![]() BBC News | President Obama is right: Don't release the Iraq prisoner photos The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty ImagesAn Iraqi security officer patrols the grounds at the newly opened Baghdad Central Prison in Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, Iraq. Among the political left in general and Bush-bashers in particular there's much weeping and gnashing of ... Video: Obama reverses course on prisoner abuse photos Knowing 'What's Good for the Country' Obama should release photos of abuse |
![]() BBC News | Russian official shrugs off Iraq Nabucco gas plan guardian.co.uk, UK "I don't see any tragic events (in this Iraq deal)," Alexander Saltanov, Russia's special presidential representative for the Middle East and deputy minister of foreign affairs, told Reuters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Jordan. ... UAE and European companies team to export Iraq gas OMV Buys 10% Stake In Two Large Iraqi Gas Field Projects European companies join effort to export Iraq gas |
![]() Javno.hr | Two policemen killed in Iraq attacks AFP MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) — Two Iraqi policemen were killed and three others were wounded on Sunday in two separate attacks, including a car bombing, in the volatile northern city of Mosul, police said. One officer was killed in a suicide car bomb attack on ... Video: Inside Iraq - Rising violence - 15 May 09 - Part 1 FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 17 Toddler, US soldier, police die in attacks in Iraq |
Dispute Over Land Simmering in Iraq Washington Post, United States By Nada Bakri BASHIKA, Iraq -- On a sunny day last week, a group of young Arabs from northern Iraq bundled up their colorful kites for an annual festival and headed to Mount Maqloub, where a gentle wind waited to lift their handiwork across a clear sky ... Tensions Boil Between Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis |
![]() PRESS TV | Iraq: 100000 Iraqi civilians, 4296 US troops dead PRESS TV, Iran The total tally of US military fatalities in Iraq is at least 4296, as of Friday, according to Associated Press records. The number of Iraqi wounded has not been officially announced, but is likely to exceed 100000, as the improved medical evacuation ... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4296 US military deaths in Iraq war at 4297 |
![]() Boston Globe | Clinic Shootings Highlight Mental Health Challenges for Military Washington Post, United States By Ann Scott Tyson Sgt. John M. Russell was near the end of his third tour in Iraq when he allegedly gunned down five fellow service members at a Baghdad combat stress clinic last week. The incident cast a stark light on some of the military's biggest ... Letter From Washington: The Invisible Scars Of War Even after John Russell tragedy, troops' career fears hamper PTSD ... The deadly treatment of Sergeant John M Russell |
![]() CBS News | Iraq War Claims Its Oldest Combat Fatality New York Times, United States Last Sunday, Major Hutchison, 60, became the oldest member of the American military to die of combat-related wounds in either Iraq or Afghanistan. “I didn't want him to go, for obvious reasons,” his brother, Richard, said Friday. ... Vietnam Vet From Arizona Is Oldest Soldier to Die in Iraq 60-Year-Old US Soldier Killed in Iraq 60-year-old is oldest Army soldier killed in Iraq |
![]() PRESS TV | 4 Americans investigated in Afghan death The Associated Press Blackwater was involved in a 2007 shooting in a busy square in Baghdad, Iraq, that left as many as 17 Iraqi civilians dead and led to the end of its Baghdad operations this month. It has since changed its name to Xe. The nature of the shooting and the ... Security firm staff shoot at Afghan civilians Contractors involved in shooting are virtual prisoners, attorney says Xe Day 2009 |
![]() New York Times | From Serving in Iraq to Welcoming White House Guests New York Times, United States The first was George W. Bush, her commander in chief when she was an Army sergeant stationed in Iraq. Ms. Page joined the military after finishing high school in Maryland, following a long line of others in her family. She worked as a paralegal in ... |
160 Iowa soldiers return from Iraq Chicago Tribune, United States AP BOONE, Iowa - Ceremonies have been held in three Iowa cities to welcome home from Iraq about 160 members of the Iowa National Guard's 248th Aviation Support Battalion. Family and friends gathered Saturday in Boone, Waterloo and Davenport for the ... National Guard battalion returns home from Iraq Iowa National Guard Homecoming A Happy Homecoming |