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Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead - Houston Chronicle Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:35:49 GMT

The Nation

Iraq bombings, house raids leave 40 dead Houston Chronicle BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi insurgents unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country's Shiite community on Saturday, leaving at least 40 dead in a challenge to government efforts to promote a sense of stability by ... Iraq bus blast kills more than 30 during Eid holidayNBCNews.com (blog) Iraqi Sects Join Battle in Syria on Both SidesNew York Times Deadly attacks hit Iraq amid Eid festivalCNN Voice of America (blog) -Reuters all 868 news articles »

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Iraq War veteran points to benefits of service dogs - The Augusta Chronicle Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:26:38 GMT

Iraq War veteran points to benefits of service dogs The Augusta Chronicle Iraq War veteran Daniel Smith understands the reason for their delay but wishes more service members could receive the benefit of a service dog like his. Before Smith brought his black Labrador, Jefferson, home in early 2011, he could barely make it ... and more »

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Peter Moore, former hostage in Iraq, talks about life in captivity - Washington Post (blog) Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:04:18 GMT

Peter Moore, former hostage in Iraq, talks about life in captivity Washington Post (blog) In 2007, a group of armed men backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard captured a computer consultant named Peter Moore in Baghdad, along with four British security guards, and imprisoned them. Moore, from Lincoln in England, was released 31 months ... and more »

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Iraq war contractor KBR asks judge to pull its name from soldiers' lawsuit at ... - The Republic Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:07:05 GMT

Iraq war contractor KBR asks judge to pull its name from soldiers' lawsuit at ... The Republic Iraq War contractor Kellogg, Brown and Root has asked a federal judge in Portland to remove its name from an ongoing suit by 12 Oregon soldiers and replace it with a smaller subsidiary. They note that KBR Inc. wasn't formed until 2006, three years ... and more »

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Romney, with Cheney, Rove, All Admit Defeat in Iraq - AlterNet Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:52:50 GMT

Washington Times

Romney, with Cheney, Rove, All Admit Defeat in Iraq AlterNet It would have been a fitting place for Cheney to hear his old fighting buddy from the Vietnam deferment trenches, Mitt Romney, auditioning for president, declare: “We don't want another Iraq. We don't want another Afghanistan. That's not the right ... Obama ad takes Romney remarks on Iraq and Afghanistan out of contextWashington Post (blog) The Response to 9/11American Thinker WaPo skewers Obama for jeopardizing Iraq and Afghanistan, while endorsing himWashington Examiner Washington Times -theTrumpet.com -Main Line all 74 news articles »

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Iran is being set up to fail, just like Iraq - Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:01:43 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Iran is being set up to fail, just like Iraq Sydney Morning Herald A director of the international program to disarm Iraq after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Ekeus sees the same strategy unfolding - sanctions and isolation, espionage and low-level violence to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, but with a longer ... and more »

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Colleges offer veterans classes to ease transition - The Associated Press Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:48:00 GMT

The Associated Press

Colleges offer veterans classes to ease transition The Associated Press "Forgive me," an Iraq war veteran begins haltingly. "I have to use notes. I have a brain injury." The students are participants in a veterans writing seminar at George Washington University, where for two days they immerse themselves in the basics of ... and more »

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Insurgent Attacks Kill 18 Across Iraq - New York Times Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:35:32 GMT

Insurgent Attacks Kill 18 Across Iraq New York Times BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb that detonated near children at play and other insurgent strikes killed 18 people in Iraq on Saturday, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday ...

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Competition for influence in Iraq heats up - WND.com Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:15:27 GMT

WND.com

Competition for influence in Iraq heats up WND.com While the U.S. may introduce special operations forces in Iraq for training missions, the Turks want to establish bases in northern Iraq, which is predominantly Kurdish. Not only does Turkey have designs on northern Iraq's oil resources, Ankara wants ... Lawrence Solomon: Oil majors back KurdistanFinancial Post A Kurdish awakening in IranHaaretz overly friendly neighbours: iran's influence in iraqi kurdistanniqash Rudaw -SteelGuru all 11 news articles »

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John McCain: Colin Powell "Got Us Into Iraq" - Gather.com Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:24:14 GMT

TPM

John McCain: Colin Powell "Got Us Into Iraq" Gather.com Says former Republican presidential nominee John McCain: "Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq. But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq." McCain makes a good ... McCain: Powell 'Got Us Into Iraq'National Review Online (blog) McCain Dumps On Powell Again: He 'Got Us Into Iraq'TPM McCain says Colin Powell 'got us into Iraq'Press TV Reailty-Based Community -Jerusalem Post -The International all 8,911 news articles »