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  • Gunmen kill Iraqi security officer (AP)

    U.S. Congressional candidate Ken Aden poses for a photo at S&L Pawn in Russellville, Arkansas February 2, 2012. No one thinks gun control is going to be the most important issue in 2012, but there are specific races and constituencies where it certainly will matter. Aden, a 33-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, is challenging his former battalion commander for a Congressional seat. Aden is running as a progressive Democrat; his opponent, Steve Womack, is a freshman incumbent, part of the Tea Party sweep of the 2010 midterm elections. Aden has strong views on guns and collects them, he also knows what terrible damage they can do. When Aden was 16, his father was shot and killed on Christmas Eve by his stepmother using his dad's own 357 magnum and his shotgun. Picture taken February 2, 2012. To match Special Report USA-BLOOMBERG/GUNS REUTERS/Jacob Slaton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - Authorities say gunmen have killed an Interior Ministry official in a drive-by shooting in central Baghdad.


  • More U.S. grassroots parades for Iraq war vets possible (Reuters)
    Reuters - Organizers of a parade for Iraq war veterans that drew thousands of flag waving spectators in St. Louis last weekend have been asked by people around the country for help in planning similar events, officials said Friday.
  • More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets (AP)

    FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2012 file photo, participants in a parade to honor Iraq War veterans make their way along a downtown street in St. Louis. The parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - A St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations.


  • Iraq court agrees execution of Baghdad church attackers (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion.
  • Analysis: Middle East turmoil draws Turkey and Iraqi Kurds (Reuters)
    Reuters - Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention - Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq.
  • Iraq executes 17 after U.N. rebuke (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq executed 17 people on Wednesday, days after U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay criticized Baghdad for carrying out a large number of executions and questioned the fairness of its judicial proceedings.
  • Iraq becomes dollar source for sanctions-hit Iran, Syria (Reuters)
    Reuters - In the money changing shops dotted around Baghdad's Karrada district, Iraqi merchants dabble in many currencies, but these days some joke that banknotes from neighboring Iran and Syria are only worth plastering on windows as decorations.
  • Obama: U.S. drone use in Iraq very limited (Reuters)
    Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday played down the use of U.S. drones in Iraq, saying the program was very limited and focused mainly on protecting the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
  • Pentagon's Failure to Handle Iraq's Money Harms America's Reputation (ContributorNetwork)
    ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sara Sorcher of the National Journal reports the Department of Defense cannot account for some http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/iraq billion given to it by the government of Iraq to pay bills on contracts awarded in 2003 and 2004. Auditors claim poor record-keeping led to the inability to track the money, while others insist that acceptable efforts were made and that the money made it to the appropriate recipients.
  • Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq (AP)

    FILE - In this March 16, 2011 file photo, Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. Flournoy, who is leaving her Pentagon post to return to private life, said in an interview with a small group of reporters that the administration is open to Iraqi suggestions about the scope and depth of defense ties. 'One of the things we’re looking forward to doing is sitting down with the Iraqis in the coming month or two to start thinking about how they want to work with' the U.S. military to develop a program of exercises, training and other forms of security cooperation, Flournoy said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's chief policy aide.


  • Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc to end parliament boycott (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said Sunday it would end a boycott of parliament, easing the worst political crisis in Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's power-sharing government in a year.
  • St. Louis Parade Thanks Iraq War Heroes, Looks to Expand (ContributorNetwork)
    ContributorNetwork - The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Gateway City was living up to its reputation Saturday. A homegrown parade honored Iraq War veterans as the first major event of its kind in a large American city. Troops and their families were moved to tears by the support of their neighbors and complete strangers who showed up to honor the sacrifices of troops returning home.
  • Veterans share stories at Iraq War parade in Mo. (AP)

    Staff Sgt. Kevin Jackson, an Iraq War veteran, smiles as he waits in a staging area before the start of a parade to honor Iraq War veterans Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in St. Louis. Thousands turned out to watch the first big welcome home parade in the U.S. since the last troops left Iraq in December. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Veterans who attended the nation's first major Iraq War parade Saturday in St. Louis said they appreciated the welcome home, even though some expected to be redeployed to Afghanistan or elsewhere in the coming months. Here are a few of their stories:


  • Iraq War veteran accused of posing as Ore. officer (AP)
    AP - Eugene Police Officer Dan Baker drove a blue SUV and set off sirens to clear cars in front of him at traffic lights. He pulled over motorists — though it's unclear if he ever gave out tickets. And when he stopped by a youth shelter as a volunteer, he came in full uniform.
  • Mayor Bloomberg: No NYC parade for Iraq War vets (AP)
    AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials.
  • Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack (Reuters)

    U.S. Congressional candidate Ken Aden poses for a photo at S&L Pawn in Russellville, Arkansas February 2, 2012. No one thinks gun control is going to be the most important issue in 2012, but there are specific races and constituencies where it certainly will matter. Aden, a 33-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, is challenging his former battalion commander for a Congressional seat. Aden is running as a progressive Democrat; his opponent, Steve Womack, is a freshman incumbent, part of the Tea Party sweep of the 2010 midterm elections. Aden has strong views on guns and collects them, he also knows what terrible damage they can do. When Aden was 16, his father was shot and killed on Christmas Eve by his stepmother using his dad's own 357 magnum and his shotgun. Picture taken February 2, 2012. To match Special Report USA-BLOOMBERG/GUNS REUTERS/Jacob Slaton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Reuters - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a Shi'ite funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, killing 31 people and bringing the death toll from violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December to more than 400.


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    AP - Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a Baghdad Shiite district has killed 26 people.
  • Official: Iraq will take legal action over US raid (AP)

    Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, left, arrives with his military defense attorney, Meridith Marshall for a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Iraq will take legal action to ensure justice for the families of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians killed in a U.S. raid in Haditha seven years ago, a government spokesman said Thursday, after the lone U.S. Marine convicted in the killings reached a deal to escape jail time.


  • U.S. to Iraq: don't "blow this opportunity" (Reuters)
    Reuters - The United States has warned Iraq not to "blow this opportunity" to become a prosperous, unified nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, saying it must start to act like a democracy and embrace compromise.
  • Iraq says to take legal action for Haditha victims (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq plans legal action on behalf of families of victims killed by U.S. troops in a 2005 massacre after the last soldier involved was spared jail time by a guilty plea with military authorities, a government spokesman said Thursday.

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Terrorism

  • Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran (AP)

    FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent — an action that many fear might trigger a wider war, terrorism and global economic havoc.


  • Nigeria oil line on fire; militants claim attack (AP)

    Supporters of Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha carry placards during his court verdict in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. A judge in Nigeria has sentenced a former dictator's right-hand man to death over the killing of a politician's wife. Judge Mojisola Dada at Lagos' High Court on Monday ruled that Maj. Al-Mustapha should be hanged. He was accused of orchestrating the 1996 machine-gun killing of the wife of Moshood Abiola, a flamboyant businessman widely believed to be have won an annulled 1993 presidential election. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - An Eni SpA oil pipeline ruptured and caught fire as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack in the region, their first alleged assault in months as its purported leader awaits trial on terrorism charges in South Africa.


  • Morocco arrests 3 accused of plotting attacks (AP)
    AP - Moroccan police have arrested three suspects accused of planning to carry out attacks on the security of the state.
  • Filipino villagers helped kill terror leader (AP)
    AP - Abu Sayyaf commander Umbra Jumdail had deviated from the brutal image of his al-Qaida-linked militant group by playing doctor to poor Filipino villagers, whose backing he needed to stay safe from military troops. But those villagers may have been used by the military to finally track him down last week.
  • Father: Beheading plot suspect a dedicated teacher (AP)
    AP - Nevine Aly Elshiekh is a dog lover who teaches children with developmental disabilities. She is college-educated, well-respected by her neighbors and has no criminal record, not even a speeding ticket.
  • Panetta reassures European allies over defense cuts (Reuters)
    Reuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain capabilities at lower cost.
  • Clinton voices U.S. confidence on European recovery (Reuters)
    Reuters - The United States voiced confidence on Saturday that Europe can solve its financial crisis and said the two must work more closely to support their recoveries and combat state-run capitalism and protectionism.
  • Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD (AP)

    FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly attends a news conference at police headquarters in New York. Thirty-two civil rights groups from around the U.S. filed a complaint with the New York attorney general Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, over police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion. Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have insisted that police only follow legitimate leads and do not conduct preventative surveillance in ethnic communities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)AP - Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based solely on their religion.


  • Extension denied in Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial (AP)

    President Barack Obama talks about the economy during an event at Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Va., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Fire Station No. 5 was one of the first stations to respond to the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may now occur within months.


  • Uzbek refugee denies helping terror group (AP)
    AP - A refugee from Uzbekistan accused of helping a foreign terrorist organization denied the allegations in a court appearance Thursday in Denver, before a judge advised him not to speak further without an attorney.
  • Justice Dept about to close probes of 2 detainees (AP)
    AP - Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department is preparing to close investigations into the deaths of two detainees while in CIA custody, marking the final chapter in a controversial review by the Obama administration into treatment of terrorism suspects during the George W. Bush administration.
  • A look at major terror attacks in Southeast Asia (AP)
    AP - A look at major attacks in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia attributed to the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group and their allies from the regional terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah.
  • U.S. no-fly list doubles in year: source (Reuters)
    Reuters - The number of people banned from flying under the U.S. government's terrorism watch list has more than doubled over the last year, a counterterrorism source said on Thursday.
  • AP Exclusive: US No-Fly list doubles in 1 year (AP)

    FILE - Jayashri Srikantiah, staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, holds up copies of records showing passengers checked on no fly lists from San Francisco International Airport, as plaintiffs Jan Adams, right, and Rebecca Gordon, center, look on during a news conference in San Francisco, in this April 22, 2003 file photo. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the government on behalf of Americans who believe they're on the no-fly list and have not been able to travel by air for work or to see family. The no-fly list has swelled to 20,000 people before, such as in 2004. At the time, people like the late Sen. Ted Kennedy were getting stopped before flying — causing constant angst and aggravation for innocent travelers. But much has changed since then. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)AP - The Obama administration has more than doubled, to about 21,000 names, its secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States, including about 500 Americans, the Associated Press has learned. The government lowered the bar for being added to the list, even as it says it's closer than ever to defeating al-Qaida.


  • 2 German men plead guilty to terror charges in UK (AP)
    AP - Two German men have pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in a London court.

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