'Environmental Poisoning' of Iraq Is Claimed New York Times WASHINGTON — An advocacy group representing American military veterans and Iraqi civilians arrived here on Wednesday armed with a message for the United States government: Washington must do something for the thousands of people suffering from ... Advocacy group: Iraq burn pits are still killing Iraqis, U.S. troops |
CNN | Iraq war vet introduces military suicide prevention bill CNN (CNN) -- The first Iraq war combat veteran to serve in the U.S. Senate introduced legislation on Thursday aimed at reducing the number of military veterans who commit suicide. No matter the cost of the measures urged in the sweeping bill, "that is the ... Iraq war vet introduces military suicide bill |
New York Times (blog) | Obama gives Iraq war a more generous spin Washington Post (blog) President Obama, whose presidential campaign in 2008 took off in large part because of his criticism of the Iraq war, on Wednesday used that war as a contrast to what Russia is doing in Ukraine. Speaking in Brussels, Obama dismissed suggestions by ... Iraq and Crimea Why Did Obama Just Defend the Iraq War? Obama: Don't compare Ukraine invasion to Iraq |
UN News Centre | UN: 400000 Displaced This Year in Iraq Violence ABC News The United Nations envoy to Iraq says about 400,000 people have been displaced this year by ongoing violence in western Iraq, and the U.N. Security Council is expressing "grave concern" about recent developments particularly in Ramadi and Fallujah. UN warns of increasing militant links between Iraq, Syria |
Salon | Stop defending the Iraq War! Revising history will only lead to more mistakes Salon To anyone who lived through the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which led to an occupation that lasted nearly a decade, cost us more than $2 trillion, and led to the deaths of an estimated 500,000 people, it may seem unthinkable that the sordid details of how ... Jeff Sachs: Iraq War 'Much More Serious Violation of International Law' Than ... MSNBC contributor: Iraq War 'more serious violation of international law' than ... Obama Paints Crimea Secession as Worse than Iraq War |
Newsworks.org | Review: Still at war, 'Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq' Newsworks.org Vogel's play about a Marine platoon leader who's mentally broken after his mission in Iraq honors anti-war plays over the centuries – one of them is the 1936 play "Don Juan Comes Back from the War" by Austro-Hungarian Ödön von Horváth. While Vogel's ... |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Iraq: Bombings Kill 26 People in Baghdad ABC News The attacks happened within minutes of each other, suggesting a coordinated assault like those favored by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an al-Qaida-inspired group that is behind much of the bloodshed in Iraq. The evening's first attack was ... 18 killed, 45 wounded in Iraq's violence Iraq: Bombings kill 19 people in Baghdad |
After Decades of War, Iraq Adds Fleet of New Trains to Its Aging Railway Wired Photo: CSR. Brand new trains were delivered to Iraq for use on a popular railway route, another sign that the country is rebuilding the public transportation network that had fallen into disrepair over decades of neglect and war. The 10 new trains will ... |
Asharq Alawsat English | Iraq electoral commission resigns en masse weeks before vote Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The entire board of Iraq's electoral commission tendered its resignation on Tuesday in protest against political interference, casting doubt on a nationwide vote scheduled for next month. The Independent High Electoral Commission ... UN hopeful for way out of Iraq vote impasse Iraq elections heat up following election commission resignation Polling Centers Attacked in Iraq; 39 Killed, 74 Wounded |
Iraq combat veteran's wife, another man, arrested for his 2011 slaying Press-Register - al.com (blog) MOBILE, Alabama – Two people have been arrested for murder more than two years after the killing of an Iraq combat veteran, and the victim's widow is one of them. On Oct. 12, 2011, 32-year-old Re'Mano “Ray-Ray” Campbell Sr. was shot to death while at ... |