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Do We Need a World Policeman?

Tom Egelhoff — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:04 +0000

Although most people don’t like it, and many deny it, it would be tough to make a case that the United States military is not the current world’s police force.

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President Obama Announces US Troops Will Be Out of Iraq by Year's End [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:19:14 +0000

In a White House briefing held Friday, President Obama announced the remaining American troops in Iraq will be home by the end of the year, closing a war effort there that has killed more than 4,400 US servicepeople and wounded 32,000 more since 2003.

“After nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” the president said.

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Scores Killed, Wounded in Attacks Across Iraq on Monday

Jade Walker — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:26:58 +0000

A wave of deadly attacks swept across Iraq Monday, killing dozens of people. The violence was so severe that the interior minister ordered the country’s security forces to clear the streets of all parked cars.

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Charles Graner Jr., Key Figure in Abu Ghraib Abuse Case, Freed from Leavenworth

Jade Walker — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:43:51 +0000

When photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing suspected Iraqi insurgents were released to the public in 2004, they caused an international outcry.

Over the weekend, the man who orchestrated the abuses at Abu Ghraib was released from prison.

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Bombers Kill Iraqi Lieutenant

1450 KMMS AM — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:07:07 +0000

Suicide bombers attacked the 1st Battalion of the National Police in what appeared to be a mission to assassinate Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri. Al-Jabouri has been a prominent force in fighting the al queda presence in Iraq. While it is still unsure if al Queda was behind the attack, the loss of the lieutenant is going to be a great one for the Iraqi forces fighting terrorism. More inside.

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