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• Brain-injured troops face long-term risks
WASHINGTON - Many of the thousands of troops who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk of long-term health problems including depression and Alzheimer's-like symptoms, but it's impossible to predict how high those ...
• Iraqi council gives final approval to U.S. pact
BAGHDAD - Iraq's three-member presidential council on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States setting out a three-year timeframe for the full withdrawal of American troops, a spokesman said. The final legal hurdle to the deal was ...
• A lifeline abroad for Iraq children
BAGHDAD - A couple of months after Capt. Jonathan Heavey, a Walter Reed Army Medical Center physician, arrived in Baghdad, an Iraqi doctor handed him the medical file of a 2-year-old boy with a life-threatening heart ailment. The doctor said the boy ...
• Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled a willingness Tuesday to forge ahead with two key priorities for the incoming Obama administration: accelerating the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center ...
• Second death sentence for Iraq's 'Chemical Ali'
Ali Hassan al-Majid was sentenced to death Tuesday in connection with a 1991 crackdown on Iraq's Shiite population which killed tens of thousands of people. BAGHDAD - A special Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin, known as ...