Articles tagged with: “Iraq”
Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo
WASHINGTON — When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in ...
Ex-Marine recruiter admits to sex with Olympus High student
A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter admitted Monday to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female Olympus High School student. Trevor Adam Hooper, 27, ...
Did Big Oil Win the War in Iraq?
Last week, ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil company in 35 years to sign an oil-production contract with the government of Iraq.As I write, several ...
Taliban guerrillas bring 'Iraq tactics' to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Suicide attacks, car bombings, shootings in the capital and fighting in the mountains -- Taliban guerrillas are dragging Pakistan into a war deadlier ...
Obama weighs cost of Afghan war
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is insisting that military options for the costly war in Afghanistan include the quickest possible exit ...
An Ugly Peace
First of a two-part series on counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan.In December 2008 I flew Royal Jordanian from Amman to Iraq’s southern city of Basra. ...
Army says morale down among troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq show much ...
Moran: 'He needs to get out of this war before he owns this war'
President Barack Obama "needs to get out of this war before he owns this war," one Democratic lawmaker said of the country's current mission in ...
Veterans: Lip Service, Bankers: Billions & America: Foreclosures - Here’s The Fix
One thing about doing a two hour show that heavily covers both the financial crisis and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is that you ...
Rachel Maddow: Hoekstra, Dubious Choice for Intelligence Committee
The following is a transcript of Rachel Maddow's 'RE: Hoekstra, Line & Sinker' from 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009:If a religious ...
U.S. adviser to Kurds criticized
OSLO, Norway, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A former Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations expressed shock that a U.S. consultant to the Kurds may earn ...
Report: Blackwater OK'd $1M plan to pay off Iraqis
Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off ...
Cheney urges strong U.S. commitment to Afghan war
BENTON HARBOR, Michigan - Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to commit enough troops to win the war in Afghanistan, ...
US helicopter pilots die in Iraq
Two US army pilots have been killed in a helicopter crash in central Iraq, the US military has said. Their helicopter "experienced a hard landing" ...
The films that defined the noughties
This decade has brought some extraordinary shifts in the way films are made, and the way we watch them. But it’s not always easy to ...
Exxon-led group clinches Iraq's W. Qurna contract
BAGHDAD - An Exxon Mobil-led consortium has beaten rival Russian, French and Chinese groups to secure initial rights to develop Iraq's West Qurna field, adding ...
Phantom fear of Taliban is driving the war in Afghanistan
New York -- The recent suicidal violence in Pakistan coincides with a growing concern that President Obama might be tempted by the same folly that ...
Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained
Sixteen American soldiers killed themselves in October in the U.S. and on duty overseas, an unusually high monthly toll that is fueling concerns about the ...
Baghdad car bombs near government offices kill 136
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two suicide car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 136 people and delivering a powerful blow to the heart ...
Bush to face anti-war protest in spot where Lennon recorded 'Give Peace a Chance'
MONTREAL — The clamour of anti-war protest will once again surround the Montreal hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a bed-in that helped ...
Iraqi shoe thrower gets hero's welcome in Geneva
GENEVA — The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of ...
Bleak U.S. job market boosts military recruitment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aided by a bleak job market, the U.S. military met all of its recruitment goals in the past year for the first ...
Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Afghanistan
President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also ...
Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore
Friends, Last night my wife asked me if I thought I was a little too hard on Obama in my letter yesterday congratulating him on ...
Cindy Sheehan arrested at White House anti-war protest
WASHINGTON (CNN) — As the war in Afghanistan nears the start of its ninth year, a group of anti-war protesters gathered in front of the ...
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