March 20, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BAGHDAD An al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility Wednesday for bloody attacks that killed 65 people across the country a day earlier, underscoring the terror group’s potency a decade after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. Continue Reading
March 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BAGHDAD A wave of bombings tore through Iraq on Tuesday, killing 65 people on eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and showing how unstable Iraq remains more than a year after the withdrawal of American troops. Continue Reading
April 21, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
WILLISTON David Knuckles is proud of the time he spent training Iraqi police officers and helping that country rebuild, but it meant spending a lot of time away from his son. Continue Reading
March 23, 2012 in The Daily Republic
The soldiers who arrived at the Sioux Falls airport Thursday are with the 139th Brigade Support Battalion. Continue Reading
March 17, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Wearing a U.S. Army uniform and flanked by Iraqi lawmakers, an American citizen announced Saturday that he was being released from more than nine months of imprisonment by a Shiite militia that for years targeted U.S. troops. Continue Reading
March 12, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Amber Nelson and her husband Brett recently won an all-inclusive Caribbean trip valued at more than $6,000 from the singer’s “14 Days of Forever Love” contest. Amber’s from Fertile, Minn.; Brett, a National Guardsman and Iraq war vet, is from Cavalier, N.D. Continue Reading
March 5, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The scandal of abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad nearly a decade ago “was primarily due to failure of leadership,” said an officer who exerted leadership there shortly after the incidents. Retired Col. Martin Breaker spoke to about 40 people Monday night at a Sons of Norway meeting. Continue Reading
March 5, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A gang of gunmen disguised in military-style uniforms and carrying forged arrest warrants killed 25 police today, then hoisted the battle flag of al-Qaida in a carefully planned early morning shooting spree in western Iraq, officials said. Continue Reading
February 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The apparently coordinated bombings and shootings unfolded over four hours in the capital Baghdad where most of the deaths occurred and 11 other cities. They struck government offices, restaurants and one in the town of Musayyib hit close to a primary school. At least 225 people were wounded. Continue Reading
February 11, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A group of Iraqi political dissidents today created a new opposition party to act as a check on the country’s government. About 45 activists announced the creation of the Union of Patriotic Figures and described it as a secular political group of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds from about 27 mostly minor Iraqi parties. Continue Reading
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