WA today | Counseling Was Ordered for Soldier in Iraq Shooting New York Times, United States Now, just weeks from finishing his third tour in Iraq, Sgt. John M. Russell was in trouble with his commanding officer, who ordered him to turn in his gun and receive psychological counseling. John Michael Russell and Wilburn Russell, the son and the ... Video: Murder Charges Filed in Iraq Soldier Shooting Victim allegedly gunned down by Sgt. John Russel in Iraq made ... Suspect in Iraq attack recently had weapon taken away |
Sydney Morning Herald | Obama Moves to Bar Release of Detainee Abuse Photos New York Times, United States By JEFF ZELENY and THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON — President Obama said Wednesday that he would fight to prevent the release of photographs documenting abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan by United States military personnel, reversing his position on ... Video: US looking to boost military funding for right war Iraq general swayed Obama on detainee photos UPI NewsTrack TopNews |
Houston Chronicle | Correction: Iraq-US Deaths story The Associated Press In a May 12 story about US deaths in Iraq, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Defense Department, reported erroneously where Navy Cmdr. Charles K. Springle died. It was Camp Liberty, not Camp Victory. Soldier killed in Iraq has Sanford ties 52-Year-Old Soldier Dies In Iraq NC Officer killed in Iraq shooting |
A Pakistan News | US military deaths in Iraq war at 4294 Forbes, NY By AP , 05.13.09, 08:19 PM EDT As of Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at least 4294 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in ... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4293 |
Earthtimes (press release) | Spike in suicide attacks: Is Al Qaeda in Iraq coming back? Christian Science Monitor, MA Correspondent Jane Arraf discusses new targets for militant attacks within Iraq. Baghdad - US and Iraqi officials facing an increase in high-profile suicide bombs do not believe it signals a reversal of a trend of declining attacks. ... Iraq says insurgent leader still in custody Anti Al-Qaeda leader and son killed in Iraq Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq denies head captured |
The Associated Press | New threat for Iraqi military: Drop in oil prices The Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Lower oil prices are threatening Iraq's efforts to build a military capable of defending the country, raising the possibility that the Iraqis will need substantial US help for years after the Americans leave by 2012. ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Lawyer Says US Reporter Had an Iranian Document New York Times, United States The document, a 2003 report on the planned United States invasion of Iraq, was prepared by a research organization affiliated with the office of the Iranian president at the time, Mohammad Khatami, the lawyer, Saleh Nikbakht, said. ... Video: Saberi: I Just Want to Be With My Parents US-born reporter obtained secret Iran report-lawyer Saberi 'had classified document' |
Telegraph.co.uk | What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean? Huffington Post, NY McKiernan, the commander of conventional ground forces for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, is being replaced by a rather controversial special operations expert, Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal. As head of Joint Special Operations Command, ... Video: US changes commander in Afghanistan A General Steps From the Shadows Gates: General wasn't fired over troop requests |
World Briefing | Middle East Libya: Fabricator of Iraq-Qaeda Link ... New York Times, United States By AP A Libyan militant whose false information about links between Iraq and Al Qaeda was used by the Bush administration as part of its justification for war in Iraq has died in a prison in Libya, a Libyan newspaper reported. ... Al Qaeda figure who provided link to Iraq reportedly dead in Libya Source for Colin Powell's Fake UN Claim of Iraq-al-Qaeda ... Report: Al-Qaida militant dies in Libyan prison |
ArabianBusiness.com | The Failure Game Of Iraqi Oil Forbes, NY HOUSTON -- Sitting on some of the largest and most unexploited oil reserves in the world, embattled Iraq continues to reel from falling production and the delay in passing a national hydrocarbons law. But at the second Iraq Oil and Gas Summit here ... Landmark Decision in Iraq STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-DNO jumps on Iraq export deal Kurdish crude bails out Baghdad |