The Times Online reported Sunday that kidnappers said one of five British hostages in Iraq killed himself in May.

The London-based newspaper published a video that included a statement claiming that the hostage, identified as Jason, died May 25, four days before the first anniversary of his abduction. picked by bingo 1 year ago

My pop-culture-reference meter just broke. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

National leaders, said Sanchez, "have unquestionably been derelict in the performance of their duty. In my profession, these types of leaders would immediately be relieved or court-martialed." picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Sgt. Brian Fountaine was recovering in Walter Reed Army Medical Center when he got an unexpected visitor who offered to build him a house – free of charge. The visitor was John Gonsalves, founder of Homes for Our Troops, a nonprofit group that builds houses for severely injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

More about Homes for Our Troops. picked by Marli 2 years ago

The life and death of Saddam Hussein (a history) Ultimately, underneath all the socialist rhetoric, underneath the Koranic references, the tailored suits and the invocations of Iraq's glorious history, Hussein was a village peasant trying to be a tribal leader on a grand scale. His rule was paramount, and sustaining it was his main goal behind all the talk of developing Iraq by harnessing its con... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A US court has found the ex soldier guilty of the rape of a 14-year old Iraqi girl as well as killing her and her family. picked by bernardblack 7 months ago

"The improvements in security produced by the courage and blood of our troops have not been matched by a willingness on the part of Iraqi leaders to make the hard choices necessary to bring peace to their country," Sanchez said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A 2,200-year-old clay jar found near Baghdad, Iraq, has been described as the oldest known electric battery in existence. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The military calls it "need-to-know" information that would pose a direct threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into the hands of terrorists. It's material so se... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The move by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marks a return to government for Wolfowitz, a conservative with close ties to the White House. As deputy defense secretary under President Bush, he was a major architect of the Iraq war. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The Washington Post's Security Fix blog today features a funny but scary interview with a guy in Seattle who owns the domain name donotreply.com. Apparently, everyone from major US banks to the Transportation Security Administration to contractors in Iraq use some variation on the address in the "From:" field of all e-mails sent out, with the result that bounced e-mails go to the owner o... read full post picked by Kevertje 2 years ago

When it comes to the economy, 47% of voters trust John McCain more than Barack Obama. Obama is trusted more by 41%. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that, when it comes to the War in Iraq, McCain is trusted more by 49% of voters. Obama is preferred by 37%. McCain has an even larger edge --53% to 31%--on the broader topic of National Security. picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

The inky black, angular, radar-evading F-117, which spent 27 years in the Air Force arsenal secretly patrolling hostile skies from Serbia to Iraq, will be put in mothballs next month in Nevada.

Only one F-117 has been lost in combat! picked by ozero 2 years ago

Forget Iran, Iraq, and North Korea—Bush’s “Axis of Evil.” As economic calamity meets political and social turmoil, the world’s worst problems may come from countries like Somalia, Russia, and Mexico. And they’re just the beginning. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Arms, spare parts and manuals were given to security forces. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Mohamed Altoumaimi, who came to Sweden from Iraq six years ago, found a way to simplify the Bernoulli numbers, a sequence of calculations named for the 17th century Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli. His high school teachers did not believe his work at first. picked by bingo 6 months ago

The U.S. military has been testing software on laptops that translate English to Arabic and Arabic to English--in real time--to have conversations with Iraqis without the need to have a Arabic linguist on hand. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

Good idea or bad...
I really encourage a debate on this topic. picked by dork 3 years ago

In clinical studies at San Diego's Naval Medical Center and Atlanta's Emory University, eight Iraq veterans with PTSD underwent virtual reality treatment and six showed a reduction of symptoms. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

The man had fought for the US in the War against IRAQ and after returning, he had got married with the girl he was in Love with… Real true Love indeed… Hats off… She is one of the great women in the world as far as I can see. picked by kairo 2 years ago