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Police: NC deputy slain trying to arrest Iraq vet - Seattle Post Intelligencer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:46:22 GMT

WFMY News 2

Police: NC deputy slain trying to arrest Iraq vet
Seattle Post Intelligencer
VASS, NC (AP) — A North Carolina deputy sheriff was shot and killed Wednesday as he tried to arrest an Iraq war veteran with an outstanding arrest warrant for not paying child support, authorities said. The suspect then took his own life. ...
Police: NC deputy slain trying to arrest Iraq vetThe Associated Press

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Obama Turns Focus to Iraq as Future US Role Still Evolving - BusinessWeek Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:37:47 GMT

New York Times

Obama Turns Focus to Iraq as Future US Role Still Evolving
BusinessWeek
8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is focusing on the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq by year's end, even as his administration continues talks behind the scenes about the future American role there. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is ...
Obama Turns Focus to Iraq as Future U.S. Role Still EvolvingBloomberg
A Wartime Leader Ends a War He Never WantedNew York Times
President Obama to Mark End of the War in Iraq Next WeekABC News (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog) -New York Post -Washington Post
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Recommended: US on Iraq security: 'We really don't know what's going to happen' - msnbc.com Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:28:36 GMT

msnbc.com

Recommended: US on Iraq security: 'We really don't know what's going to happen'
msnbc.com
"We really don't know what's going to happen" with security in Iraq after the US forces leave, says Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, Deputy Commanding General of US Forces. By Courtney Kube, NBC News Pentagon producer WASHINGTON – "We really don't know what's ...
US Pullout from Iraq ProgressesWall Street Journal
Final Briefing from BaghdadTIME (blog)
Iraq Drawdown Continues: US General says Iraq's Security Forces Up To ChallengeABC News (blog)
The Voice of Russia -Department of Defense -CNN (blog)
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Iraq to talk with Syria on implementing AL deal - China Daily Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:06:59 GMT

AFP

Iraq to talk with Syria on implementing AL deal
China Daily
BAGHDAD - Iraq on Thursday agreed with the Arab League (AL) to try to convince Syria to implement the bloc's initiative in a bid to avoid economic sanctions and end the violence in the country. "We have talked about Syria and we demanded interference ...
Iraq seeks to convince Syria to sign Arab dealAFP
Arab League seeks Iraq help in SyriaNews24
LEAD: Iraq pledges efforts to resolve Syrian crisisMonsters and Critics.com
Al-Arabiya -Aswat Al Iraq -Washington Post
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Local Iraq War Vet Responds To Soldier's Remains Taken To Landfill - NBC4i.com Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:54:57 GMT

BBC News

Local Iraq War Vet Responds To Soldier's Remains Taken To Landfill
NBC4i.com
"I served in Iraq in 2006 and four of my really good friends were killed and it makes my blood boil to think they may be in a landfill right now," said Daniel Hutchison, an Iraqi war veteran. Hutchison spent 2006 and 2007 in Iraq and has written a book ...
Report: Hundreds Of Troops' Ashes Were Dumped In LandfillNPR (blog)
Schwartz: Mortuary problems identified, fixed - Marine Corps News | News from ...Marine Corps Times
Remains of hundreds of fallen American soldiers sent to landfillChristian Science Monitor
The Moderate Voice -RT -New York Times
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As Iraq and Afghan wars end, costs mount on pace to rival Vietnam - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:58:41 GMT

As Iraq and Afghan wars end, costs mount on pace to rival Vietnam
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
WASHINGTON — The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be winding down, but the long-term costs of caring for those wounded in battle is on path to rival the costs of the Vietnam War. While Vietnam extracted a far higher death toll — 58000 ...
War in Afghanistan is a noble cause; Iraq war is notWashington Post
The end of the Iraq war and the surge to come home - FRANCE 24FRANCE 24
Our Children Will Finally Learn That Wars Can and Do EndHuffington Post
Lake Wylie Pilot -WTRF
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Iraq to Get F-16 Fighters - Huffington Post Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:48:21 GMT

Iraq to Get F-16 Fighters
Huffington Post
Back in March 2010, Iraq submitted a request to the US government for the purchase of 18 new F-16 fighter aircraft. Iraq would like to have 36 F-16s by 2020. As recently as January of this year, it was reported that Iraq was "on the verge of signing a ...

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Joe Raedle / Getty Images - msnbc.com (blog) Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:45:09 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Joe Raedle / Getty Images
msnbc.com (blog)
US Army soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, wait with their armored vehicles as they prepare to convoy to Kuwait from Camp Adder in Iraq on Dec. 7, 2011, near Nasiriyah. US Army soldiers from the 2-82 Field ...
Iraq Pullout: America Still GoldenBagNews Notes
US military winds down Iraq withdrawalAljazeera.com
U.S. withdrawal from Iraq: by the numbersGlobalPost (blog)
CBS News -Albany Times Union
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Local soldiers deployed to Iraq return to Suffolk - WTKR Your NewsChannel 3 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:18:26 GMT

The Virginian-Pilot

Local soldiers deployed to Iraq return to Suffolk
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3
The withdrawal in Iraq means more than 100 local soldiers with the Virginia Army National Guard are clutching their loved ones tightly tonight. Their six-month deployment came to a close today and NewsChannel 3 was in Suffolk as they returned home. ...
Soldiers In Iraq Preparing To Return HomeKOCO Oklahoma City
Drawdown in Iraq becomes reality in Hampton RoadsWVEC.com (subscription)
Va. National Guard soldiers arrive home to SuffolkThe Virginian-Pilot
Roanoke Times -WAVY-TV -Fredericksburg.com (blog)
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How a simple tool saved many US lives in Iraq - CBS News Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:58:51 GMT

How a simple tool saved many US lives in Iraq
CBS News
As the war in Iraq draws to a close, one of the most important lessons has come in the field of medicine. In Iraq and Afghanistan, wounded Americans have an 88 percent survival rate -- compared to 72 percent in Vietnam. CBS News correspondent Jim ...

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