Reuters UK | Iraq's Maliki Firm on PM Post Voice of America Photo: AP Iraq's prime minister says his party will not compromise on its choice of who will run the next government. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said ... Iraq's al-Maliki says he's only party PM nominee Iraq's Maliki confirms to be sole candidate for PM Iraq's Maliki stands firm on post of PM |
Atlanta Journal Constitution | Honoring the dead: US saves war memorials in Iraq Washington Post AP JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- In words etched in stone, painted on concrete barriers, scribbled on hospital walls with magic markers, ... Honoring the dead: US saves war memorials in Iraq |
New York Daily News | Hard-hit Vt. plans 2nd memorial for Mideast wars The Associated Press It should: Vermont has suffered a terrible toll in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, losing 36 men who were either native sons, transplanted ones or former ... Memorial Day focuses attention on sacrifices, despite war fatigue A Trillion Dollar Turning Point? More US troops in Afghanistan than Iraq, a first |
Tampa Tribune | 1000th GI killed in Afghan war was on 2nd tour The Associated Press Leicht, who spent two painful years recovering from the Iraq blast, was killed Thursday when he stepped on a land mine in Helmand province that ripped off ... Kerrville Marine loses life after return to battlefield Kerrville Marine killed in Afghanistan Pendleton Marine killed in Afghanistan IDd |
Washington Post | To join the Army's Old Guard, Iraq war veteran learns to sweat the small stuff Washington Post Pata has survived a harrowing 15-month tour in Iraq. He spent the week after 9/11 digging for bodies in the rubble of Ground Zero. On nights and weekends, ... |
France24 | Iraqi police recover 1.3 million dollars from bank heist AFP NAJAF, Iraq — Police investigating a bank robbery near Najaf in southern Iraq have recovered 1.3 million dollars of the 5.5 million stolen and made one ... Iraq bank robbers steal $5 million, guards drugged Robbers use tea instead of guns to rob Iraqi bank Security guards drugged in $5 mln Iraq bank robbery |
AFP | Kurdish rebel chief to abandon peace efforts The Associated Press Turkey's military killed at least 24 Kurdish rebels in an airstrike on rebel hideouts in northern Iraq last week and separate clashes this week. ... Seven killed as Kurdish rebels step up attacks in Turkey Three killed as Turk forces clash with Kurd rebels Report: 19 Kurd rebels killed in attack last week |
CNN poll: Instability in Iraq could hurt support for U.S. withdrawal CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Public approval of reduced troop numbers in Iraq is linked to the country's short-term political stability, a new poll indicates. ... US military in Iraq needed “hardcore” troops with warlike mentality - journali |
Father joins Reserve in honor of fallen son abc7news.com SAN BRUNO, CA (KGO) -- As Americans remember fallen soldiers this Memorial Day, the father of a soldier killed in Iraq is paying tribute to his son. ... East Bay father joins military as tribute to slain son Calif dad pays tribute to son by joining reserves |
Aljazeera.net | Iraq dissolves Iraqi Airways over Kuwait dispute USA Today Iraq has decided to dissolve state-owned Iraqi Airways and declare it insolvent, The Associated Press reports. That's part of a decades-long dispute in ... Iraq Dissolves National Airline Over Dispute with Kuwait Iraq to dissolve Iraqi Airways Iraq dissolves Iraqi Airways over Kuwait dispute |