Browse Topics topics home

Advanced Search Web Search powered by YAHOO!

TOPIC | Iraq War

Ads by Yahoo!

E-Ciqarette's Exp0sed
The E-Ciqarette craze is sweeping the country. Is it that good?
livingto113.com
Woman is 51 But Looks 25
Mom publishes simple wrinkle secret that has angered doctors...
ConsumerLifestyles.org

Memorial Day 2012: List of military personnel from Oklahoma who have died since 2003 Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 These military members have died in Iraq, Afghanistan, or the Philippines since 2003 and had listed Oklahoma as their home state, according to the U.S. Department of Defense Read More
ORU war vet believed hero in Kansas plane crash Updated: Mon, May 14, 2012 No one will know the details of the heroism that saved the life of Hannah Luce until she herself is able to tell the story. Read More
Diana West: Free Michael Behenna and rest of 'Leavenworth 10' Published: Wed, May 2, 2012 To keep former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna behind bars until 2024 for the “unpremeditated murder” of an insurgent during the war in Iraq, U.S. military prosecutors have resorted to strange and disturbing twists of law, logic and morality. They were all on display again in Behenna's final plea before the... Read More
A soldier's farewell, Pfc. Tony Joe Potter Updated: Sun, Sep 18, 2011 OKMULGEE - About 500 people filled the sanctuary at the First Baptist Church Okmulgee Saturday to mourn Pfc. Tony Joe Potter - the youngest Oklahoma National Guardsman to die in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More
Iraq decision delay threatens smooth withdrawal Published: Tue, Aug 2, 2011 Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that American and Iraqi operations over the last several weeks have tamped down a recent surge in Iranian-backed violence there. And his top commander in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin said the Iraqis are more aggressively pushing back both militarily and... Read More
Sources: 10,000 U.S. troops on offer for Iraq Published: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 The White House has worked out options to keep between 8,500 and 10,000 active-duty troops to continue training Iraqi security forces during 2012, according to senior Obama administration and U.S. military officials in interviews with The Associated Press. The figures also were noted by foreign diplomats in Baghdad... Read More
Suicide bomber in northern Iraqi city kills 7 Updated: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, killing seven people. Police and medical officials say 16 people were injured. Four of the dead were Iraqi soldiers. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were... Read More
Bomb strikes funeral, killing 48 in Baghdad Updated: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 BAGHDAD — A car bomb ripped through a funeral tent in a mainly Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 48 people and triggering skirmishes between Iraqi troops and demonstrators angry about security failures. The blast and three other small bombings Thursday were the latest in more than a week of... Read More
Pennsylvania soldier's selflessness no surprise to family Updated: Thu, Dec 30, 2010 DREXEL HILL, Pa. — Nancy Violi was both proud and crushed by the gift her 21-year-old son gave to a fellow soldier stationed with him in Iraq this Christmas: A trip home. A specialist with the Army's 25th Stryker Brigade, Vincent Violi told his mother during a phone conversation in September he would not... Read More
WikiLeaks near release of secret US war documents Published: Fri, Oct 22, 2010 LONDON (AP) — The WikiLeaks website is poised to release what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports that could amount to a classified history of the war in Iraq. U.S. officials condemned the move and said Friday... Read More
Obama ends Iraq combat effort: Time to turn page Published: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — Opposed to the war from the start, President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq as promised, declaring: "It is time to turn the page." He said the nation's most urgent priority must be fixing its own economy. In advance excerpts of his prime-time speech to the... Read More
Rev. Wright: Obama Muslim myth believers 'psychopaths' Published: Sun, Aug 29, 2010 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor is referring to people who wrongly believe Obama is Muslim as "psychopaths." The Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered a fiery sermon Sunday at the New Millennium Church in Little Rock that largely criticized supporters of the Iraq war.... Read More
Obama: Iraq war is ending, Baghdad to chart future Published: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama said the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq means "the war is ending" and Baghdad is in position "to chart its own course." Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to highlight Tuesday's formal end to U.S. combat missions in Iraq and... Read More
Suicide car bomber kills 8 west of Baghdad Updated: Sun, Aug 8, 2010 BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomber struck a police patrol west of Baghdad Sunday and killed eight people, most of them civilians standing in line outside a post office to collect the monthly stipend for the country's poorest, police officials said. The blast comes just a day after explosions tore through a... Read More
Obama: US to leave Iraq 'as promised, on schedule' Updated: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end "as promised and on schedule," touting what he called a success of his administration though it comes amid persistent instability and uncertainty in Iraq. Obama cited progress toward meeting his deadline of withdrawing all... Read More
July deadliest month for Iraqis since 2008 Published: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 BAGHDAD (AP) — July was Iraq's deadliest month in more than two years, according to new official figures, suggesting that a resilient insurgency is successfully taking advantage of a months long deadlock in forming a new government. The figures released late Saturday show that 535 people were killed last month,... Read More
Coffee, care for our troops Updated: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 For just $2, you can log onto a computer or smart phone and send a deployed service member a cup of fresh-brewed coffee through the “Cup of Joe for a Joe” program and send along a personal message of support and encouragement. Read More
Operation Helmet saves lives in Iraq and Afghanistan one soldier at a time Updated: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 MIAMI, Fla. -– Dr. Robert "Doc Bob" Meaders hopes to be out of business some day. Since 2004, the retired U.S. Navy captain has run Operation Helmet, a non-profit charitable organization, from Montgomery, Texas. Operation Helmet has provided more than 46,000 Oregon Aero helmet upgrade kits free-of-charge for... Read More
Semper Ride aims to save military lives at home Updated: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 North Carolina - Camp Lejeune / Cherry Point / New River (June 25, 2009) – Last year 25 U.S. Marines died in motorcycle accidents, while 22 were killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In an effort to save lives at home, the Marine Corps Safety Board is focusing on motorcycle safety with a new approach to grab the... Read More
Let's Say Thanks Updated: Wed, Nov 26, 2008 Send a thank you card to a soldier who is currently serving in Iraq. Go to www.LetsSayThanks.com, pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . Read More
Advertisement

Related Items on the Web

Video

    Audio

      Blogs

        Articles


          Related Multimedia

          Video

          Advertisement



          top viewed storiesview all