The Long-Term Costs of the War in Iraq

I found this article written in May of 2007. I thought it might be interesting to revisit when we talk about the war, and it's impact on our economy. Money that could have been spent on things like developement of alternative fuels,both in government and private sectors ...

Car bomb in N. Iraq kills 18, wounds 25 - police

There has been another car bomb attack in Iraq and it has reportedly killed more than 18 people. Further details are expected. " A car bomb in a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 18 people and wounded 25 on Friday, police said. The town, 420 km...

Man Kills Self After Shooting Three, Lighting Ex-Girlfriend On Fire

This is the town I went to high school in, and it's 60 miles south of where I just moved from. I knew Patricia Haggard."REDDING, Calif. -- A 63-year-old man is dead after shooting three people, one fatally, burning his estranged girlfriend and then shooting himself with a...

Violent weekend for Toronto and Vancouver

Police in two of Canada's biggest metropolises dealt with multiple stabbings and shootings over the weekend. Five separate incidents in Toronto left seven men with stab wounds and one with a gunshot wound, while what looks to be gang-related activity has resulted in two...

Suicide car bomb kills US soldier, wounds 20

One US soldier has been killed and 18 other Americans wounded in a suicide truck attack   in Northern Iraq.  " A suicide truck bomber who concealed his explosives under tanned animal hides struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S....

Surrey UK - Two Children Die of Stab Wounds

How can something like this happen?, Reading this story makes me sick to my stomach and so sad. "A five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl have died from stab wounds in Carshalton, Surrey, Scotland Yard has said. The two children were found seriously injured at a house...

'Ambush' that left SAS trooper dead. - A look at the Dangers facing Special F...

"A British soldier killed in Iraq two weeks ago turned out to be an SAS man. What does it say about British special forces in Iraq, and the Anglo-American coalition's chances of defeating insurgency?The press release said simply: "It is with deep regret that the Ministry of...