Archive for January, 2009

Big year for mountain post, city – Colorado Springs Gazette

January 31, 2009
Big year for mountain post, city
Colorado Springs Gazette, CO - 17 hours ago
The 3800-soldier 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division left last fall for a year in Iraq and won't be home until late this year.
New troops to soften blow of recession in Springs Denver Post
all 13 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Friday: 1 US Soldier, 5 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded – Antiwar.com

January 31, 2009
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 5 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded
Antiwar.com, CA - 17 hours ago
One US soldier was killed. Meanwhile, Iraq's foreign minister said the country is encouraged by reassurances that the US troops will not withdraw too

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Soldier to return from second tour in Iraq – Muscatine Journal

January 31, 2009
Soldier to return from second tour in Iraq
Muscatine Journal, IA - 5 hours ago
By Melissa Regennitter of the Muscatine Journal Baghdad, Iraq — Lt. Col. Eric Holliday will be heading home to Muscatine from Iraq next week after nearly 11

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Saluting the memory of a fallen soldier – MSNBC

January 30, 2009
Saluting the memory of a fallen soldier
MSNBC - 53 minutes ago
Family and friends of a Santa Ynez soldier will come together to salute his memory. Funeral services with full military honors are planned Friday afternoon

Tags:
Posted in The Fallen Comments Off

After Campaign Push, Obama Cultivates Military – New York Times

January 30, 2009
After Campaign Push, Obama Cultivates Military
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago
Pentagon officials say they have been relieved that Mr. Obama has so far proceeded slowly on two campaign promises: to pull all combat troops out of Iraq

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Iraq elections: Security tight for provincial vote – Los Angeles Times

January 30, 2009

USA Today
Iraq elections: Security tight for provincial vote
Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago
ON ALERT: An Iraqi soldier checks security at a polling station in the southern city of Basra. There is a curfew on cars in cities, and Baghdad's airport is
Video: Raw Video: Iraqis Vote in Provincial Elections AssociatedPress
Iraqis to head to polls in key provincial elections CNN
PHOTOS: Provincial elections polling sites secured by ISF NewsBlaze
Malaysia Star - Reuters
all 2,589 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

US soldier in Iraq surprises son by jumping out of present – Telegraph.co.uk

January 30, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk
US soldier in Iraq surprises son by jumping out of present
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours ago
"One of the first things (Gabriel) shared about himself was that his dad was in Iraq and that he was waiting for his dad to come home," she said.
Dayton kindergartner unwraps soldier dad during classroom celebration Nevada Appeal
Soldier wrapped in box for son's birthday Times of the Internet
Daddy wraps up for kid's birthday The Sun
all 437 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Iraqi Translators Fear for Their Lives if Identities Are Revealed … – FOXNews

January 30, 2009
Iraqi Translators Fear for Their Lives if Identities Are Revealed
FOXNews - 3 hours ago
To US soldiers in Iraq, many translators have done much more than just "help." Some are even seen as heroes. "Jasim has saved the lives of everyone in our

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

TIMELINE-Iraq holds provincial elections – Reuters

January 30, 2009

ABC News
TIMELINE-Iraq holds provincial elections
Reuters - 3 hours ago
June 15 – US military says it has completed its troop build-up, or "surge", to 160000 soldiers. Aug. 1 – The main Sunni Arab bloc pulls out of Maliki's
Video: Iraq in Lockdown on Eve of Provincial Vote AssociatedPress
Factfile on Iraq Times of India
Arab, Kurd rift evident as election day nears Stars and Stripes
GlobalPost - Aljazeera.net
all 2,517 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Provincial Elections Bringing Change to Iraq – NewsBlaze

January 30, 2009

WELT ONLINE
Provincial Elections Bringing Change to Iraq
NewsBlaze, CA - 11 hours ago
An Iraqi Army soldier stands guard in at a school in Baghdad's Sadr City district. The school will be used as a voting station when the nation holds its
Video: Iraq in Lockdown on Eve of Provincial Vote AssociatedPress
Iraqis to head to polls in key provincial elections CNN
Early voting starts in Iraq provincial poll Reuters
Swissinfo - Ventura County Star
all 2,385 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

US Army Suicide Rate Reaches Record High – Voice of America

January 30, 2009

New York Daily News
US Army Suicide Rate Reaches Record High
Voice of America - 5 hours ago
Elspeth Ritchie, a doctor in the Office of the Army Surgeon General, discusses efforts to study and understand suicide among American soldiers in Iraq and
Army reports record suicide rates among soldiers San Jose Mercury News
Army sees sharp rise in suicide rate Los Angeles Times
Army Suicides In 2008 Hit Highest Level Ever Recorded Hartford Courant
BBC News - AFP
all 786 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Banks Remembers Soldier Killed In Iraq – OPB News

January 30, 2009
Banks Remembers Soldier Killed In Iraq
OPB News, OR - 6 hours ago
BY APRIL BAER An Army pilot from Oregon is one of the latest casualties in Iraq. Warrant Officer Josh Tillery died in a helicopter accident in Kirkuk.

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Iraqis to head to polls in key provincial elections – CNN

January 30, 2009

Financial Times
Iraqis to head to polls in key provincial elections
CNN - 2 hours ago
An Iraqi soldier guards a Baghdad polling station Friday in preparation for the upcoming provincial elections. Millions are expected to head to the polls to
Video: Raw Video: Iraqis Vote in Provincial Elections AssociatedPress
On the Ground: US Forces Step Back to Allow Iraqis to Oversee Election Systems
FACTBOX – Security developments in Iraq Reuters
Swissinfo - Lompoc Record
all 2,189 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Colville soldier killed in helicopter crash in Iraq – MSNBC

January 30, 2009

WIVB
Colville soldier killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
MSNBC - 2 hours ago
The crash in northern Iraq involved two OH-58D Kiowa helicopters. According to the Department of Defense, the cause of the crash is unclear right now,
Colville soldier killed in helicopter crash in Iraq Seattle Times
Soldier from Beaverton is killed in Iraq The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
Beaverton soldier killed in Iraq crash The Register-Guard
Coos Bay World - Ozarks First
all 58 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off

Oregon Army National Guard members head to Iraq – KTVZ

January 30, 2009
Oregon Army National Guard members head to Iraq
KTVZ, OR - 3 hours ago
(AP) – The Oregon Army National Guard is deploying more than 110 soldiers to Iraq along with 12 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters.
Soldiers set for Iraq mission Statesman Journal
Four local solidiers mobilized for Iraq The Columbian
Black Hawks leave their Oregon nest The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
OPB News - The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
all 11 news articles

Tags:
Posted in Soldiers In Iraq Comments Off