U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Mark Fourth of July
Friday, July 4th, 2008It’s Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias’ second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he’ll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway.
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Syria returns stolen marble artifact to Iraq
Friday, July 4th, 2008Syria has returned a marble artifact to Iraq that was stolen from one of the country’s archaeological sites.
The marble block roughly 4 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide contains an engraving of a bearded man kneeling in prayer and several lines of cuneiform writing.
Iraq’s minister of tourism and archaeology, Mohammed Abbas al-Auraibi, told a news conference Thursday that the piece was stolen from an archaeological site in Nimrud near the northern city of Mosul.
Nimrud, some 15 miles south of Mosul, became the capital of the Assyrian empire in 883 B.C., a role it retained for more than 150 years.
Britain bans Hezbollah’s military wing
Friday, July 4th, 2008In this July 2007 photo, a poster showing radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, right, and Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is held up during a protest march in the Amil neighbourhood in Baghdad.
Iraqi PM to parade progress on trip
Friday, July 4th, 2008Iraq’s prime minister plans trips to Europe and the Persian Gulf this month, apparently hoping improved security at home will pay dividends in greater international support - including from a country that did …
Minnesota National Guard unit to return Monday
Friday, July 4th, 2008Three units from the Minnesota National Guard are scheduled to return to the United States from overseas in the next few days.
U.S. spy satellites eyeing Iraqi army
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the U.S.-backed Iraqi army, according to …
U.S. spy satellites eyeing Iraqi army
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the U.S.-backed Iraqi army, according to …
Soldier’s body returned to Clarksville
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008The body of a Tennessee soldier who was killed in Iraq has been returned to his hometown.
Soldier’s body returned to Clarksville
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008The body of a Tennessee soldier who was killed in Iraq has been returned to his hometown.
Mourners gather for funeral of man killed in Iraq
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008A Guthrie resident and Naval reservist who was killed in Iraq has posthumously received the U.S. State Department’s top award.