Archive for the ‘iraq’ Category
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
IOC says Iraq will not compete at Beijing Olympics because of government interference. Iraq has been banned because of a government decision to disband the country's National Olympic Committee, a senior official of the committee said on Thursday.Read the full story
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says U.S. troops should leave Iraq "as soon as possible," according to a magazine report in which he also called presidential candidate Barack Obama's suggestion of 16 months "the right timeframe for a withdrawal."Read the full story
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The Canadian government's effort to remove Mr. Glass contrasts with the warm reception given to deserters and draft avoiders from the United States during the war in Vietnam. And although the war in Iraq has very little support among Canadians, the situation of Mr. Glass and others who abandoned their ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Former detainees of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq are suing U.S. contractors in four states for alleged torture. The first complaint was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Others are being filed in Detroit; Columbus, Ohio; and Greenbelt, Md.Read the full story
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Foreign firms set to return after 36 years for developing Iraqi oil fields. The war appears to be a "success" to corporate interests!
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Some definite temporary progress. My sense is that paying the Sunni's for peace is probably fueling a future powderkeg. It's not a sustainable strategy.Read the full story
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
"In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Such cases of self-harm are a "rising trend" that military doctors are watching closely, says Col. Kathy Platoni, an Army Reserve psychologist who has worked with veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. "There are some soldiers who will do almost anything not to go back," she says. Col. Elspeth Ritchie, the ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Foreclosure filings in 10 towns and cities within 10 miles of military facilities, including Norfolk, Virginia, home of the Navy's largest base, rose by an average 217 percent from January through April from a year earlier. Nationally, the rate was 59 percent in the same period, according to RealtyTrac, which ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
As an Army sniper, Higgins was one of the select few toting an M14. The long-barreled rifle, an imposing weapon built for wars long past, spits out bullets larger and more deadly than the rounds that fit into the M4 carbines and M16 rifles that most soldiers carry.Read the full ...
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