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Two American pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq while a Marine died of noncombat related injuries in a separate incident, the U.S. military said Monday.
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President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.
Iraq's foreign minister has reiterated his country's request for a high-level international envoy to investigate the extent of foreign involvement in recent bombings of government institutions.
President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about Iraq could delay the exit of U.S. troops there, squeezing an already overstretched military.
As of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
After weeks of hard-nosed negotiations, analysts say the election law passed by Iraq's parliament allowing national polls to go forward in January extends compromises to all sides but with key concessions to the Kurds.
“The Men Who Stare at Goats” makes comedic hay out of an apparently true effort by the U.S. Army to develop psychic super-soldiers who would conquer the enemy with their minds instead of guns. But while Jon Ronson’s non-fiction book on the subject is probably quite the page-turner, this satirical screen adaptation veers so wildly in tone and temperament that it rarely delivers as either a comedy or a timely satire.
The International Organization for Migration says nearly 350,000 displaced Iraqis have returned to their homes but are now suffering from widespread unemployment and lack of resources.
You couldn’t find a more contented dog than the mutt sprawled on the couch in the TODAY studio, his head resting on his master’s thigh, a loving hand petting around his abbreviated ears.
ELKHART, Ind. - Finding a job in this challenging economic climate is a pitched battle, not the sort of adrenaline-fueled forays that members of the Elkhart-based Indiana National Guard’s 1538th Transportation Company grew accustomed to during 10 months in Iraq.
Iraqi politicians have been turning up their rhetoric over Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both Kurds in the north and Arabs in the south want to control.
The Army's primary support contractor in Iraq has been warned by Pentagon auditors to cut its work force there or face nearly $200 million in penalties for keeping thousands too many on the payroll.
The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in Iraq — one in combat and one of noncombat-related injuries.
In an Oct. 28 story about Iraq's election law, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said the Kurds demand the annexation of the northern Kirkuk region and would not accept any other solution. Barzani actually said the Kurds would not accept a proposed "special status," referring to distinct voting rules specifically for Kirkuk in Iraq's January election, which Kurds say would favor other ethnicities. Barzani's correct quote was, "We refuse to give Kirkuk a special status in the election."
U.S. troops could leave Iraq later than currently planned if the fragile nation's elections are delayed, the Pentagon said Thursday.
The U.N. panel overseeing compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 Kuwait invasion said Thursday it has paid $610 million from Iraqi oil funds to cover losses from the war.
As of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at least 4,357 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Iraq's Sunnis, long dissatisfied with the Shiite-led government, seek more power, respect and a bigger share of oil wealth in upcoming elections. But disunity among their political leaders and the sheer force of Shiite numbers threaten to derail those hopes.
Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, a tally by The Associated Press showed Monday.
Some of the deadliest militant attacks in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003:
President Barack Obama said Sunday's "outrageous attacks" outside government offices in the Iraqi capital "reveal the hateful and destructive agenda of those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that they deserve."
Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:
Soldiers claim war zone contractors exposed them to toxinsContractors working for the military in Iraq and Afghanistan are fouling the nests of U.S. soldiers with pollution, poisoning the troops in the very bases meant to be their sanctuaries.
In a First, Women Join Iraq's Elite Police Officer CorpsBAGHDAD — As one, the stony faces broke into a free-for-all of kisses, hugs and tears on Monday as the 50 women who called themselves the Lioness group became the first female graduates of Iraq's police officer training academy.
An act of appalling cowardice We don't know why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-1990s, and it's unlikely he'll be able to tell us anytime soon. He's in jail in Maricopa County, Ariz., at this writing, in lieu of a $5 million cash bond.
KBR may have poisoned 100,000 people in Iraq: lawsuitDefense contractor KBR may have exposed as many as 100,000 people, including US troops, to cancer-causing toxins by burning waste in open-air pits in Iraq, says a series of class-action lawsuits filed against the company.
Soldiers 'hit and kicked' MousaA former British soldier has admitted for the first time that he saw two of his colleagues kicking and hitting an Iraqi prisoner shortly before he died.
Forgotten Proof of Islamic Evil on US SoilViolent crimes committed by Muslim extremists on US soil were not confined to the events of September 11thm 2001, the Beltway Sniper killings, and the murderous rampage of Major Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood.
Iraqi general election date setIraq's parliamentary election will take place on 21 January 2010, the country's electoral commission has announced. This comes a day after the Iraqi parliament approved a crucial election law after weeks of deadlock.
Iraq Pays $85 Million for Magic "Explosives Detectors"-- i.e. Dowsing RodsThe small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works "on the same principle as a Ouija board" — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col.
Army veteran admits to faking paralysis to avoid going to Iraq An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday that he plotted with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.
Back From War, but Not Really Home WASHED onto the shores of his island home, after 10 years' absence in a foreign war and 10 years of hard travel in foreign lands, Odysseus, literature's most famous veteran, stares around him: "But now brilliant Odysseus awoke from sleep in his own fatherland, and he did no …
'US foreign policy is straight out of the mafia'Noam Chomsky is the west's most prominent critic of US imperialism, yet he is rarely interviewed in the mainstream media. Seumas Milne meets him
Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan 'said Muslims should rise up' Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly killed 11 people before being shot and wounded by police at Fort Hood, had said Muslims should "rise up" and attack Americans in retaliation for the US war in Iraq, a former army colleague said.
Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle says -- latimes.comIt appears now that there were signs of stress that family and colleagues noticed in the Fort Hood shooter. How frustrating that no effective steps were taken to remove this man from the military. He just got passed along.
Web post by Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan could shed light on motivesInvestigators trying to understand why a US army psychiatrist launched into a shooting spree on a military base in Texas will be poring over an internet posting he is thought to have made comparing the sacrifice of Islamist suicide bombers and American military heroes.
How Does Army Explain Letting Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Treat Patients? - The Two-Way - Breaking News, Analysis Blog : NPRHow Does Army Explain Letting Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Treat Patients?
Jihad at Fort HoodMajor Malik Nadal Hasan, who opened fire on American troops at Fort Hood, was an Army psychiatrist who decried the U.S. invasion of Muslim lands, condemned the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and voiced his support of the global jihad. Why was he serving in the U.S. Army?
The murderer was an army major, a psychiatrist, a Muslim, born in Virginia. At this time 13 people are dead, 31, including the shooter,, are wounded. The investigation is ongoing. Who or what is at fault? How could it have been prevented? Can future events be prevented.
t r u t h o u t | Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of MilitaryWe as citizens of the United States need to take better care of our soldiers before and after they return from War. Who is protecting them while they are protecting us.
In our fragmented society where there are political points to be scored on anything -- even a senseless tragedy like the shooting at Fort Hood -- there is bound to be some massive spinning coming over the next few days.
Helicopter Shortage: State Department Fumbles Effort to Oust Blackwater from Iraq Helicopter Shortage: State Department Fumbles Effort to Oust Blackwater from Iraq
Pentagon Played Aerosmith and Nine Inch Nails to Torture Detainees; Artists Complain Will listening to hours of Britney Spears, Nine Inch Nails, or even the Meow Mix jingle make you lose your mind? That's exactly what military officials were hoping for when they blasted hours of loud music to prisoners detained at Guantánamo Bay and in Iraq and Afghanistan pri …
Pull the plug on the Afghan surgeAlthough the aborted electoral run-off in Afghanistan has further weakened the country's already troubled government, the Obama administration has little choice but to work with President Hamid Karzai.
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." — VoltaireQuestion: How many countries do you have to be at war with to be disqualified from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? Answer: Five. Barack Obama has waged war against only Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. He's holding off on Iran until he actually gets the prize.
This is how an American soldier is made - News Photo BlogIan Fisher, American Soldier This is how an American soldier is made.
Order of Australia for General Petraeus who led US Alliance forces in Occupied Iraq (!)The head of US Central command, General David Petraeus, who led US forces in Occupied Iraq was appointed an honorary officer of the Order of Australia (its highest award) by MP Faulkner at a ceremony in Washington.
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