http://www.yourstreet.com/news/iraq YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File Just as Senate Dems secured enough votes to open up President Obama's Health Care plan for debate, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris is headed for an early-week visit to troops in Iraq. Sen. Burris, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756139/mr-burris-goes-to-baghdad Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:00:08 -0800 President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House about health care reform and Iraq’s new electoral law after returning from Camp David Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Washington. The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752687/house-health-care-reform-faces-senate-stone-wall Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:57:08 -0800 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday's "outrageous attacks" outside government offices in the Iraqi capital "reveal the hateful and destructive agenda of those who would deny the Iraqi people the future that they deserve." Secretary of State Hillary... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6750563/obama-iraq-attacks-attempt-to-derail-progress Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:45:08 -0700 Thomas Friedman: ... ... Six years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq continues to unnerve and tantalize. Watching Iraqi politics is like watching a tightrope artist crossing a dangerous cavern. At every step it looks as though he is going to fall into the abyss, and yet,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751701/prairiepundit-unfinished-work-in-iraq Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:16:08 -0700 by Ned Flounders (Posted Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:54:55 GMT) Check out this article in the Milwaukee paper. Bill Caudle of Watertown was laid off from his job back in March, and lost his family's health insurance. He has a young daughter, and a wife who is sick with... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752200/an-unnecessary-tragedy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:54:08 -0700 Returning from nine months in Iraq http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749987/nampa-soldier-welcomed-home-by-surprise-party Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:20:08 -0700 Opponents of our involve ment in Iraq -- foes of President Bush, really -- constantly claimed that country was in a state of civil war. Iraq came close, but the civil war never quite happened. Yet no one seems to notice that we're now caught up i... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746819/america-s-last-chances-in-afpak- Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:20:08 -0700 By CHRIS VAUGHN In less than six weeks, Kyle Stewart will leave behind the comforts of home in far north Fort Worth for the hardships of a drill sergeant. Stewart, a 2009 graduate of Keller Central High School, enlisted in the Army to fix helicopters, a decision he... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744623/army-has-best-recruitment-year-ever-in-dallas-fort-worth Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:50:08 -0700 BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces seized a top aide to the most wanted man in Iraq, capturing him Sunday in a helicopter raid in Diyala province, an Iraqi security official who participated in the raid said yesterday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745265/iraq-seizes-former-saddam-aide-now-helping-successor Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:00:08 -0700 A Person said... Iraqis Shocked as Atheism Creeps in BAGHDAD – Although their number remains insignificant and most of them hid their identity, the fact that some people are leaving Islam and becoming atheists is a troubling news in conservative Iraq. “I was... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742579/iraqis-shocked-as-atheism-creeps-in Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:55:08 -0700 THE next general election is three months away, but Iraq is already in high gear for what promises to be a hard-fought campaign over the future of the newly liberated nation. The outcome could determine the course of politics in the Middle East and ... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746906/new-battle-for-iraq Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:44:08 -0700 BAGHDAD -- By the end of October, American troop strength in Iraq will be 120,000, a decrease of 23,000 since January, the top United States military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, said Monday. The next big reduction will not come until well after the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745303/general-lays-out-pace-of-iraq-pullout Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:51:08 -0700 MANSFIELD, Mass. -- A mother in Mansfield is turning to congress for help after she was denied the ability to be buried with her late son, who was tragically killed in Iraq last year. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749169/mother-hopes-to-be-buried-alongside-son-killed-in-iraq Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:05:08 -0700 by Dangerousman (Posted Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:39:13 GMT) rabble wrote: Yeah. Sure. We can all see that. It was a rhetorical question. Didn't expect a truthful answer, so I didn't get one. If it was truly a rhetorical question you wouldn't have expected any answer.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742456/u-s-death-toll-in-iraq-reaches-2000 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:39:08 -0700 The country's first all-inclusive program for wounded combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is being built by nonprofit Veteran Homestead Inc. on the campus of Mount Wachusett Community College. The $8 million Northeast Veteran Training and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743120/college-town Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:00:08 -0700 It didn't take Eric Flores long to notice the orange dust that covered Qarmat Ali, the looted, abandoned water treatment plant he guarded in Iraq back in 2003. Photo caption: Eric Flores, right, is worried about his exposure to a chemical in Iraq, and so is his... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743674/city-gi-joins-toxic-dust-suit Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:08 -0700 A soldier from Minnesota sustained severe burns in Iraq and, jobless after his discharge, couldn't afford a washing machine. Likewise, a married couple of veterans from Maine had no money to buy diapers and clothes for their two baby sons. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745445/usatogether-org-matches-veterans-with-needs Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:01:08 -0700 When an injured Iraqi detainee turned to Col. David Lennon and said "thank you" for the medical treatment he was providing, he knew that — regardless of anyone's opinion of the war in Iraq — he was doing the right thing. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744833/guard-s-return-almost-like-a-dream- Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:22:08 -0700 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The bombers who attacked the western Iraqi city of Ramadi yesterday seemed determined to make sure none of their targets survived. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745359/world-briefs-10-12-09- Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Dear Mr. Snyder: Please, consider saving your strength for grieving, for getting on with life without your soldier son, lost to the Iraq war. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749574/cost-too-great-in-fighting-fred-phelps Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:15:08 -0700