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Army: Alleged Wikileaker Swiped Thousands of Files

WASHINGTON (July 6) -- The Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking a classified video of a U.S. helicopter strike in Iraq to a whistle-blower website also allegedly stole State Department cables and Defense Department PowerPoints, according to criminal charges released today. Pfc. Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac,...

Opinion: Seven Years Later, Iraq War Bearing Fruit

(March 19) -- Less than two weeks ago, 12 million Iraqis went to the polls to vote for a new parliament. The results are still trickling in, and the process of choosing a new president, prime minister and cabinet may well take months. In haste to report on a slowly developing story and befuddled by the chaos that is...

Murtha's Legacy: From Vietnam Vet to Pork King

(Feb. 8) – John Murtha, the Democratic representative from Pennsylvania, was a decorated Vietnam War veteran, an influential congressman and a passionate critic of the Iraq war. As the head of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Murtha was a powerful lawmaker known for his ability to trade favors. And as the...

War, Lies and HuffPo: Vet's Tall Tale Coming Undone

(Feb. 4) -- Iraq war veteran Luis Carlos Montalván would rather be the storyteller. Instead, he's become the story. The decorated soldier-turned-Huffington Post blogger positioned himself as the perfect crusader for the growing anti-war movement after he returned from a second tour of Iraq in 2003. He wrote dozens of...

Female Suicide Bomber Kills 46 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD (Feb. 1) -- A female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad detonated an explosives belt on Monday, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 122, officials said. The bombing was the first major strike this year against pilgrims making their way to the southern city of Karbala to mark a...

IraqWar News From the Web

05/23/12 Kelso woman's Iraq War paper cranes will roost at... Source: The Daily News - Longview WA Folded paper cranes honoring American troops killed in the Iraq War will be displayed through the summer at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum.
05/21/12 âIraq Warâ graffiti daubed on business shutters Source: Paisley Daily Express - Paisley - Renfrewshire - UK VANDALS spraypainted bizarre slogans about the Iraq War when they targeted a business in Paisley.
05/11/12 Iraq War vet gets home makeover Source: The Columbian - Vancouver WA A military man to his core, James "Mike" Curry initially resisted the idea he should be the person to receive a free home makeover.