New York Times (blog) | Obama Honors Anniversary of Iraq Pullout New York Times (blog) As it happened, Mr. Obama met with the veterans of both the Iraq and the Afghanistan wars, and some soldiers about to be deployed to Afghanistan, the day after Mitt Romney failed to mention either war in his nomination-acceptance address at the ... Obama defends foreign policy record Obama vows help to soldiers, marks Iraq war end President Obama marks end to war in Iraq -- again |
AFP | Gambia, Iraq executions buck worldwide abolitionist trend Los Angeles Times Human rights advocates the world over have been shocked and outraged by Gambia's first executions in 27 years and an escalation in hangings in Iraq that has already sent 91 to their deaths this year. GlobalFocus The rash of executions in the two ... UN joins calls for Iraq death penalty moratorium Iraq: Lack of Transparency in 26 Executions Call For Halt To Death Penalty In Iraq After 21 Executed In Single Day |
Toronto Star | US Soldier May Appeal Canadian Deportation Order ABC News A U.S. soldier facing deportation after fleeing to Canada to avoid the war in Iraq said Friday that her biggest fears are being separated from her children and being sent to prison upon her return to the United States. Kimberly Rivera, who has lived in ... Iraq War resister speaks out after deportation order Harper Government to Deport First Woman US Iraq War Resister |
Voice of America | Obama Marks Second Anniversary of End of Iraq War Voice of America WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Barack Obama observed the second anniversary on Friday of the end of the Iraq War, in a visit to an Army base in Texas. The Democratic president will then spend the Labor Day weekend campaigning, as will his Republican ... Obama highlights end of Iraq war, touts killing of bin Laden |
The Hindu | Not in Romney's speech: Social Security, Iraq, Afghanistan, border, welfare ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — Social Security. Medicare. Iraq. Afghanistan. Illegal immigration. They're all costly to taxpayers and the next president presumably will have to address them to one degree or another. Yet GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney made no ... Not in Romney's speech: Iraq, Social Security |
Mitt Romney RNC Speech Dodges Iraq, Social Security Huffington Post Polls show that most Americans want to get American troops out of the costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and President Barack Obama is generally seen as a president who is doing just that. Obama began drawing down the force with a plan to have all ... |
Iraq pushes to blunt UN nuclear agency powers Memphis Commercial Appeal VIENNA (AP) — Under pressure from a U.N. nuclear agency probe, Iran is urging member countries to revamp the agency in a way that would dilute the power of nations that fear it may be trying to make atomic arms, while giving its allies more authority. |
Obama vows help to soldiers, marks Iraq war end The Associated Press By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press – 1 hour ago. FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) — In an election-year reminder that he ended the war in Iraq, President Barack Obama vowed Friday to help soldiers, veterans and their families overcome economic and health ... |
Al-Arabiya | Iraq Kurds ready for talks over crisis, oil: deputy PM Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan is ready to restart negotiations with Baghdad to end their crisis, focusing on a long-delayed oil law to hand regions more say in managing energy resources, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Rosh Nuri al-Shawish, a Kurd, ... Failing Federalism in Iraq and the Kurdish Quest for Independence |
Iraq war vet: 'Now it's time to win' at Paralympics NBCNews.com (blog) I fought for it, and now it's time to win for it,” said U.S. Army Iraq war veteran Scott Winkler, who was paralyzed in 2003 while serving on a mission in Tikrit. "When you raise your hand and you swear to your country, that is the chance you have to ... |