Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case says he was held in a "cage"
• Army GI testifies he thought he'd die in custody
• Trace Adkins Performs Two USO Shows for Airmen in Japan with the Promise of More to Come in the Following Days
• Bradley Manning Speaks Publicly for First Time
• SAS sniper jailed for gun possession wins appeal
• U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case takes stand at hearing
• U.N. chief appeals for countries to take Iran dissidents
• UK SAS sniper walks free after gun sentence suspended
• SAS sniper walks free after gun sentence suspended
• Senate Panel OKs Obama Choice for US Commander
• Army GI in WikiLeaks case takes stand at hearing
• Former President George H. W. Bush stable in hospital
• Judge accepts terms of Manning's proposed plea
• Fiscal cliff: Republicans on wrong track if they help Obama raise taxes on the rich
• Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 43 people
• SEO: The Death of Three Syrian Children at the Alzaatari Refugee Camp Due to the Cold: Reality That Calls for Urgent Action by UNHRC and Other Humanitarian Aid Organizations
• Pscpets.Com & Support Military Working Dogs Partner for December
• Palestine Wins Statehood Status
• The Daily Show John McCain and Lindsey Graham Don't Want You to See
• “Bryan Adams - Exposed”: The Rock Star’s Photography at New Exhibit in Düsseldorf
• Bombs kill 30 in Iraq Shi'ite cities
• Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 39 people
• Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 30 people
• Wave of bombings south of Baghdad kills 16
• “Campaign To Remember Our Benghazi Heroes” Is Launched By Heroes Group With Massive National Media Campaign To Remember, Honor & Illuminate Our Four Benghazi Heroes
• Blind Judoka Documentary - Blind Judo Athlete On Road To Gold Was Selected As One Of The Best Nonprofit Videos of 2012 By Team Members of ProductionHub.
• Navy Veteran Finds Business Success with Meineke Car Care Center
• Car bomb kills 6 south of Iraqi capital
• Chuck Hagel Being Vetted for State, Defense
• Sandy recovery claims mount. How much will a divided Congress pay?
• Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas

U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case says he was held in a "cage" Posted: 29 Nov 2012 04:11 PM PST FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. Army private facing court-martial on suspicion of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website testified on Thursday he was confined to a "cage" in the early days after his arrest in 2010, and thought he would die there. Bradley Manning, in his first public comments since his arrest in Iraq, said his isolation led to a rapid decline in his awareness of his surroundings. He said that he was initially given little or no information about the charges against him. "My nights were my days and my days were my nights," Manning said. ...

Army GI testifies he thought he'd die in custody Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:56 PM PST An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history testified Thursday that he felt like a doomed, caged animal after he was arrested in Baghdad for allegedly sending classified information to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks.

Trace Adkins Performs Two USO Shows for Airmen in Japan with the Promise of More to Come in the Following Days Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:34 PM PST Country music star Trace Adkins wraps up first leg of week-long USO holiday tour with a performance for troops and their families at Yokota Air Base (Nov. 27) and Misawa Air Base (Nov. 28). Coming up, Adkins will visit and perform more USO shows at Camp Hansen on Nov. 30, followed by Kadena Air Base on Dec. 1. This is the seventh USO tour for Adkins, who was among the first group of entertainers to travel to the Middle East with the USO in 2002. ...

Bradley Manning Speaks Publicly for First Time Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:33 PM PST Manning Could Face Life for Allegedly Leaking Thousands of Documents, Tells Court He Contemplated Suicide

SAS sniper jailed for gun possession wins appeal Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST An elite British sniper jailed for illegally possessing a gun and ammunition won an appeal Thursday to suspend his sentence, after pleading that he forgot about having the gun as a result of a brain injury.

U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case takes stand at hearing Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:44 PM PST FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. Army private facing court-martial for allegedly leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website took the witness stand on Thursday at a pre-trial hearing to make his first public statements since his arrest in Iraq in 2010. Bradley Manning's testimony came on the third day of a hearing to determine whether his case should proceed to a full court-martial. Manning has offered to plead guilty to less serious offenses than those with which he has been charged, according to his lawyer. ...

U.N. chief appeals for countries to take Iran dissidents Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:18 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon appealed on Thursday for countries to consider resettling several thousand Iranian dissidents living in Iraq who were recently moved to a former U.S. military base in Baghdad from a camp where they lived for decades. In a report to the Security Council, Ban said 3,112 members of the People's Mujahideen Organization of Iran have been transferred to Camp Hurriya, leaving about 100 still at Camp Ashraf - also know as Camp New Iraq - to help close it down. ...

UK SAS sniper walks free after gun sentence suspended Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A British elite special forces sniper, whose 18-month jail sentence for possessing a pistol had caused public outrage, walked free on Thursday after winning a legal appeal. SAS Sergeant Danny Nightingale, 37, had admitted illegal possession of a Glock 9 mm pistol and ammunition at a court martial earlier this month. But he maintained he was given the gun as a present in Iraq and, because of a brain injury, forgot about it. ...

SAS sniper walks free after gun sentence suspended Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A British elite special forces sniper, whose 18-month jail sentence for possessing a pistol had caused public outrage, walked free on Thursday after winning a legal appeal. SAS Sergeant Danny Nightingale, 37, had admitted illegal possession of a Glock 9 mm pistol and ammunition at a court martial earlier this month. But he maintained he was given the gun as a present in Iraq and, because of a brain injury, forgot about it. ...

Senate Panel OKs Obama Choice for US Commander Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:39 AM PST Senate panel approves President Obama's choice for US commander

Army GI in WikiLeaks case takes stand at hearing Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:03 AM PST An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history took the stand Thursday at a military hearing about what he contends was needlessly harsh treatment at a Marine Corps brig.

Former President George H. W. Bush stable in hospital Posted: 29 Nov 2012 10:04 AM PST HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H. W. Bush is being treated at a Houston hospital for complications related to bronchitis and is in stable condition, the hospital said on Thursday. "President Bush has been in and out of The Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center being treated for complications related to his bronchitis," Bush's office said in a statement released by the hospital. "He is in stable condition, and is expected to be released within the next 72 hours." The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that Bush, 88, has been in the hospital for a week. ...

Judge accepts terms of Manning's proposed plea Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:40 AM PST A military judge on Thursday accepted the terms under which an Army private would plead guilty to seven charges for sending classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Fiscal cliff: Republicans on wrong track if they help Obama raise taxes on the rich Posted: 29 Nov 2012 08:54 AM PST Higher taxes won't much improve Washington's finances and would likely wreck the economy. But as fiscal cliff talks intensify, a small group of Republican senators are prepared to help President Obama make the rich pay more – the facts notwithstanding.

Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 43 people Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:27 AM PST Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 people nationwide, officials said.

SEO: The Death of Three Syrian Children at the Alzaatari Refugee Camp Due to the Cold: Reality That Calls for Urgent Action by UNHRC and Other Humanitarian Aid Organizations Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:04 AM PST According to a report by Al-Jazeera news on November 27, 2012, "Three Syrian children have died in the Syrian refugee camp, Alzaatari near the Jordanian-Syrian border, in the last three days. activists have attributed their death to the cold wave sweeping the camp without heaters." SEO notes that while the cold weather does pose an additional burden on already mounting demands, ignoring these warnings, can mount to even more deaths as the harsher winter months approach. ...

Pscpets.Com & Support Military Working Dogs Partner for December Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:04 AM PST PSCPets.com and Support Military Working Dogs partner this December to support active Military Working Dogs (MWDs).Menomonie, WI (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 This holiday season,PSCPets.com, a leading online supplier of health and wellness products for pets, has teamed up with Support Military Working Dogs. Through the month of December, PSCPets.com will offer PSCPets Care Packages to bring much needed protective gear and health supplements to active Military Working Dogs. These Military Working Dogs protect and serve our soldiers and country overseas in harsh, unforgiving terrain. ...

Palestine Wins Statehood Status Posted: 29 Nov 2012 07:03 AM PST U.N. Vote Is Called Palestine's 'Birth Certificate'

The Daily Show John McCain and Lindsey Graham Don't Want You to See Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:59 AM PST For the past few weeks, we've seen Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham fall over one another trying to point out just how wrong Susan Rice sounded in the days after the Benghazi attack. Don't think Jon Stewart and his team haven't been eagerly watching, too. Of late, John McCain in particular hasn't been shy in pointing out that his railing against Rice for running with bad information is a completely different type of situation from what he did when he urged us to invade Iraq, assuring us that there were WMDs being hoarded over there (that didn't exist). ...

“Bryan Adams - Exposed”: The Rock Star’s Photography at New Exhibit in Düsseldorf Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:06 AM PST His music is well known, but his talent and passion for photography is bursting onto the scene. A comprehensive overview of the Canadian-born rock star's works from the past decades opens at the NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf.Düsseldorf, Germany (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 The new photography exhibit at the NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf, "Bryan Adams – Exposed," February 2 -- May 22, 2013, puts a spotlight on the rock star's other beloved art form. This is the first showing of the collection in Germany. ...

Bombs kill 30 in Iraq Shi'ite cities Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:39 AM PST HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombs in two majority Shi'ite Muslim cities in southern Iraq killed 28 people on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, in an attack aimed at spreading sectarian strife in the country. Scores more were wounded in the blasts, which struck during a month that is of special significance to Shi'ite Muslims, who are often targeted by al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate and other Sunni Muslim insurgents. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Iraq so far this year following last December's withdrawl of U.S. troops, who had invaded in 2003 to overthrow Saddam Hussein. ...

Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 39 people Posted: 29 Nov 2012 03:04 AM PST A wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims in two major cities south of Baghdad killed at least 39 people and wounded more than 100 on Thursday morning, Iraqi officials said.

Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 30 people Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:39 AM PST Officials say a wave of bombings in two Shiite Iraqi cities south of Baghdad has killed at least 30 people and wounded up to 110 others.

Wave of bombings south of Baghdad kills 16 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:04 AM PST Iraqi police and health officials say bombings in two cities south of Baghdad have killed at least 16 people and wounded over 65.

“Campaign To Remember Our Benghazi Heroes” Is Launched By Heroes Group With Massive National Media Campaign To Remember, Honor & Illuminate Our Four Benghazi Heroes Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:52 AM PST The Foundation to Illuminate America's Heroes has launched "The Campaign To Remember Our Benghazi Heroes" - To Remember, Honor & Illuminate Our Four Heroes of Benghazi who heroically lost their lives in the terrorist attack on our Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. A massive media campaign featuring these four heroes is being launched to ensure that they are not forgotten.McLean, VA (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 David C. ...

Blind Judoka Documentary - Blind Judo Athlete On Road To Gold Was Selected As One Of The Best Nonprofit Videos of 2012 By Team Members of ProductionHub. Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:50 AM PST ProductionHub recognized the Blind Judoka documentary as one of the top ten picks for nonprofit videos in 2012. ProductionHUB applauded the nonprofit video for bringing quality to the "table" with incredible production value, hard-hitting storytelling, and a simple message of dedication and underrated in sensitivity about an inspirational blind female Judo Paralympian dedicated to representing the USA at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and member of the Blind Judo Foundation.Redmond, WA (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 TakePart. ...

Navy Veteran Finds Business Success with Meineke Car Care Center Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:46 AM PST Decorated veteran named finalist for national award.Pensacola, FL (PRWEB) November 29, 2012 Navy veteran Tom Perez purchased Meineke Car Care Center in Pensacola, Fla., in May with the help of Boost A Hero, a crowdfunding site to help veterans open franchises. Perez raised $6,740 through Boost A Hero, and Meineke discounted the franchise fee and provided additional financing, making it possible for Perez to take over the Pensacola location.In his first six months in business, Perez, 31, has hired five veterans, keeping his promise to help other veterans find jobs. ...

Car bomb kills 6 south of Iraqi capital Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:23 AM PST Police and health officials say a car bomb in Iraq's heartland Shiite province south of Baghdad has killed at least 6 people and wounded 20.

Chuck Hagel Being Vetted for State, Defense Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:10 PM PST Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican from Nebraska, is being considered for either Secretary of Defense or State, Foreign Policy reports.

Sandy recovery claims mount. How much will a divided Congress pay? Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:34 PM PST The US may be perched on the edge of the "fiscal cliff," with Republicans demanding spending cuts and Democrats clamoring for tax hikes to reduce the budget deficit.

Veterans sue railroad over fatal crash in Texas Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:05 PM PST Two Army veterans and their wives on Wednesday sued the railroad company whose train hit a truck carrying veterans and their spouses during a parade in Texas.

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