Al Anbar, Iraq News

McALLEN Several veterans based out of Fort Hood, Texas, came to the Rio Grande Valley to pay their respects to one of their fallen comrades this weekend.

It took 19 months, but as President Obama addressed the American people tonight on the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, it was clear to me that the young Illinois Senator had grown into the job a majority of Americans entrusted to him.

SAMARRA, Iraq: Iraqi police on Thursday found the bound body of Akram al-Daini, brother of Sunni MP Nahida al-Daini, five days after he was kidnapped near Tikrit in central Iraq, a police officer said.

It took 19 months, but as President Obama addressed the American people tonight on the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, it was clear to me that the young Illinois Senator had grown into the job a majority of Americans entrusted to him.

It took 19 months, but as President Obama addressed the American people tonight on the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, it was clear to me that the young Illinois Senator had grown into the job a majority of Americans entrusted to him.

A military panel on Wednesday decided not to discharge a soldier convicted of covering up the slayings of Iraqi citizens after he testified he needed military medical benefits because he is HIV positive and struggled with substance abuse.

Staff Sergeant Wade Berg grew up in Chippewa Falls WI, and in the middle of his senior year of High School , Berg joined the Army.A After basic training he was sent toA Aberdeen proving grounds Maryland and helped with shippingA equipment for desert storm and finished AIT training.A He attended Wyoming Tech while in the Wyoming National Guard.A ... (more)

A military panel will determine a new sentence for an Army soldier whose convictions in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees were thrown out by an appeals court.

An Army soldier whose conviction in the murder of 3 Iraqi detainees was overturned by an appeals court is headed back to a military court for a new sentencing hearing.

It took 19 months, but as President Obama addressed the American people tonight on the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, it was clear to me that the young Illinois Senator had grown into the job a majority of Americans entrusted to him.

Baghdad, Jan 22: The Iraqi authorities Sunday banned individuals from visiting former Iraqi president Saddam Hussien's grave over two years after having already prohibited organised visits to it in the Salahudin province, a police source said.

Tom Kennedy, left, of Dana Distributors, greets Vivian Allen at the event Friday at the Chester ShopRite.

A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003.

It took 19 months, but as President Obama addressed the American people tonight on the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, it was clear to me that the young Illinois Senator had grown into the job a majority of Americans entrusted to him.

Before the United States left Iraq in December, there were a lot of final jobs to get done.