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The Iraq War veteran critically injured in a street race involving Hulk Hogan's son has been released from a Tampa hospital two years after the car wreck.
Opponents of the Iraq war are leaning on an unlikely source to bolster their efforts to declare the invasion unconstitutional: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Before war protesters ended their demonstration Saturday afternoon, several placed cardboard coffins in front of the offices of northern Virginia defense contractors such as KBR Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corp. as riot police stood by.
The throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge into Virginia, by the Pentagon and to the offices of defense contractors to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."
The two major presidential rivals sharpened their long-standing dispute over the Iraq War on Tuesday, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama calling it a costly distraction that must end while Republican Sen. John McCain insisted it is a conflict the United States has to win.
Republican John McCain said President Bush should not be held responsible for the much-criticized "Mission Accomplished" banner five years ago, but he should be blamed for bungling the early months of the war.
Protesters blocked traffic and government buildings in Washington, acted out a Baghdad street scene in Syracuse, N.Y., and banged drums in a parade through San Francisco on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Hillary Rodham Clinton told a group of young veterans Tuesday that one lesson of the Iraq War is not to commit troops "unless you are prepared to go all the way and are prepared to be successful."
The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book.
The U.S. military in Iraq is undergoing its biggest changeover in senior commanders since Gen. David Petraeus launched a new counterinsurgency strategy nearly a year ago.
Thousands of people called for a swift end to the war in Iraq as they marched through downtown on Saturday, chanting and carrying signs that read: "Wall Street Gets Rich, Iraqis and GIs Die" or "Drop Tuition Not Bombs."
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has decided not to assail Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for her stance on the Iraq War in a speech Wednesday at a military prep school.
Several thousand anti-war demonstrators marched through downtown Washington on Saturday, clashing with police at the foot of the Capitol steps where at least 160 protesters were arrested.
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday that the country is angry over the lack of progress in the Iraq war, a stinging assessment of the Bush administration's handling of the conflict from a Republican candidate.
Bitter divisions over the Iraq war, particularly on Capitol Hill, led the Bush administration to change course and replace Gen. Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a grim Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
President Bush, urging Congress to craft a war spending bill quickly, offered no clues Saturday about whether he'll compromise over linking U.S. support to stability in Iraq.
Four years into the Iraq war, about the only thing that has not changed is President Bush's insistence the fight can be won.
After four years, America's cost for the war in Iraq has reached nearly $500 billion — more than the total for the Korean War and nearly as much as 12 years in Vietnam, adjusting for inflation. The ultimate cost could reach $1 trillion or more.
Three teenage relatives have been charged in the death of an Iraq War veteran who was gunned down and robbed shortly after cashing a tax refund check for more than $5,000.
Keith Olbermann's tipping point came on a tarmac in Los Angeles six weeks ago. While waiting for his plane to take off he read an account of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's speech before the American Legion equating Iraq War opponents to pre-World War II appeasers.
The Iraq War is center stage again in Connecticut's increasingly nasty Senate race. Ned Lamont, whose upset of Sen. Joe Lieberman in last month's Democratic primary was fueled in large part by his opposition to the war, took fresh aim at Lieberman's staunch support of the conflict in a new television ad Thursday.
Protesters marking the third anniversary of the Iraq war made their voices heard across the world over the weekend, with the largest marches in London, Portland and Chicago, though in numbers that were often lower than in previous years.
Thousands of anti-war protesters took to the streets around the world Saturday, marking the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with demands that coalition troops leave immediately.
Anti-war protesters marched in Australia, Asia, Turkey and Europe on Saturday in demonstrations that marked the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with a demand that coalition troops pull out.
On Wednesday the CIA launched an aggressive and very well crafted television ad campaign to recruit Muslim-American agents.
Obama Must Toss the Bums in Treasury Out, End the Wars, and Start Leading ...Having surrounded himself with the very Wall Street con men who set up the crooked game that led to the current financial crisis and economic collapse, and finding that the lousy advice they have been giving him since last January has left the country still mired in deepening …
Jewish Israeli Gilad Atzmon:"Britain must de-Zionise Itself Immediately", block Zionist lobbyUK Jewish Israeli-origin musician and writer Gilad Atzmon exposes the power of the Zionist Lobby in the UK: "In order to reclaim sovereignty and dignity, Britain must de-Zionise itself immediately."
Veteran's Day Op Ed: The Violence Within is the Veteran withoutIt's time to take care of your troops, America. We are mired in violence and gun lust, post traumatic stress and substance; outward anxiety and inward extremism. Maj. Nidal Hassan is one of us.
François Houtart & Abdul Sattar Edhi share 2009 UNESCO Tolerance, Non-violence PrizeProfessor François Houtart (Belgium, President of the Brussells Tribunal on Iraq) and Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistan) are to share 2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
Tony Blair to give evidence in public in Iraq war inquiry | Politics | guardian.co.ukFormer prime minister Tony Blair could face further questions over his decision to prosecute war in Iraq. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Tony Blair is set to give evidence in public to the Iraq war inquiry in the run-up to the next election, it was announced last night.
Blackwater Said to Approve $1 Million in Iraqi Bribes After Shootings - NYTimes.comWASHINGTON — Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civ …
Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghd …
The Media Will Downplay His Religion, But God Help Us if His Car Had a Talk Radio Station OnWhat we know so far is that the soldier was a muslim and began yelling at his fellow soldiers statements in Arabic. The soldier was upset about having to deploy to Iraq. The military is saying this could have been a criminal incident as opposed to a terrorist incident.
Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless Despite major bombings that have rattled the nation, and fears of rising violence as American troops withdraw, Iraq's security forces have been relying on a device to detect bombs and weapons that the United States military and technical experts say is useless.
The Unreported Story: Fallout from Fallujah: Babies Born With Deformities (Video)Young women in Fallujah in Iraq are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs.
The demise of American exceptionalism Anne Geyer got it right when she points out the Peace Prize is given to someone who has done the most to promote peace in world in the last year.
I take offense at Michael Moore's attempt to facilitate the establishment's NWO agenda and ingratiate himself with the Obama administration,trying to draw us in to his mindset of subservience with the propaganda article he wrote:
The difference is a Wall Street address! That's the only answer that seems to fit the facts. In researching another topic this item popped up and made me wonder. What qualifies an an enemy? Is it Bioterrorism or Business?
Trust quotient needle near zeroBefore we throw caution to the wind and build a new embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan - a la Baghdad - fit for 1,000 employees, let's first acquire a proper understanding of the nature of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. A majority of Pakistanis believe that Sept.
30 word rants-Various topicsWhen the left wants to demonize something, they put "big" in front of it — big oil, big insurance, big business. The worst big of all is big government. More government equals less freedom.
Iraq – The Women's StoryThe invasion of Iraq heralded promises of freedom from tyranny and equal rights for the women of Iraq. But three years on, the reality of everyday life for women inside Iraq is a different story.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | World News America | Matt Frei's diary: World's worst job?Matt Frei, US correspondent for the BBC, in his diary or blog, talks about the conundrum and responsibility hanging over the US on Afghanistan and the shifting focus and perceptions.
Poll: Afghanistan Troop Increase Unpopular (CBS) Fewer than one in three Americans believe the number of troops in Afghanistan should be increased, a new CBS News/New York Times poll finds, despite a leaked memo from General Stanley A.
Robert Gates: Overhaul the Pentagon Robert Gates has emerged as the most radical secdef in generations, upending the politics of national security, scrapping the traditional ways gear gets to troops, and defying the military-industrial complex.
Our war-loving Foreign Policy Community hasn't gone anywhereThe link he provides is to this list of think tank "experts" who worked on McChrystal's review, including the standard group of America's war-justifying theorists: the Kagans, a Brookings representative, Anthony Cordesman, someone from Rand, etc. etc.
President Clinton: The United States on Track to Pay Off the Debt by End of the DecadeDid you know that the recession was Bill Clinton's fault? Obviously it was, or else he wouldn't have said this!
Media Mud Pies: CNN's Embarrassing Response To FOXFor eight years CNN & corporate media have ignored the Left. When challenged by FOX that it failed to cover the Right, CNN is apoplectic to prove it covers the Right extensively. Shameful bias and hypocrisy.
The Story of My ShoeI am not a hero, and I admit that. But I have a point of view and I have a stance. It humiliated me to see my country humiliated. And to see my Baghdad burned. And my people being killed.
Why I Threw the ShoeI am free. But my country is still a prisoner of war. There has been a lot of talk about the action and about the person who took it, and about the hero and the heroic act, and the symbol and the symbolic act.
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