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U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the two top al Qaeda figures in the country in a nighttime rocket attack on a safe house near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, both countries said Monday, hailing the attack as a significant blow to the insurgency. Al Qaeda in Iraq has remained a potent force, seeking recently to sow chaos after the March 7 elections and ahead of a planned U.S. troop withdrawal. The terror group has shown a remarkable ability to change tactics and adapt despite repeated blows to its leadership. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the killings of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri at a news conference in Baghdad and showed reporters photographs of their bloody corpses. The deaths were later confirmed by U.S. military officials. The Iraqi leader said ground forces surrounded a house and used rockets to kill the two, who were hiding inside. The U.S. military said an American helicopter crashed during the assault, killing one U.S. soldier. In Washington, Vice President Joe Biden hailed the killings as a “potentially devastating” blow to al Qaeda and an “important milestone” in Iraq. “The future of Iraq will not be shaped by those who seek to destroy the country,” Biden said. Biden said that Iraqis led the operation based on intelligence that Iraqi security forces had gathered themselves. U.S. forces commander Gen. Raymond Odierno praised the...

(AP) ATHENS, 홀덤 포커 Greece – In Europe’s most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the growing financial storm. Worried that their savings could be devalued, or that banks are on the verge of collapse and that governments cannot make good on deposit insurance, people in Greece, Spain and beyond are withdrawing euros by the billions — behavior that is magnifying their countries’ financial stresses. The money is being hoarded at home or deposited in banks in more stable economies. It’s a steady bank “jog” at the moment, not a full-bore run. But it threatens to undermine the finances of those countries’ already-stressed lenders. And if it does turn into a full bank run after Greece’s crucial election on Sunday, it could hasten financial disaster in Europe and help spread turmoil around the world. More in Europe in Crisis Since the Greek debt crisis broke in late 2009, deposits have fallen by 30 percent cent, as savers have slowly pulled some 72 billion euros ($90.24 billion) from local lenders, with total household and corporate deposits standing at 165.9 billion euros ($207.94 billion) in April, according to the latest data from the Bank of Greece. Spanish deposits have fallen about six percent over the past year. They dipped suddenly in April by about 3.1 billion, euros...

(CBS/AP) BEIRUT – Syria’s government said Tuesday it was ready to act on a U.N. call to evacuate civilians who have been trapped in the rebellious central city of Homs for 카지노 슬롯 머신 종류 more than a week, but blamed rebels for obstructing efforts to do so. Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, chief of the U.N. observer mission in the country, has told both sides of the conflict to allow safe passage from the city and other combat zones to women, children and sick people. A Foreign Ministry statement carried by state-run news agency, SANA, said the government has contacted the U.N. mission and local authorities in Homs to start efforts to bring out the trapped civilians. “But the efforts of the U.N. monitors’ mission failed in achieving this goal because of the armed terrorist groups’ obstructions,” the statement said. It charged that armed groups were using innocent civilians as “human shields.” More in After the Arab Spring Video: US and Russia pledge to end violence in SyriaArab League: Peacekeepers must be sent to SyriaU.N. demands evacuation of civilians from Homs The Syrian government regularly refers to the rebels as terrorists. There was no immediate comment from the U.N. mission. Mood is traveling to New York to brief the U.N. Security Council in person on Tuesday afternoon amid growing concern that the escalating violence may spell the end of...

(AP) WASHINGTON – In the latest likely case of an insider attack, an American service member was killed and several others injured Monday when individuals dressed in Afghan police uniforms turned their guns on them in southern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. Jamie Graybeal, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, confirmed the death and said that the three Afghan shooters fled and are being sought. Although they were wearing police uniforms, it was not yet certain if they were actually Afghan police or were just wearing the clothing. Other U.S. officials said that nine U.S. troops were injured in the shooting, mostly with fairly minor wounds. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an investigation. Neither Graybeal nor other officials would say which branch of the service the U.S. troops were from or provide details on the location of the shooting. The number of insider attacks in Afghanistan has escalated, with more than a dozen fatal assaults already this year, 바카라사이트 that have led to more than 20 deaths. Last year there were a total of 21 fatal attacks that killed 35 coalition service members, according to ISAF figures. That compares with 11 fatal attacks and 20 deaths the previous year. In 2007 and 2008 there were a combined total of four attacks and four deaths. Officials have not routinely reported the attacks when...

(CBS/AP) TOKYO – Lady Gaga says that if people want to help Japan recover from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country in March, just come visit. The pop star, in Tokyo this week for a benefit concert for tsunami victims, said Thursday that she’s making a point to get out and enjoy the city and its food, and that her fans should do the same thing. Pictures: Lady Gaga “I can’t say enough to people all over the world that the majority of Japan right now, Japan in general, is very safe,” she said at a press conference. “It’s fine to come here. It’s beautiful.” Many performers and athletes have canceled appearances in Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that caused widespread destruction and 먹튀 없는 놀이터 set off a crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant about 140 miles (220 kilometers) north of Tokyo. Tens of thousands of people were forced to leave homes near the plant because of the radiation danger, but even far from the evacuation zone, Japanese tourism has suffered because of the disaster. The singer said she couldn’t wait for the chance to show her support. “The most important thing, and the best thing, we could do for Japan right now is to boost tourism, and so everyone come to Japan and come enjoy the beautiful country.” “I am...