2012年12月28日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

One in 12 in military has clogged heart arteries

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 12:34 PM PST

A U.S. soldier observes the area with the scope of his rifle near COP Sar Howza in Paktika provinceNEW 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

Iraqi Sunni Muslims wave the old flag of Iraq during an anti-government demonstration in RamadiRAMADI, 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

Protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave a national flag and a Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. 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. The blue placards in Arabic read, "Friday of honor." (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)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

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf criticizes Iraqi military leadership during a press briefing in Riyadh on February 28, 1991."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

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 1990 file photo, U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia, answers questions during an interview in Riyadh. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)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

Protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed in a Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad Wednesday, determined to keep up the pressure on a Shiite-led government that many accuse of trying to marginalize them. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)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

Protesters chant slogans against Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed in a Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad Wednesday, determined to keep up the pressure on a Shiite-led government that many accuse of trying to marginalize them. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)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

This undated booking photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriffís Department shows Ben Sebena, 30, of Menomonee Falls, Wis. Sebena was charged Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 with first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting death of his wife, Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena, 30. (AP Phoito/Milwaukee County Sheriffís Department)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

In this Oct. 10, 2012, photo, students participate in a class at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. The music class is for service men and women that helps them cope with their life after the military through a program called Voices of Valor. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)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

File photo of retired U.S. Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr, listening to questions at a news conference introducing the expansion of the Starbright Foundation's web site at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los AngelesWASHINGTON (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

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 1991 file photo, Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf stands at ease with his tank troops during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. Schwarzkopf died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. He was 78. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)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

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Reagan share a laugh during a meeting of the Allied leaders in New YorkLONDON (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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