The remains of U.S. Army Spc. Byron Fouty are expected to arrive today in Michigan, with services for the slain soldier to be held Tuesday.
Spc. Byron Fouty, who would have turned 20 in April, disappeared May 12, 2007, when he and two other soldiers were captured after an Al Qaeda ambush outside Baghdad. The skeletal [...]
Ex-soldier shares rawn honest take on Iraq
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 2 hours ago
“Since December 2004, I have been with the combat soldiers all over Iraq,” Yon tells us. “I have been on countless combat missions, patrols and meetings, …
The Iraq war has produced a number of exceptionally good books and a raft of [...]
Vancouver Sun
Obama would press Europe for more Afghan troops
AFP - 14 hours ago
Rice also said that Obama’s plans to begin withdrawals of US troops from combat operations in Iraq would permit the United States to send more soldiers to …
Barack Obama
Barack Obama will press European NATO partners for more troops for Afghanistan and [...]
Lompoc Record
Iraq: Blast kills at least 15 as another US soldier dies
Al-Bawaba, Jordan - 7 hours ago
… an American soldier in eastern Baghdad, the US military said on Thursday, bringing to eight the number of American troops killed in Iraq this week. …
At least 38 people were killed in two bombing attacks in Iraq [...]
The Province
FACTBOX-Iraq’s recent security operations
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Around 1000 Iraqi soldiers deserted. Iraqi troops took control of Basra within a week after Sadr told his militia to stop fighting. …
Iraqi security forces launched a major operation against Shi’ite militias in the southern city of Amara on Thursday. The offensive is the latest in [...]
