4 female bombers strike in Iraq, killing 57 fe22.news.re3.yahoo 7/28/08 By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press Writer: BAGHDAD - Four suicide bombers believed to be women struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300 in one of this year's deadliest attacks, police said. suicide kill

Iraq War Hero Dies of Drug Overdose blueherald 7/22/08by Chicher: A US army medic who became a symbol of American heroism and integrity in the Iraq war has died of an apparent drugs overdose. The premature death of Joseph Dwyer at the age of 31 has highlighted the neglect many American veterans believe they face once they return home. iraq war

Coerced Evidence Excluded at Gitmo Trial a.abcnews 7/22/08By MIKE MELIA Associated Press Writer: The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected to "highly coercive" conditions in Afghanistan. trial gitmo

Troop withdrawal timetable concerns Pentagon chief fe18.news.sp1.yahoo 7/20/08WASHINGTON - The Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday a specific time frame for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq could jeopardize political and economic progress, leading to "dangerous consequences." troop withdrawal

Video Released Of Detainee's Guantanamo Interrogation rferl 7/15/08By Reuters: ORONTO -- Omar Khadr, the only Western prisoner still held in the U.S. prison on Guantanamo Bay, pleaded with Canadian interrogators to be allowed home in videos released by his lawyers. The videos of Khadr's interrogations by officials from Canada's CSIS foreign intelligence division, released after a long legal battle, show how Khadr, a teenager at the time, initially believed that the Canadians were there to help him. interrogation video

Congress authorizes war funds and sends bill to Bush reuters 7/14/08By Susan Cornwell: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led Congress authorized more Iraq war spending on Friday, sending President George W. Bush a defense bill requiring no change in strategy after failing again to impose a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals. iraq war

Insurgents Kill 9 U.S. Troops in Afghanistan wqik 7/13/08KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents killed nine U.S. soldiers in an assault on an Afghan army and NATO outpost in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, making it one of the worst days for foreign troops casualties in the country since 2001. troops afghanistan

Iraq Wants American Pullout Timetable the-mound-of-sound.blogspot 7/8/08Barack says "soon," McSame says "sometime, maybe" but that's not good enough for the Iraqi government. Iraqi prime minister Nouri al Maliki wants a fixed date for the withdrawal of American forces and he wants it enshrined in the "status of forces" agreement now being negotiated between Baghdad and Washington. pullout timetable

Dream come true: Hitchens waterboarded - Believe Me, It’s Torture vanityfair 7/8/08by Christopher Hitchens: What more can be added to the debate over U.S. interrogation methods, and whether waterboarding is torture? Try firsthand experience. The author undergoes the controversial drowning technique, at the hands of men who once trained American soldiers to resist—not inflict—it. hitchens waterboarded

Female US Casualties More Common in Iraq War truthout 7/6/08by Kevin Mooney, CNSNews.com: More American servicewomen have been killed serving in Iraq than were killed serving in either Operation Desert Storm or in the Vietnam War, according to a Cybercast News Service database. iraq war

Abu Ghraib film raises troubling questions dailygazette 7/1/08By Dan DiNicola: This is one of many things “Standard Operating Procedure” got me to thinking about: Suppose I had enlisted in the army at 18, which I almost did. Suppose it’s now, and me with a high school education feeling my oats and getting all revved up about terrorists and swallowing any propaganda the army threw at me, whether true, exaggerated or patriotic fiction... abu ghraib

Iraq Demands U.S. Explain Raid that Killed PM's Relative english.chosun 6/30/08Iraq is demanding an explanation from the U.S. military about the death of a relative of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Authorities Sunday said the relative was shot dead Friday in a raid by U.S. soldiers in Hindiya, east of the holy city of Karbala. Local leaders said the raid violated an agreement that transferred responsibility for Karbala's security from U.S. to Iraqi forces last year. killed iraq

Taliban hit first heat-seeking missile attack leakednews 6/15/08by Ilusionist: KABUL: Taliban militants have used a heat-seeking surface-to-air missile to attack a Western aircraft over Afghanistan for the first time. The attack with a weapon believed to have been smuggled across the border with Iran represents a worrying increase in the capability of the militants which Western commanders had long feared. attack taliban