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Who is making this convoluted call on Syria?

28 Jun 2014

Does it make sense for the US could segregate and identify Syrian rebels who oppose Bashar al-Assad and who also oppose ISIL? Does it then make sense to engage in training the now US-aligned rebels? ... Would it not make sense to negotiate with Bashar al-Assad to initiate a democratic election that would result in a new Syrian government that is inclusive of all sects in Syria? ... “Bashar al-Assad ... Asma al-Assad (m ... “Nouri al-Maliki....(size: 4.4Kb)

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Seeking solution, Kerry turns to Saudis

Longview News Journal

28 Jun 2014

Kerry also met with Ahmad Assi al-Jarba, the head of the moderate Syrian opposition, at the start of his visit here ... Al-Jarba, a leader of the Shammar tribe, which has branches in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, has had strong backing from the Saudis ... “The policies of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki after eight years in power have resulted in greater division,” al-Jarba said ... The Saudis’ disdain for al-Maliki is longstanding....(size: 2.6Kb)

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Iraq cleric urges quick PM deal

Longview News Journal

28 Jun 2014

Less than three years after the last American troops left Iraq, Washington has found itself being pulled back in by the stunning offensive spearheaded by the al-Qaida breakaway group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... withdrawal and sapped public — and international — confidence in Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Al-Maliki can claim to have a mandate....(size: 2.9Kb)

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Iraq leaders under mounting pressure to pick PM

U~T San Diego

28 Jun 2014

The appeal by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday came as the country seems increasingly in danger of falling apart, with the al-Qaida breakaway group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant having seized much of northern and western Iraq and the Kurds asserting control over long-disputed territories outside their autonomous region....(size: 3.1Kb)

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Top Iraqi cleric calls for consensus on new premier

San Francisco Chronicle

28 Jun 2014

Less than three years after the last American troops left Iraq, Washington has found itself being pulled back in by the stunning offensive spearheaded by the al Qaeda breakaway group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... withdrawal and sapped public - and international - confidence in Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Al-Maliki can claim to have a mandate....(size: 2.5Kb)

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Seven killed in Al Qaeda attack in Yemen

The Siasat Daily

28 Jun 2014

Seven killed in Al Qaeda attack in Yemen ... Sanaa, June 28 (IANS) Four army soldiers and three Al Qaida militants were killed in an armed attack on a military hospital in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout Saturday, a government official said ... "The Al Qaeda gunmen were aiming to take control of the military hospital, but the army troops repulsed them after an hour-long clash," the official added....(size: 3.1Kb)

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Iraqi helicopters strike militant-held Tikrit

The Associated Press

28 Jun 2014

Tikrit is the hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein and one of two major cities to fall in recent weeks to the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and allied Sunni militants ... Qassim al-Moussawi says the air raids targeted Sunni insurgents attacking army troops, who have established a bridgehead at a university campus on the city's northern outskirts....(size: 6.0Kb)

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Abreu, Encarnacion, Cruz pad Derby resumes (MLB - Major League Baseball)

noodls

28 Jun 2014

Abreu, who has four homers in his last five games, trails Miguel Cabrera by 1.2 million votes for the AL's starting nod at first base for the All-Star Game ... 1 for the AL (home team) ... 2-5 for each league, with the NL going first followed by the AL ... The player from each league who hits the most home runs (AL 1; NL 1) will automatically advance to round three (semifinals) ... AL 3 / NL 2 vs....(size: 5.2Kb)

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>Iraq leaders under mounting pressure to pick PM

Seattle Post

28 Jun 2014

The appeal by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Friday came as the country seems increasingly in danger of falling apart, with the al-Qaida breakaway group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant having seized much of northern and western Iraq and the Kurds asserting control over long-disputed territories outside their autonomous region....(size: 5.0Kb)

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It’s like Mubarak all over again as hundreds are tortured in a military prison

LA Daily News

28 Jun 2014

He came to join the giant protest camp in Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in support of Mohamed Morsi, the elected president who had been deposed by the military ... Later the family received word that their son was held in Al-Azouly, a detention center inside the Galaa military base in the city of Ismailia ... Egyptian authorities deny any knowledge of Al-Azouly ... Those who are released from Al-Azouly are sometimes transferred to other prisons....(size: 7.1Kb)

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Syrian rebels likely to receive US aid

The State

28 Jun 2014

has grown increasingly confident in recent months about its ability to distinguish the moderate rebels from the more extremist elements that include the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which captured much of northern and western Iraq and a stretch of northern and eastern Syria ... Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir. Opposition chief Ahmad al-Jarba, who met with U.S ... Al-Qaida's branch in Syria....(size: 3.8Kb)

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Nation’s top Shiite cleric calling for a new premier

The Columbus Dispatch

28 Jun 2014

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urged the country’s divided political factions yesterday to select a new prime minister by early next week, in a public call for a political solution that increases pressure on embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Al-Maliki, for his part, did not address the grand ayatollah’s message....(size: 2.0Kb)

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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist group poised to succeed al-Qaeda

Canberra Times

28 Jun 2014

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is poised to replace al-Qaeda as the unifier of global terrorism and leading jihadi threat to the West, a terrorism expert says ... Its recent lightning gains in Iraq have filled the group's war chest with weapons and money and allowed it to establish a ''proto-state'' in which it permanently holds and governs territory, an achievement al-Qaeda never managed....(size: 2.1Kb)

Dhiqar Province - IRAQ محافظة ذي قار العراقية

Intersos Mission for Iraq - 2007 shelters project

Dhiqar Province - IRAQ محافظة ذي قار العراقية

Intersos Mission for Iraq - 2007 shelters project