Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Colorado's Jon Keyser makes state GOP US Senate primary
• Collapse of Syrian cease-fire a reprieve for Islamic State
• Turkish leaders proudly remember 'forgotten' Ottoman WW1 victory
• Across Arizona, parents name children after Pat Tillman
• UN ready to help on Iran assets dispute if US agrees
• Islamic State-linked hackers post target list of New Yorkers
• At the Vatican, Biden seeks common cause with pope on cancer
• In northern Iraq, longstanding tensions surge even as ISIS is pushed back
• Aleppo: A key Syrian battleground
• Nine sentenced in Kosovo for terrorist offenses
• OPEC oil output near record high in April as Iran, Iraq growth offsets outages: Reuters survey
• Biden gets papal blessing for his global war on cancer
• U.S., allies conduct 22 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• Congress Is Taking an $18 Billion Gamble With the Pentagon’s War Fund
• Helmet cam footage shows Islamic State in battlefield chaos
• Residents of Iraq's IS-held Fallujah suffer under siege
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• Today in History
• Biden presses Iraq to not let political chaos upend gains

Colorado's Jon Keyser makes state GOP US Senate primary Posted: 29 Apr 2016 04:06 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Jon Keyser will appear on his party's primary ballot after all, a Denver judge ruled Friday.

Collapse of Syrian cease-fire a reprieve for Islamic State Posted: 29 Apr 2016 02:02 PM PDT The fraying of the two-month-old cessation of hostilities in Syria has meant a return of the aerial and heavy-weaponry attacks on civilians that have made the five-year-old civil war so deadly. The nine-week lull in fighting corresponded with some of the Islamic State's most significant setbacks in Syria. One example is the recapture of Palmyra by government forces earlier this month.

Turkish leaders proudly remember 'forgotten' Ottoman WW1 victory Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:55 PM PDT Turkey's leaders on Friday celebrated the 100th anniversary of a rare victory by the Ottoman army in World War I against British-led forces in today's Iraq, urging modern Turks not to forget the exploits of their Ottoman forefathers. The surrender by a British-led force at the garrison in Kut al-Amara (Kut in modern Iraq) is seen as the last Ottoman victory of the war, which ended in the defeat of the Empire and its German allies. "Turkey is changing.

Across Arizona, parents name children after Pat Tillman Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:33 PM PDT TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Doctors told Jeff Okrepkie and Stephanie Ottolini not to expect children. Though her cervical cancer had been in remission since 2012, the odds of conception were minimal.

UN ready to help on Iran assets dispute if US agrees Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:11 PM PDT UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is ready to help settle a dispute between Iran and the United States on Tehran's frozen assets, but only if both countries make that request, a UN spokesman said Friday. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on Ban to use his "good offices" to press the United States to release all frozen assets in US banks, in a letter sent Thursday.

Islamic State-linked hackers post target list of New Yorkers Posted: 29 Apr 2016 11:19 AM PDT By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of hackers linked to Islamic State has posted online a list of thousands of New York residents and urged followers of the militant group to target them, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Federal agents and New York City police officers have been contacting the individuals on the list to inform them of the posting, but the source said law enforcement does not believe there is any credible threat. In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said, "While our standard practice is to decline comment on specific operational and investigative matters, the FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of information collected during the course of an investigation that may be perceived as potentially threatening in nature." The list includes names, home addresses and email addresses.

At the Vatican, Biden seeks common cause with pope on cancer Posted: 29 Apr 2016 10:55 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden found common cause with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican for a global commitment to fund cancer research.

In northern Iraq, longstanding tensions surge even as ISIS is pushed back Posted: 29 Apr 2016 10:20 AM PDT Kurdish fighters and Shiite militias together in 2014 pushed out forces of the self-declared Islamic State (IS) from around the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu. As animosity continues between Kurdish and Baghdad-backed forces, and the failed cease-fires pile up, many fear it could complicate the battle against IS and set the stage for continued conflict in an area essential to Iraq's long-term recovery.

Aleppo: A key Syrian battleground Posted: 29 Apr 2016 07:42 AM PDT The city of Aleppo, capital of the eponymous northern province, is strategically vital to all sides involved in Syria's five-year civil war and at the centre of escalating violence imperilling a landmark ceasefire. Syria's onetime economic powerhouse, Aleppo and its surrounding countryside has suffered some of the worst fighting in a conflict that has killed more than 270,000 people. A spike in fighting has killed more than 200 people in the past week, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights -- the most serious violations of a truce agreed between the US and Russia that began on February 27.

Nine sentenced in Kosovo for terrorist offenses Posted: 29 Apr 2016 07:05 AM PDT PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has sentenced nine ethnic Albanians to jail terms for organizing and taking part in terrorist groups for terrorist offenses.

OPEC oil output near record high in April as Iran, Iraq growth offsets outages: Reuters survey Posted: 29 Apr 2016 06:37 AM PDT By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC's oil output rose in April to close to the highest level in recent history, a Reuters survey found on Friday, as production increases led by Iran and Iraq more than offset a strike in Kuwait and other outages. Top exporter Saudi Arabia, however, made no major change to output, the survey found, despite the kingdom hinting it could boost supply after OPEC and non-member nations failed to agree to freeze output at a meeting on April 17. "This rally doesn't have strong legs." Supply from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries rose to 32.64 million barrels per day (bpd) this month, from 32.47 million bpd in March, according to the survey, based on shipping data and information from sources at oil companies, OPEC and consultants.

Biden gets papal blessing for his global war on cancer Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:52 AM PDT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took his crusade against cancer to the Vatican on Friday and heard Pope Francis call for an "economic paradigm shift" where medical research is dictated by need rather than profit. Biden, who lost his 46-year-old son Beau to brain cancer last year, has vowed to pursue a global push to accelerate cancer cures and treatments by marshalling private and public sector resources to combat it as well as rare diseases. Biden, who flew to Italy from an unannounced trip to Iraq, and the pope, made back-to-back speeches to doctors and researchers from around the world who attended a Vatican conference on regenerative medicine called "Cellular Horizons".

U.S., allies conduct 22 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:34 AM PDT The United States and its allies carried out 22 strikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria on Thursday, focusing on the Mar'a area of western Syria and the city of Fallujah in Iraq, according to military figures released on Friday. The U.S.-led coalition carried out five air strikes against the militants around Mar'a in northwestern Syria, destroying six fighting positions, four mortar positions and a vehicle, the military said in a statement. The coalition carried out four strikes against militants around the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Baghdad.

Congress Is Taking an $18 Billion Gamble With the Pentagon’s War Fund Posted: 29 Apr 2016 05:00 AM PDT In the pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, the influential House Armed Services Committee voted to advance a $610 billion spending roadmap for the U.S. Defense Department in fiscal year 2017. The national defense authorization act (NDAA) sets spending levels for all Pentagon efforts, including troop pay. Congress has passed the sprawling legislation for 54 straight years, and while the bill's enormous price tag matches the topline asked for by President Obama, this year's draft makes a gamble on funding that not even the Defense Department is thrilled about.

Helmet cam footage shows Islamic State in battlefield chaos Posted: 29 Apr 2016 03:54 AM PDT (Reuters) - Islamic State may exult in online portrayals of jihadis sweeping victoriously across Iraqi battlefields, but a camera recovered from the helmet of a dead fighter offers a contrasting picture of chaos and panic in a battle with Kurdish peshmerga. A fighter named Abu Hajer is shown in footage seized by Peshmerga firing from one of three Islamic State armored cars advancing across a barren plain towards a Kurdish position. "Abu Hajer! Stop firing!" shouts Abu Radhwan, the camera in his helmet picking up anguished faces as it swings erratically from views of rifles and munitions on the floor of the armored car to the brown fields and blue sky ahead.

Residents of Iraq's IS-held Fallujah suffer under siege Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:55 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Abu Jassim can only afford to provide one meal a day for his seven-member family — usually a stew made of locally grown leafy green vegetables or rice with a small portion of flat bread.

IRAQ Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:44 AM PDT Map locates Fallujah and Ramadi, Iraq; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;

Today in History Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:01 PM PDT Today is Friday, April 29, the 120th day of 2016. There are 246 days left in the year.

Biden presses Iraq to not let political chaos upend gains Posted: 28 Apr 2016 02:40 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq on Thursday not to let its crippling political crisis upend hard-fought gains against the Islamic State group as he returned to the country that's come to symbolize America's relentless struggles in the Middle East.

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