BBC News | Qaeda Members Escape Prison in Iraq New York Times Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era. Go to the Blog » Iraqi officials imposed a curfew and, ... 'Al-Qaeda group' flees Iraq jail Al-Qaida-linked inmates break out of Iraq prison 16 al-Qaida prisoners escape from Tikrit prison in central Iraq |
Jordan Times | Iraq: Attacks Kill at Least 6 People New York Times A series of roadside bombs and shootings in northern and western Iraq on Wednesday killed at least six people, four of them security ... FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 24 Three police gunned down in northern Iraq Bombs kill 11 in Iraq's capital, northern city |
The Associated Press | Over half of vets still waiting for GI Bill money USA Today "If you served your country, they (the US government) promised to pay," says Jeff Kohler, 23, a Navy veteran of the Iraq war who now attends Ohio State ... New GI Bill, same old bureaucratic delays Veterans' promised tuition checks AWOL Veterans Report GI Bill Fund Delays |
Earthtimes (press release) | DNO Shares Plunge On Iraq Kurdish Fallout Wall Street Journal OS) plunged Thursday as traders dumped the stock on concern about the negative fallout from the company's row with Iraq's northern Kurdistan government. ... Kurdistan Oil Spat With DNO Signals New Risk in Iraq TIMELINE-DNO oil operations suspended in northern Iraq DNO shares halved on Kurdish halt |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Forgotten mourners: Soldiers' brothers, sisters The Associated Press Weikel is one of the wars' forgotten mourners, the brothers and sisters of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unlike a parent or a spouse, ... Forgotten Mourners |
Tampa Tribune | Court nixes $5M verdict against funeral protesters The Associated Press based church have used protests at military funerals to spread their belief that US deaths in the Iraq war are punishment for the nation's tolerance of ... Appeals Court Overturns Verdict Against Military Funeral Protesters Court nixes $5M verdict against protesters |
The Associated Press | New fight: Unit preps for Afghanistan sans tanks The Associated Press Perhaps no unit better exemplifies the challenges presented by the Army's transition from desert warfare in Iraq to rugged mountain campaigns in Afghanistan ... Fort Lewis remembers Iraq, Afghanistan casualties Friends, families mourn fallen 3/2 soldiers Afghanistan War Deaths |
Telegraph.co.uk | Iraq detainee death 'was revenge' BBC News British soldiers might have been out for "revenge" when they detained an Iraqi civilian who died in their custody, a public inquiry has heard. ... UK lawyer says Iraq abuse hurt military's standing Iraqi killed in British custody 'hated' Saddam Baha Mousa inquiry: Iraqi civilian died after 'revenge abuse' in ... |
AFP | US Soldier Charged in Murder of Contractor in Iraq Voice of America By VOA News The US military says it is charging one of its soldiers with the murder of a civilian contractor in northern Iraq. Specialist Beyshee Velez was ... Iraq: American Soldier Charged in Contractor's Death US soldier charged with murder in contractor slaying in Iraq US soldier charged with murder of contractor in Iraq |
AFP | Kuwait mulls Iraq investments on reparations issue AFP KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait is considering investments in Iraq as away of resolving a dispute over billions of dollars of war reparations owed by Baghdad for its ... Kuwait says it's 'studying' proposal for Iraq debt Kuwait mulls investing war reparations in Iraq |