News Topic - Iraq

Mother and Son Heading to Iraq Together
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Military.com  –  19 hours, 9 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Politics: Military

How Defense Research Is Making Troops More Effective in Wartime
When Army patrol leaders in Iraq prepare to go out on missions in Baghdad, their last stop at headquarters is a computerized map on which they outline the area where they will operate. Then they watch as icons emerge, showing, in grim detail, the lurking dangers.
Washington Post  –  19 hours, 12 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in U.S. News

Marines send love home via Times Square video screen
Silent messages of love from soldiers in Iraq filled a giant video screen in Times Square Sunday, triggering tears - and some chuckles - from mothers who craned their necks skyward to see their children stationed a world away.
New York Daily News  –  19 hours, 25 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Local: New York: New York

Mother-son New Jersey Guard sergeants heading to Iraq together
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WRIC - 8NEWS  –  20 hours, 16 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Virginia: Richmond-Petersburg

Mother's Day unexpectedly sweet for Company F moms
SOUTH BEND -- It may have been dreary day outside, but for dozens of local military moms, it couldn't have been any brighter. Their sons just returned home from Iraq 3 days ago. On Sunday, they got an unexpected chance to say “Happy Mother's Day” in person.
WSBT 22  –  20 hours, 17 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Indiana: South Bend

Local Group Remembers Iraq Victims
A group of people were at the greenbelt today chalk writing the names of about 3,000 soldiers and civilians killed in Iraq.
LocalNews8.com  –  20 hours, 22 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Idaho: Idaho Falls

Mother Welcomes Two Sons Home From Iraq
An Albuquerque mother got the Mother's Day gift of a lifetime from not one but two of her sons.
KOAT.com  –  22 hours, 15 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Local: New Mexico: Albuquerque

3rd ID Soldier Dies in Iraq
The Department of Defense says 20-year-old Specialist Mary J. Jaenichen died of a non-combat related injury.
WSAV.com  –  23 hours, 27 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in Local: Georgia: Savannah

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,075
AP - As of Sunday, May 11, 2008, at least 4,075 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Yahoo!  –  23 hours, 42 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
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Jackie Ashley: Beware cosy deals between politicians and their pundits
Jackie Ashley: Britain can learn lessons from the scandal of how the Bush administration used spin to sell the Iraq war to Americans
The Guardian  –  May 11, 2008 11:05 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?
found in Politics