Fox News | Vets win PTSD settlement Washington Post (blog) A class action settlement announced Friday between the federal government and a group of disabled veterans will award lifetime health-care benefits to more than 1000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were discharged from ... Vets with PTSD get benefits under settlement Vets with PTSD, government reach settlement Vets With PTSD Awarded Higher Disability Benefits |
Daily Mail | Graduate 'viper' jailed for urging killing of MPs The Independent An IT graduate who posted messages on an Islamic extremist website urging Muslims to attack British MPs who voted for the Iraq War was described as "a viper in our midst" by a judge who jailed him for 12 years yesterday. ... Iraq war MPs blogger is jailed 'Viper in our midst' jailed for threatening MPs Man jailed for calling for jihadist attacks on British lawmakers who voted for ... |
U.S. dilemma in Iraq: What to do with a Hezbollah killer Washington Post Of all the leftover business for the Obama administration as US troops prepare to leave Iraq at the end of the year, nothing is more symbolic of the continuing threats there — and throughout the region — than the case of a Lebanese ... |
AFP | Iraq PM due before MPs as US troop talks cancelled AFP BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is due to make a rare appearance before Iraq's parliament on Saturday to push a plan for downsizing a bloated government that critics accuse of inaction. An aide to Maliki, meanwhile, said a meeting of political ... Iraq moving toward consensus for US contingent of trainers, not 10000 combat ... UN's Iraq Mission Poised for Larger Role as U.S. Forces Withdraw Obama's Iraq Abdication |
AFP | Iran, Turkey team up vs 'Kurdish terrorist threat' in northern Iraq World Tribune Both Iraq and the United States have confirmed Iranian incursions into Kurdistan. Officials said this marked the most intense Iranian military operation in northern Iraq since 2006. "There is a lot more work to be done, but the two countries have ... Iranian Shelling Kills 13-Year-Old in North Iraq Iran shelling of Kurd rebels kills Iraqi boy Hinging on pro-Iranian al-Maliki to protect Kurdistan is futile |
USA Today | Bomb attacks kill at least 16 in Iraq Washington Post By Ed O'Keefe, BAGHDAD — A car bomb and suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and injured at least 30 Thursday in Tikrit, police said, marking the deadliest attack in Iraq in about three weeks and coming days before the start of the Muslim holy ... Blasts kill at least 15 in Iraq's Tikrit Twin Iraq bombings kill 12, injure 31 Blasts kill 12 in central Iraq |
People's World | AS TRAINING WINDS DOWN, IRAQ AWAITS Fredericksburg.com Over the next few weeks, they'll fly to Kuwait on the Persian Gulf, then head to their base in neighboring Iraq. They officially began a 400-day deployment June 1; a departure ceremony was held that day at the University of Mary Washington, ... Members of Congress say: Leave Iraq this year |
UN News Centre | UN extends mission in Iraq another year eTaiwan News AP The Security Council has agreed to extend the UN mission in Iraq for another year as US troops withdraw and the country takes on more responsibility for its own security. The council said Thursday it will review the political mission's mandate in ... Security Council extends UN mission in Iraq by another year |
Army Corps Agrees to Pay Whistle-Blower In Iraq Case New York Times Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era. Go to the Blog » In a settlement agreement signed this month and made final by a federal judge this week, the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to pay the former ... |
1-140th AHB says goodbye Iraq, hello California DVIDS A mural on a blast wall at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, depicts the logo of the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment. JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – The California Army National guardsmen of the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, ... |