War in Iraq



McCain 2008
Jeff Chiu
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., shakes hands with supporters at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, May 15, 2008.
    McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013 Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for full-scale troop withdrawals.

The Republican presidential contender, in a mystical speech that also envisioned Osama bin Laden dead or captured, and Americans with the choice of paying a simple flat tax or following their standard 1040 form, said only a small number of troops would remain in Iraq by the end of a prospective first term because al-Qaida will have been defeated and Iraq's government will be functioning on its own.

By GLEN JOHNSON
06:27:09 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008


House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan warsPresident Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill - for now - $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.
By ANDREW TAYLOR
06:12:18 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

McCain envisions Iraq victory, with most troops out by 2013Sen. John McCain predicted Thursday that most U.S. troops would be out of Iraq by the end of his first term, leaving behind a fragile but functioning democracy.
By MATT STEARNS
03:07:23 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Iraqi forces mount al-Qaida hunt in MosulU.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to stanch the flow of insurgents and weapons to that northern city.
By CHELSEA J. CARTER and LEE KEATH
04:37:30 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

E-mail from VA worker says to avoid PTSD diagnosisAn internal e-mail written by a Veterans Affairs Department employee suggested avoiding a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder for veterans and instead considering a diagnosis that might result in a lower disability payment.
By KIMBERLY HEFLING
04:22:01 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Contractors, insurance firms gouging taxpayers, panel saysA poorly run Pentagon program for providing workman's compensation for civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers, a House committee said Thursday.
By RICHARD LARDNER
11:32:38 AM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Today on the presidential campaign trailIN THE HEADLINES
01:21:58 AM Thursday, May 15, 2008

UK to hold inquiry into Iraqi's death in detentionA judge will lead a public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian who died while in the custody of British soldiers, the Ministry of Defense said Wednesday.
By DAVID STRINGER
01:52:44 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008

U.S. probing Iraqi companies for insurance fraudCompanies working on Iraq reconstruction have been accused of padding their profits through an insurance scam, leading to a criminal probe and hurried changes in the way many contracts are handled by the U.S. Army, according to internal military documents obtained by The Associated Press.
By RICHARD LARDNER
07:31:24 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Trial ordered for Marine in killing of IraqiCamp Pendleton's commanding general has ordered a Marine to be tried on a murder charge in the killing of an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq.
11:45:39 AM Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Suicide bomber kills 22 in attack west of Baghdad
Iraqi leader takes charge of offensive in Mosul
Bush calls new attack on US his worst worry
US slashes reward for al-Qaida Iraq leader
Cease-fire holds in Sadr City after deadly clashes

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