News Topic - Iraq
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Iraqi officials: Turkey hit Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq
AP - Iraqi Kurdish officials say Turkish jets have struck Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, close to the Turkish border.
Yahoo! – 16 hours, 36 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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AP - Iraqi Kurdish officials say Turkish jets have struck Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, close to the Turkish border.
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GI from Walled Lake kidnapped in Iraq 1 year ago still missing
Byron Fouty, then a 19-year-old Army private first class from Walled Lake, was one of three U.S. soldiers abducted a year ago today in an insurgent ambush about 20 miles south of Baghdad. His mother still jumps when the phone rings, praying for any update, any news. 'I don't know if he's alive or dead,' she said
Detnews.com – 17 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Detroit
Byron Fouty, then a 19-year-old Army private first class from Walled Lake, was one of three U.S. soldiers abducted a year ago today in an insurgent ambush about 20 miles south of Baghdad. His mother still jumps when the phone rings, praying for any update, any news. 'I don't know if he's alive or dead,' she said
Detnews.com – 17 hours, 25 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Michigan: Detroit
VA aims to prevent veterans suicides
The Bath VA Medical Center is taking part in a new program by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to address a growing problem of depression and suicide among returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Star-Gazette.com – 18 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: Elmira
The Bath VA Medical Center is taking part in a new program by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to address a growing problem of depression and suicide among returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Star-Gazette.com – 18 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: Elmira
Bill Clinton Speaks in Pendleton
The former president spoke about the war in Iraq, the economy, education, health care and the environment, on behalf of Hilary Clinton.
KIMA CBS 29 – 18 hours, 19 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Washington: Yakima-Pasco
The former president spoke about the war in Iraq, the economy, education, health care and the environment, on behalf of Hilary Clinton.
KIMA CBS 29 – 18 hours, 19 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Washington: Yakima-Pasco
Clearwater Marine wages baseball comeback in Iraq
Ten years after playing minor league baseball with the Orioles, Marine Lance Corporal Scott Halisky is waging a comeback all the way from Iraq. Watch his interview here.
TampaBays10.com – 18 hours, 26 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Ten years after playing minor league baseball with the Orioles, Marine Lance Corporal Scott Halisky is waging a comeback all the way from Iraq. Watch his interview here.
TampaBays10.com – 18 hours, 26 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Florida: Tampa
Cherie Blair miscarriage used to supress Iraq invasion speculationAFP - News of a miscarriage suffered by the wife of former prime minister Tony Blair was used to stave off speculation of an early invasion of Iraq, she said in comments printed in newspapers Monday.
Yahoo! – 19 hours, 1 minute ago ¦ comment?
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Virtual Iraq
In November, 2004, when he was nineteen years old, a marine I’ll call Travis Boyd found himself about to rush the roof of the tallest building in the northern end of Falluja in the midst of a firefight. Boyd, whose first assignment in Iraq was to the security detail at . . .
The New Yorker – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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In November, 2004, when he was nineteen years old, a marine I’ll call Travis Boyd found himself about to rush the roof of the tallest building in the northern end of Falluja in the midst of a firefight. Boyd, whose first assignment in Iraq was to the security detail at . . .
The New Yorker – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: New York: New York
Not an Emergency
FIVE YEARS into paying for two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's outrageous that so much of the financing continues to be approved outside the normal budget process, through "emergency" spending bills that must be passed, must be passed in a hurry and therefore must risk ending up as vehicles for other initiatives. Some of these are worthy, but they hardly count as "emergencies" that should be exempt from the ordinary give-and-take of budget negotiations or from the rules that require new mandatory spending programs to be paid for in some way.
Washington Post – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Politics: Opinions
FIVE YEARS into paying for two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's outrageous that so much of the financing continues to be approved outside the normal budget process, through "emergency" spending bills that must be passed, must be passed in a hurry and therefore must risk ending up as vehicles for other initiatives. Some of these are worthy, but they hardly count as "emergencies" that should be exempt from the ordinary give-and-take of budget negotiations or from the rules that require new mandatory spending programs to be paid for in some way.
Washington Post – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Insitu sales soar on demand for unmanned aircraft
A camera in the sky, watching for approaching danger over the next hill, can make the difference between life and death for U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
bizjournals.com – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Technology: Software
A camera in the sky, watching for approaching danger over the next hill, can make the difference between life and death for U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
bizjournals.com – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Northeast La. soldiers leave for tour in Iraq
Sadness hung in the air Saturday, almost as thick as the rising humidity. At noon, three soldiers Pfc. Jacob May, Sgt. Susan McWilliams and Staff Sgt. George Lawrence Prince boarded a charter bus at the 528th Engineer Battalion Armory in Monroe.
The Shreveport Times – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Louisiana: Shreveport
Sadness hung in the air Saturday, almost as thick as the rising humidity. At noon, three soldiers Pfc. Jacob May, Sgt. Susan McWilliams and Staff Sgt. George Lawrence Prince boarded a charter bus at the 528th Engineer Battalion Armory in Monroe.
The Shreveport Times – 19 hours, 17 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Louisiana: Shreveport