US Sergeant Miguel A. Vegaquinones has been sentenced for the accidental shooting and death of fellow soldier Sean McCune in Iraq. His sentence comprises three years of confinement, demotion to the rank of private, and a dishonorable discharge.Vegaquinones accidentally shot...
created by cyn.khoo | 2 years ago 266 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
It's the stuff about which too few movies are made and not enough books are written: 1st Lt Nicholas Eslinger's willingness to give his own life in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers earned the West...
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Today is better than yesterday! it would seem that things are settling down that the Iraq security troops are able to keep order. I really think now is the best time for USA to hand back Iraq to whom it belongs to. But of course everything is geared to the five new US bases...
" It has some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam - but persuading tourists to visit Iraq has to be one of the toughest jobs around. Hamood Massam...
created by sweet east pearl | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 369 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Steve Schippert from NRO's The Tank wrote this great piece asking some obvious questions and making some obvious points about Iraq. "Yesterday morning, you likely had to look hard to find coverage of LTG Odierno...
created by BigT | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 640 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Without a bit of pressure -- indeed, without the appearance of a care in the world -- Medhi, described in graphic detail the other half of his ISI cell’s operations: running an organized al Qaeda Rape ring in...
The last time this shrine was attacked, in 2006, it set off a massive wave of sectarian violence throughout the country. I wonder what'll happen this time, seeing as how that violence is still ongoing."BAGHDAD -...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 164 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"U.S.-backed Iraqi troops on Sunday attacked insurgents allegedly plotting to kill pilgrims at a major Shiite Muslim religious festival, and Iraqi officials estimated some 250 militants died in the daylong battle...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1034 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
"Hundreds of supporters of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have been protesting in the cities of Baghdad, Tikrit and Samarra against his hanging.
Many of the protesters vowed revenge for Saturday's execution, describing it as a criminal act of cowardice orchestrated by...
"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis awoke Saturday to television images of a noose being slipped over
Saddam Hussein's neck and his white-shrouded body, the pre-dawn work of black-hooded hangmen. They went to bed as new video...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1578 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"In an interview with Time.com, Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the man in charge of combat operations in Iraq, reflects on the troubled mission,
Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli's two tours of duty in Iraq have coincided with some of the worst violence the country has experienced since...
"BAGHDAD, Iraq | The man who supervised the bombers of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra last February, an act that set off a wave of brutal sectarian violence, has been captured.
Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, said the second-ranking leader of...
created by pgaliba | 5 years ago 549 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Samarra is in the news. The modern city is small, but built on the colossal ruins of the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Google Earth reveals amazing details of the ancient city, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world."
created by Populux | 5 years ago 162 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments