Belleville News Democrat: Military http://www.bnd.com/404/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Military 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:09:48 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124 http://www.bnd.com/404/story/402376.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/402376.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:48 CDT As of Friday, July 18, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. College-bound vets say campus needs often unmet http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401950.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401950.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:08 CDT Nothing Derek Blumke saw during three Air Force tours in Afghanistan prepared him for college life. Iraqi opinions on Obama's planned visit http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401941.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401941.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31 CDT Some comments from around Iraq on Sen. Barack Obama's expected visit: Baghdad family's woes far from Obama spotlight http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401940.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401940.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31 CDT There is a Baghdad that Sen. Barack Obama probably won't see. Iraqi troops put on show of strength in Sadr City http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401891.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401891.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:16 CDT Iraqi soldiers took up positions on rooftops and military helicopters hovered overhead Friday in a show of strength in a Baghdad district where Shiite militiamen once ruled the streets. There were no reports of violence. Rebels: Turkey bombs Kurd rebel targets in Iraq http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401878.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401878.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:07 CDT Kurdish rebels say Turkish warplanes have bombed abandoned guerrilla camps in northern Iraq. They say there were no casualties. Iraqi prime minister to visit Germany, meet Merkel http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401846.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401846.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31 CDT A German official says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit Berlin next week and meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. Group says displacement of Iraqis has slowed http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401845.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401845.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31 CDT The International Organization for Migration says the displacement of people in Iraq has slowed to a trickle this year and that some of the country's 2.8 million uprooted have been encouraged to go home. Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401832.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401832.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:28 CDT With al-Qaida falling away, U.S. forces in Iraq are turning their attention to another front: the Iranian border. They aim to crack down on weapon smuggling from Iran by tightening the frontier with Iraq's neighbor to the east, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday. Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401829.html http://www.bnd.com/404/story/401829.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:19 CDT President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetable.