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Military Iraq News Center
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| 06/30/2008 12:00 AM |
| Alert |
| 06/26/2008 12:00 AM |
| Iraqis to Take Over Anbar Province |
| Once the most violent place in Iraq, Anbar province will come under Provincial Iraqi Control on Saturday, a senior military official said. So far, nine Iraqi provinces are under Provincial Iraqi Control in which Iraqi security forces perform day-to-day operations and U.S. troops provide assistance as needed. |
| 06/18/2008 12:00 AM |
| Antidepressant Use Soars Among Deployed |
| For the first time in history, a sizable and growing number of U.S. combat troops are taking daily doses of antidepressants to calm nerves strained by repeated and lengthy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Time magazine report. |
| 06/17/2008 12:00 AM |
| War Opponent Refuses to Report for Duty |
| A former Army journalist refused to report to his new assignment, citing his opposition to the Iraq war. Matthis Chiroux, who served five years in the Army before separating last summer, said he expects and welcomes legal action resulting from his refusal, calling U.S. operations in Iraq an illegal occupation. |
| 05/14/2008 12:00 AM |
| Thousands of 'Unfit' Troops Have Deployed |
| More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan were sent anyway, according to DoD records. The numbers of non-deployable Soldiers are based on health assessment forms filled out by medical personnel. |
| 05/13/2008 12:00 AM |
| Contractor in Iraq Faces Court-Martial |
| A contractor in Iraq accused of aggravated assault will face a U.S. military court-martial, the first such case under an amendment to rules covering civilians with U.S. forces in combat zones, officials said Monday. |
| 05/01/2008 12:00 AM |
| Pentagon Plays Down Iraq War-planning |
| 04/29/2008 12:00 AM |
| Camp Bucca GIs Asked to Skip Meals? |
| A complaint that soldiers have had to skip some meals at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq has prompted the commander to concede a change in food distribution may have had some "growing pains." |
| 04/29/2008 12:00 AM |
| Things Left Unsaid by Petraeus |
| ". . . unfortunately, as the hearings showed, progress toward a U.S. exit is very slow indeed." |
| 04/01/2008 12:00 AM |
| Marine Reunited with Stray Iraqi Dog |
| A San Diego-based Marine major was reunited on Saturday with one of his closest war buddies -- a 2-year-old dog named Nubs. |