Archive for July, 2008

Montana soldier dies after being injured in Iraq

July 31, 2008
Montana soldier dies after being injured in Iraq
Helena Independent Record, MT - 18 hours ago
A Fairfield soldier who was critically injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq was taken off of life support Wednesday after being in a coma for more than a week

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Montana soldier dies after being injured in Iraq

July 31, 2008
Montana soldier dies after being injured in Iraq
KPAX-TV, MT - 19 hours ago
(AP) – A Fairfield soldier who was critically injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq has been taken off of life support after being in a coma for more than a
Fairfield soldier taken off life support Great Falls Tribune
Family to take Fairfield soldier injured in Iraq off life support Great Falls Tribune
Fairfield soldier taken off life support Great Falls Tribune
KPAX-TV
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Sgt. Jimmy McHale dies after being injured in Iraq

July 31, 2008

Army Sgt. Jimmy McHale didn’t shy away from the most dangerous and difficult jobs while serving two tours in Iraq, never considering that he would get hurt. Wednesday afternoon, the 31-year-old Fairfield man died at a military hospital, a week after a roadside bomb hit his Humvee leaving him in a coma. His family took [...]

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Town in mourning over soldier death

July 31, 2008

ITV.com
Town in mourning over soldier death
East Anglian Daily Times, UK - 7 hours ago
COLCHESTER has been plunged into mourning again after a ninth soldier based in the town was killed in Afghanistan in just over seven weeks.
Funeral for British soldier Scotsman
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Tracking a smear: Obama "snubbed" wounded soldiers because there …

July 30, 2008

BBC News
Tracking a smear: Obama "snubbed" wounded soldiers because there
Media Matters for America, DC - 40 minutes ago
met with wounded soldiers in Iraq "without photographers" and that the plan for the Landstuhl visit had been to "leave the press corps on the tarmac.
Video: McCain Visits German Restaurant in Ohio AssociatedPress
Statement on Barack Obama's Canceled Troop Visits in Germany Christian News Wire (press release)
How will Obama, progressives fight McCain's wounded troop smear? Huffington Post
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Suspect in NC soldier's death was baby's father

July 30, 2008

Washington Post
Suspect in NC soldier's death was baby's father
The Associated Press - 13 hours ago
He was deployed to Iraq from November 2005 to October 2006, according to US Army Europe spokesman Bruce Anderson. He began studying psychological operations
Video: Police: Suspect Father of Soldier's Unborn Child AssociatedPress
Soldier says he sired dead comrade's baby AZ Central.com
Fellow Soldier Was Father Of Touma's Baby The Raleigh Telegram
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Community gathers to send 170 soldiers off to Iraq

July 30, 2008
Community gathers to send 170 soldiers off to Iraq
KARE, MN - Jul 30, 2008
They and their fellow soldiers will move cargo and soldiers throughout Iraq for the better part of a year, before resuming their civilian lives.
Soldiers given emotional send off in Buffalo KAALtv.com
Army Reservists Get Deployment Ceremony In Buffalo WCCO
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Soldier on leave from Iraq meets infant daughter

July 30, 2008
Soldier on leave from Iraq meets infant daughter
News-Leader.com, MO - 1 hour ago
Not that anyone was disappointed with the early arrival of the soldier on leave from duty in Iraq. “We were all just sitting here together and he walked in

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A Mother's Sorrow: One Soldier's Suicide

July 30, 2008

E Canada Now
A Mother's Sorrow: One Soldier's Suicide
AlterNet, CA - 1 hour ago
Suicides among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are reaching epidemic proportions. More than 6000 veterans took their lives in 2005 alone, according to a
Suicide hotline got calls from 22000 veterans North County Times
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New tool may enhance the way Soldiers communicate with locals in …

July 30, 2008
New tool may enhance the way Soldiers communicate with locals in
United States Army (press release) - 2 hours ago
First Team Soldiers who saw the capability demonstration said they see the utility for the new tool, especially as they prepare to deploy to Iraq later this

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Mine blast injures three soldiers in S Turkey

July 30, 2008
Mine blast injures three soldiers in S Turkey
Xinhua, China - 11 hours ago
ANKARA, July 30 (Xinhua) — A mine blast injured three soldiers of the Turkish security forces in the southern province of Osmaniye on Wednesday,
Turkey and Iran bomb Kurdish rebels in Iraq Open Democracy
Mine kills three Turkish soldiers Reuters UK
Rendezvous with the PKK BBC News
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Kurdish Globe
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Thousands at funeral of boy shot in West Bank protest

July 30, 2008

BBC News
Thousands at funeral of boy shot in West Bank protest
AFP - 5 hours ago
An Israeli soldier shot the boy in the head with a live round during a demonstration in Nilin, according to protest organisers and witnesses.
Video: Israel shoots dead nine-year-old boy – 30 Jul 08 AlJazeeraEnglish
Israelis wound 9 Palestinians at boy's funeral Reuters
West Bank mourns boy shot at wall Aljazeera.net
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Boy shot by Israelis becomes martyred hero for Palestinians

July 30, 2008
Boy shot by Israelis becomes martyred hero for Palestinians
guardian.co.uk, UK - 6 hours ago
Still, the mourners at the funeral yesterday lashed out at the military's use of force against children. "Children resist with what? Stones.
Dangerously out of control Ha’aretz
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Are Soldiers Marking The End Of The Surge?

July 30, 2008
Are Soldiers Marking The End Of The Surge?
NPR - 16 minutes ago
Day to Day, July 30, 2008 · Soldiers in Iraq aren't officially marking the end of the surge, Capt. Nate Rawlings tells Alex Chadwick.

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Israelis wound 3 Palestinians at boy's funeral

July 30, 2008
Israelis wound 3 Palestinians at boy's funeral
Reuters - 18 minutes ago
"After the bulldozers finished their work, a military jeep belonging the border police pulled over and one soldier knelt down and aimed his rifle at us and

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