp as they stoned a police van believed to have run over one of their own. TV footage showed young migrants smashing the van's windshield with stones, with some in the crowd trying to restrain them. According to a local police source, riot police intervened and quickly dispersed them in the latest incident of violence at Idomeni camp on the Greece-Macedonia border.

Turks who tried to hood US soldier released Posted: 18 Apr 2016 11:18 AM PDT ISTANBUL (AP) — Two Turkish nationalists who accosted a U.S. soldier and tried to cover his head with a sack at an air base in southern Turkey have been released on bond, the U.S. military said Monday.

Hollande talks business on second day of Egypt visit Posted: 18 Apr 2016 11:01 AM PDT French President Francois Hollande discussed economic and cultural ties in Egypt Monday, a day after he arrived to a lavish welcome quickly overshadowed by his host's controversial human rights record. Hollande, who is visiting Cairo as part of a regional tour, attended a business forum with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with both countries hoping to boost trade and investments. Allegations of human rights abuses under Sisi's government dominated a joint news conference on Sunday, with Hollande insisting that respecting rights was not a hindrance to fighting "terrorism".

Iraq's Abadi, facing unrest, hopes anti-graft cabinet can be named in coming days Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:37 AM PDT Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, threatened with mass protests over delays in tackling corruption, voiced hope on Monday that Iraq's parliament could vote "in the next few days" on a cabinet of non-party technocrats. Delays in naming a new government, and political and sectarian wrangling over who should be in it, have paralyzed politics in Iraq. Parliament has already postponed the vote on Abadi's government overhaul three times.

Sanders’ Attacks Are Taking a Serious Toll on Clinton Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:15 AM PDT By most indications, Hillary Clinton will break Sen. Bernie Sanders's recent winning streak on Tuesday with a big victory in the New York Democratic primary, putting her another step closer to wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination. Although Sanders is clearly better at stirring his liberal base and turning out huge crowds -- as he did again on Sunday, drawing an estimated 28,000 supporters to Prospect Park in his native Brooklyn -- the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker shows Clinton leading Sanders by 10 percentage points in New York, 53 percent to 43 percent, with 291 delegates at stake. A total of 2,384 delegates are needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination this summer.

US-Kurdish operation killed Islamic State operative in Iraq Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:13 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Kurdish officials say their forces carried out a joint assault in northern Iraq that killed an Islamic State leader.

Four dead as rockets hit teachers' dormitory in Turkish border town Posted: 18 Apr 2016 10:04 AM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan and Orhan Coskun DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Four people were killed when rockets hit the southeastern Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border on Monday, crashing into an area near a hospital and hitting a teachers' dormitory, sources said. The rocket fire came from an area of Syria controlled by Islamic State, and the Turkish army retaliated with cross-border artillery fire against militant positions, Governor Suleyman Tapsiz told broadcaster TRT Haber. "These are coming from the Daesh area in Syria.

German Muslims compare anti-immigrant AfD party to Hitler's Nazis Posted: 18 Apr 2016 09:53 AM PDT A leader of German Muslims on Monday likened the attitude of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party toward his community to that of Hitler's Nazis toward Jews. The AfD entered three state parliaments last month by luring voters angry with Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to welcome mainly Muslim refugees fleeing war in Syria, and says Islam is incompatible with Germany's constitution. "It is the first time since Hitler's Germany that a whole religious community is discredited and existentially threatened," Aiman Mazyek, head of Germany's Central Council of Muslims, told Germany's NDR public television.

Ex-White House spokesman Robert Weiner: "Given media reporting on classified '28 pages' with alleged Saudi officials' 9-11 involvement, it's time for Arab nations including the Saudis to step up anti-Isis fight on ongoing basis, not make threats to U.S. about blame" Posted: 18 Apr 2016 07:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert Weiner, former spokesman for the Clinton White House and the House Government Operations Committee, and policy analyst Elizabeth Burke are challenging the Arab part of the "coalition" for more involvement to keep U.S. support in the war against ISIS. The article was written before recent leaks about the classified "twenty eight pages" that former Senator Bob Graham, former Intelligence Committee Chair and member of the 9-11 Commission, said on CNN require "the truth" to be told to the American people about Saudi involvement in 9-11.  Many media are now reporting that the classified materials document alleged meetings by some Saudi government officials before 9-11 with the 9-11 hijackers. Weiner stated today, "If these meetings happened, and given our knowledge that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals, the American people have a right to demand strong Saudi ongoing combatant roles and financial leadership against ISIS, or we should let them fight alone.

US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to fight Islamic State group in Iraq amid push to retake key city of Mosul Posted: 18 Apr 2016 07:04 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — US to send 200 more troops, Apache helicopters, to fight Islamic State group in Iraq amid push to retake key city of Mosul.

Iraq PM calls on fractious parliament to do its job Posted: 18 Apr 2016 04:51 AM PDT Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi called Monday for the fractious parliament to put aside its differences and do its job, saying he hopes a new cabinet will be approved in days. Iraq has been hit by weeks of political turmoil surrounding Abadi's move to replace the current cabinet of party-affiliated ministers with a government of technocrats. Both the United States and the United Nations have warned that the political crisis could distract from efforts to combat the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, which overran large areas of Iraq in 2014.

More followers of Iraqi Shiite cleric join rally in Baghdad Posted: 18 Apr 2016 03:29 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — More followers of an influential Iraqi Shiite cleric on Monday joined a rally in central Baghdad to press lawmakers to vote on a Cabinet shakeup proposed by the prime minister amid a simmering political crisis that could jeopardize the country's fight against the Islamic State group.

U.S. defense chief offers Iraq more help, possibly troops: officials Posted: 18 Apr 2016 12:24 AM PDT U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter flew into Iraq on Monday to discuss offering more help in the fight against Islamic State, possibly including sending in more U.S. troops, officials said. Carter would meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled al-Obaidi and discuss ways to build on recent gains against the militant group, which also controls large parts of neighboring Syria, the U.S. officials added. Iraq's army, trained by the U.S. military officers and backed by air strikes from a U.S.-led coalition, last week retook the Hit region, pushing it further north along the Euphrates valley.

Obama courts Gulf kings keen just to see him go Posted: 17 Apr 2016 05:38 PM PDT President Barack Obama will make another trip to Riyadh to consult Washington's Gulf allies on the crises in Yemen and Syria this week, but may not receive a royal welcome. The king of Saudi Arabia and his regional allies have long been offended by the US president's tone and actions, and are now impatient to meet his eventual successor.

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