IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam’s army
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA While attending the Iraqi army’s artillery school nearly 20 years ago, Ali Omran remembers one major well. An Islamic hard-liner, he once chided Omran…
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American, South African hostages killed in Yemen
By JULIE PACE and AHMED AL-HAJ An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, U.S.-led raid to free them from al-Qaida-affiliated militants in Yemen,…
Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki’s removal
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Friday, March 26, 2010, file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq’s Vice President Khudeir al-Khuzaie…
US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and NANCY BENAC President Barack Obama speaks about the capture of Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi, during his visit to TechShop in Pittsburgh,…
YEMEN: 6 DEAD IN RAIDS TO CATCH MINISTRY ATTACKERS
By AHMED AL-HAJ In this photo provided by Yemen’s Defense Ministry, security forces are on the scene after an explosion at the Defense Ministry complex in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Dec.…
AP SOURCE: OBAMA TAPS HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
By NEDRA PICKLER FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2010, file photo, Jeh Johnson speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington. President Barack Obama has chosen former…
US FORCES CONDUCT TWIN RAIDS IN LIBYA, SOMALIA
By KIMBERLY DOZIER, ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO This image from the FBI website shows Anas al-Libi. Gunmen in a three-car convoy seized Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias…
GREEK POLICE OFFICIALS REPLACED IN FAR-RIGHT PROBE
Demonstrators carry a placard which reads in Greek ” Fascists Out ” during a protest in central Athens, on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Greece’s anti-terrorism division has been handed the…