News Topic: Iraq
Sunday October 25 2009
Happy Homecoming For Robertsdale Soldier
Friends, family and total strangers came together to welcome home a Robertsdale soldier who just returned from Iraq. more »
Tuesday September 15 2009
Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Freed, Claims Torture
Protestor Jailed 9 Months for Tossing Shoes at Then-President Bush; Says While He's Now Free, Iraq Still "Held Captive"... more »
Wednesday August 05 2009
Hurlburt Field Homecoming
Family and friends welcome home more than 200 airmen in emotional homecoming ceremony at Hurlburt Field in Ft. Walton Beach more »
Fallen Marine Will Never Be Forgotten
A Pensacola teenager wants to make sure a fallen marine is never forgotten. more »
Sunday August 02 2009
A Speicher Friend Speaks
Shipmate and friend Robert Stumpf talks about his reaction to the discovery of the missing pilot’s body. more »
Remains of Scott Speicher Found
Update: New details on the recovery of the remains of the first U.S. casualty of the first Gulf War in 1991 more »
Sunday July 05 2009
Alabama Soldier’s Monument Dedicated
A monument to Corporal Christopher Winchester was dedicated in a 4th of July ceremony in his boyhood hometown of East Brewton. more »
Friday July 03 2009
Alabama Soldier Gets Special Memorial
Four years after his death in Iraq, Corporal Christopher Winchester is being remembered in his boyhood home of East Brewton. more »
Thursday July 02 2009
Vice President Joe Biden Makes Suprise Trip To Iraq
Biden will visit U.S. troops and meet with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. more »
Saturday June 06 2009
Gear Jammers Fundraiser
Car enthusiasts were raising money for a new war memorial. more »
Friday June 05 2009
Stephen Colbert, the New Bob Hope?
Stephen Colbert is scheduled to broadcast "The Colbert Report" from Baghdad next week. Find out more about his plans. more »
Monday May 11 2009
US Soldier Kills 5 Fellow Troops At Base In Baghdad
BREAKING NEWS A Pentagon official says a U.S. soldier killed five fellow troops at Camp Liberty near Baghdad International Airport. more »
Sunday April 12 2009
Easter Service In Iraq
American soldiers attend an Easter service in Iraq even as a roadside bomb claims the life of one of their own. more »
Friday April 10 2009
The Dog That Means So Much
Their son died in Iraq in February 2007. Now, his West Mobile family can't find his dog that has become their source of strength. more »
Tuesday April 07 2009
Shoe Thrower’s Sentenced Reduced
The Iraqi journalist who slung shoes at President Bush in a sign of protest will now spend 1 year in prison instead of 3. more »
Obama Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq
President To Visit With Troops And Generals, Speak To Iraqi Leadership Following Long Trip To Europe And Turkey.. more »
Wednesday March 25 2009
Military Familes May Get Special Tags
Alabama House committee approves bill to allow families of military troops killed in line of duty to buy special car tags. more »
Monday March 23 2009
Injured Air Force Vet Re-Enlists From Hospital
Staff Sgt. David Fairchild survived his first tour of duty in Iraq, but almost didn’t survive a backyard campfire at his home in Ft. Walton Beach. more »
By
Bob Lowry, USA Medical Center
Helping Vets Cope After War
Researchers are testing a new method for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, especially for troops that have been in war. more »
Sunday March 22 2009
Iraq PM: Shoe Thrower Got Fair Trial
Nouri al-Maliki says the government did not intervene in the trial of Muntadhar al-Zeidi more »
Monday March 16 2009
Wounded Sailors Face Another Disaster
If being injured in Iraq isn't hard enough, now 3 sailors recovering in Pensacola are dealing with another disaster. more »
Friday March 13 2009
Sailor Cleared Of Abuse Charges
Jonathan Armstrong is aqcuitted of charges he abused a detainee in Iraq more »
Thursday March 12 2009
Iraq War Veteran Shocked By Shooting Rampage
Tuesday's shooting deaths of 10 people in Southeast Alabama "was much worse than anything" he saw while serving, because in Iraq "you are prepared for it." more »
Shoe Thrower Sentenced
Muntadhar al-Zeidi is sentenced to 3 years for incident inolving former President George Bush more »
Wednesday March 11 2009
Former Saddam Hussein Aide Sentenced
Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz gets 15 years for the 1992 execution of 42 merchants, accused of price-gouging more »
Tuesday February 24 2009
US Troops Could Leave Iraq By 2011
Administration officials say President Barack Obama is planning to announce that most U.S. troops will be out of Iraq in less than 19 months. more »
Friday February 20 2009
KBR Contract Questioned
Pentagon asked to check an electrical contract awarded to KBR, even as the company was being investigated for the electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers more »
Tuesday February 17 2009
Webcams For Families Of Soldiers Getting Little Use
Webcam-equipped computers were placed statewide to keep those serving overseas in touch with their families. They're not a big hit so far. more »
Thursday February 12 2009
Thank-You From A Soldier
A Mobile soldier visited 4th graders at Knollwood Christian School Thursday. He stopped by to say thanks for their gifts of cards and letters while he was in Iraq. more »
Monday January 19 2009
Alabama Soldier Killed
A U.S. Army soldier from north Alabama
has been killed in Iraq. more »
Monday December 22 2008
Alabama Solider Dies In Iraq
Northeast Alabama native SSGT Jonathan Dean dies from non-combat related injuries more »
Sunday December 14 2008
Man Throws Shoe At President Bush
Bush got a size-10 reminder of the fervent opposition to his policies when a man threw two shoes at him during a news conference in Iraq. WATCH THE VIDEO more »
Monday December 08 2008
Blackwater Prosecution
U.S. prosecutors say Blackwater Worldwide security guards used machine guns and grenade launchers in an attack on unarmed Iraqi civilians, some of whom had their hands up. more »
Tuesday October 14 2008
Soldier Wants To Save Puppy In Iraq
More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a soldier. She fears that "Ratchet" could be killed if left behind. more »
Thursday September 25 2008
Minister Loses Home To Fire
But father of soldier killed in Iraq is getting help from friends. more »
Fallen Soldier Remembered
Army Staff Sgt. Darris Dawson laid to rest in Pensacola...questions surrounding his death remain more »
Thursday September 18 2008
Dad Of Slain Soldier Wants Answers
Father of Pensacola soldier killed by fellow soldier in Iraq wants to know why the Department of Defense hasn't given him specifics about his son's death more »
Wednesday September 17 2008
Pensacola Soldier Killed By Fellow Soldier
The Army says a soldier opened fire on Staff Sgt. Darris J. Dawson and another member of his unit Sunday. more »
Thursday September 04 2008
Woodward Blasts Bush in New Book
Woodward: Bush 'too often failed to lead' on Iraq more »
Sunday July 06 2008
Car Bomb Rocks Baghdad
Attack comes one day after the Iraqi Prime Minister declared terrorism was defeated in Iraq more »
Friday July 04 2008
Soldiers Homecoming
The fourth of July means different things to different people but for one family in Baldwin County it means---Homecoming. more »
Wednesday July 02 2008
Iran: Attack Could Hike Oil Prices
Iran's oil minister is warning that any attack on his country by the United States or Israel will provoke a fierce response. more »
Friday June 27 2008
U.S. Senate Passes New GI Bill
Measure granting better benefits to veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan now goes to President Bush for approval more »
By
Media General News Service
Wednesday June 25 2008
Pizzas Being Shipped To Iraq
Thousands of pizzas will be frozen, packed in dry ice and shipped to the Middle East in time
for the Fourth of July. more »
Monday June 02 2008
Iraq Benefiting From High Oil Prices
Iraq is experiencing high oil production and exports more »
Friday May 23 2008
Homes For Our Troops
While we prepare to honor our fallen servicemen and women on Memorial Day, you will have an opportunity to help other men and women who sacrificed so much for our country. more »
Thursday May 22 2008
Watching A World Away
The father of a Baker High School student watches his daughter's graduation "half a world away". more »
Saturday May 10 2008
‘Young Forrest Gump’ Leaving The Army
Mississippi native Michael Conner Humphreys, who played the "Young Forrest Gump," joined the army like the adult version of his character. His enlistment ends June 4 and Hollywood is already calling. more »
Friday May 09 2008
Soldier: I Love You, Mom
U-S Army Colonel stationed in Iraq sends mom in Gulf Shores video greeting from Baghdad more »
Thursday May 08 2008
Segways For Soldiers
A Foley soldier, who lost his left leg to an IED blast in Iraq, can now get around without a wheelchair thanks to a program that donates Segways to injured veterans. more »
By
Amy Dominello, Media General News Service, adominello@mediageneral.com
A Mobile woman makes a sacrifice to help her best friend,…
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Family of Fairhope man accused of barricading himself inside…
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A man is shot during a carjacking in his own driveway.
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Some residents want work on Highway 98 bypass to resume.
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