Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Defense chief clashes with senators over Iraq (Reuters)
• Pentagon leaders defend withdrawal of US from Iraq (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,484 (AP)
• US military: American service member dies in Iraq (AP)
• NYC veteran speaks of his experience with DADT in Iraq (ContributorNetwork)
• Symbolic 'war crimes' tribunal to try Bush, Blair (AP)

Defense chief clashes with senators over Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 01:55 PM PST Reuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta rejected accusations at a heated Senate hearing on Tuesday that U.S. politics helped drive the decision to completely withdraw from Iraq this year without leaving any troops behind as trainers.

Pentagon leaders defend withdrawal of US from Iraq (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:11 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday defended President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in seven weeks, but left open the possibility for continued negotiations with Baghdad over a force presence there.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,484 (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:38 AM PST AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at least 4,484 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

US military: American service member dies in Iraq (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 02:22 AM PST AP - The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed while conducting military operations in central Iraq.

NYC veteran speaks of his experience with DADT in Iraq (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 02:03 AM PST ContributorNetwork - Sgt. Angelo Casali, age 29, has known of his sexual orientation since he was a young boy. When he decided to join the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003, he did so completely aware that under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy (DADT), he was not allowed to announce that he was gay while he was in the military. He also knew that he could not change who he was and had no intention of trying. He was going to be who he was regardless of what anyone thought of him.

Symbolic 'war crimes' tribunal to try Bush, Blair (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:03 PM PST AP - Malaysian-led activists will hold a symbolic trial this month for former President George W. Bush and British ex-leader Tony Blair on charges of committing crimes against peace in the Iraq war, the event's organizers said Tuesday.

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