Voice of America | Iraq Cancels Russian Arms Deal Voice of America CAIRO — A spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki announced the suspension Saturday of a $4.2 billion arms deal between Baghdad and Moscow. A spokesman for Maliki, Ali Moussawi, told Iraqi state TV that the prime minister had decided to ... Iraq reconsiders $4 billion plan to buy Russian arms UPDATE 3-Iraq scraps $4.2 bln Russian arms deal, cites graft Iraq cancels new arms deal with Russia |
Brisbane Times | Iraq marked highlight of Petraeus' Army career The Seattle Times On the march to Baghdad in 2003, when many Americans expected the Iraq war to last weeks and not years, a two-star Army general named David Petraeus posed a question to a reporter accompanying him that would come to define the grueling U.S. ... Iraq highlights exceptional Army career of Gen. David Petraeus, expert on ... David Petraeus: Battlefield 'hero' and savvy Washington insider How Petraeus changed the US military |
Some local Iraq, Afghan veterans struggle to get jobs, get over PTSD Palm Beach Post Darrell Langworthy, a former Air Force sergeant who couldn't sleep, had difficulty finding work and suffered from post traumatic stress disorder after serving a tour in Saudi Arabia, stands in Veteran's Park in Royal Palm Beach. (Richard Graulich/The ... second chance for troubled veterans returning from Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Day Google+Hangout: Issues facing those who serve |
Iraq reconsiders $4 billion Russian arms plans The Associated Press By ADAM SCHRECK, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is reconsidering plans to buy more than $4 billion in arms from Russia, officials said Saturday, throwing the proposed purchase into question just weeks after it was announced. |
Los Angeles Times | California's Iraq and Afghanistan war dead remembered Los Angeles Times In the 11 years since the wars began in Iraq and Afghanistan, 725 service members from California have been killed. Many died young — 41% were not yet 22. Sixty-three were still teenagers. They were fun-loving singles. Forty-seven were engaged. |
AFP | Iraq Official: Exxon Seeks Exit Deal This Year KBTX BAGHDAD- An Iraqi official says Exxon Mobil expects to reach a deal by year's end to sell its stake in a major oil field in the country's south. Faisal Abdullah, who is spokesman for Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy affairs, said Friday that the ... Iraq Says Exxon Seeks Bids on Oil-Field Stake Iraq says Exxon to quit oilfield, ends Turkey TPAO deal Iraq says expects Exxon to finish West Qurna sale by December |
Iraq reconsiders plans to buy over $4 billion in Russian arms, including ... Washington Post BAGHDAD — Iraq is reconsidering plans to buy more than $4 billion in arms from Russia, officials said Saturday, throwing the proposed purchase into question just weeks after it was announced. The turnaround follows the ouster of Russia's defense ... |
ProPublica | Veterans Of Iraq, Afghanistan Find Benefit Claims Complicated By Missing War ... Huffington Post A strange thing happened when Christopher DeLara filed for disability benefits after his tour in Iraq: The U.S. Army said it had no records showing he had ever been overseas. DeLara had searing memories of his combat experiences. A friend bled to death ... Vital Field Records Missing From Iraq, Afghan Wars |
New York Daily News | Husband arrested for death of wife, Shaima Alawadi, previously believed to be ... New York Daily News Alhimidi went to Iraq for about two weeks to bury his wife and returned voluntarily, Redman said. Police did not try to prevent him from leaving the country because he was not a suspect at the time. At the burial in Najaf, relatives wept uncontrollably ... |
BBC News | Supreme Court judges to consider Iraq damages ruling BBC News The UK's most senior judges are to decide whether relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for damages under human rights law. Three soldiers' relatives are taking their fight to the Supreme Court after a ruling by the Court of ... Supreme Court hearing set for Iraq compensation claim |