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• One in 12 in military has clogged heart arteries
• Iraqi Sunnis stage big anti-government rallies
• Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Was a Soldier's General
• Iraqi Sunni protesters turn out in several cities
• From disasters to politics, here are the highlights of top stories from 2012
• Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf: Remembering a distinctive military career
• Desert Storm commander Norman Schwarzkopf dies
• Iraqi Sunnis demonstrate in several cities
• Iraqi Sunnis demonstrate in Anbar, west of Baghdad
• Husband charged in Wis. officer's shooting death
• Program helps veterans reintegrate through music
• Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led 1991 Operation Desert Storm, dies at 78
• Today in History
• Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. commander in Gulf War, dies at 78
• Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at age 78
• AP source: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies
• Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Dies at 78
• Secret UK files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts

One in 12 in military has clogged heart arteries Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just over one in 12 U.S. service members who died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars had plaque buildup in the arteries around their hearts - an early sign of heart disease, according to a new study. None of them had been diagnosed with heart disease before deployment, researchers said. "This is a young, healthy, fit group," said the study's lead author, Dr. Bryant Webber, from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. "These are people who are asymptomatic, they feel fine, they're deployed into combat," he told Reuters Health. ...

Iraqi Sunnis stage big anti-government rallies Posted: 28 Dec 2012 09:02 AM PST RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority poured onto the streets after Friday prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, keeping up a week-long blockade of a major highway. Around 60,000 people blocked the main road through Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital, setting fire to the flag of Shi'ite Iran and shouting "out, out Iran! Baghdad stays free" and "Maliki you coward, don't take your advice from Iran". ...

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Was a Soldier's General Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:48 AM PST Yahoo News asked veterans for their thoughts and appreciations of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who died Thursday at 78.

Iraqi Sunni protesters turn out in several cities Posted: 28 Dec 2012 07:56 AM PST FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunnis angry over perceived second-class treatment by the Shiite-led government massed along a major western highway and elsewhere in the country Friday for the largest protests yet in a week of demonstrations.

From disasters to politics, here are the highlights of top stories from 2012 Posted: 28 Dec 2012 06:52 AM PST An in-brief look back at some of the most significant news events of the last 12 months, in chronological order:

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf: Remembering a distinctive military career Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:20 AM PST "Stormin' Norman" rose to national prominence when he commanded Operation Desert Storm in 1991

Desert Storm commander Norman Schwarzkopf dies Posted: 28 Dec 2012 05:02 AM PST Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn't care much for his popular "Stormin' Norman" nickname.

Iraqi Sunnis demonstrate in several cities Posted: 28 Dec 2012 03:44 AM PST FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of Iraqi Sunnis massed along a major western highway and in other parts of the country Friday for what appear to be the largest protests yet in a week of demonstrations, intensifying pressure on the Shiite-led government.

Iraqi Sunnis demonstrate in Anbar, west of Baghdad Posted: 28 Dec 2012 02:12 AM PST FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) — Witnesses say tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunni Muslims have massed along a major western highway in the latest of a week of large demonstrations against the Shiite-led government.

Husband charged in Wis. officer's shooting death Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:11 AM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — An Iraq War veteran charged with ambushing his wife Christmas Eve as she worked as a Milwaukee-area police officer told investigators he shot her in the head repeatedly because he didn't want her to suffer before she died.

Program helps veterans reintegrate through music Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:02 AM PST MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — During stressful times as a combat medic in Afghanistan, Mason Sullivan found solace in Vivaldi. New Jersey native Nairobi Cruz was comforted by country music, a genre she had never heard before joining the Army. For Jose Mercedes, it was an eclectic iPod mix that helped him cope with losing an arm during a tour of duty in Iraq.

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led 1991 Operation Desert Storm, dies at 78 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:00 PM PST WASHINGTON - Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, has died. He was 78.

Today in History Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST Today is Friday, Dec. 28, the 363rd day of 2012. There are three days left in the year.

Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. commander in Gulf War, dies at 78 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:44 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., the hard-charging U.S. Army general whose forces smashed the Iraqi army in the 1991 Gulf War, has died at the age of 78, a U.S. official said on Thursday. The highly decorated four-star general died at 2:22 p.m. EST (1922 GMT) at his home in Tampa, Florida, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The cause of death was not immediately known. Schwarzkopf, a burly Vietnam War veteran known to his troops as Stormin' Norman, commanded more than 540,000 U.S. ...

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at age 78 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:40 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78.

AP source: Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies Posted: 27 Dec 2012 05:18 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78.

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Dies at 78 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:48 PM PST Led US-Allied Forces to Victory, Driving Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein's Forces From Kuwait in 1991

Secret UK files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts Posted: 27 Dec 2012 04:07 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrote an emotional letter to U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1982 Falklands War calling him the "only person" who could understand her position, formerly secret documents showed on Friday. Newly declassified files from 1982 lift the lid on contacts between the two leaders over the crisis and reveal the extent of the pressure Thatcher felt she was under when Argentina invaded the remote South Atlantic archipelago to reclaim what it said was its sovereign territory, triggering a 10-week war. ...

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