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How the Iraq war followed one veteran home
Published:Mon, 14 May 2012 06:29:14 -0700  
The BBC's David Botti describes how the Iraq war was a constant presence in his life long after serving as a US Marine there in 2003...

Closing the war in Iraq: Lemke returns home
Published:Wed, 16 May 2012 08:17:10 -0700  
While the Iraq war wound down at the end of 2011, many Minnesota members of the Army National Guard were deployed abroad to aid in the transition. Among them was Jake Lemke of Norwood Young America....

Protest: Vets to return medals
Published:Wed, 16 May 2012 05:47:32 -0700  
Iraq war veteran Steven Acheson will engage in the rarest of protests this weekend: He will hand back his military service medals at the NATO summit in Chicago, an act one veteran calls "disgraceful."...

Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD
Published:Tue, 15 May 2012 08:28:46 -0700  
Iraq war veteran Leo Dunson is using rap music to examine the disappointment he feels since returning to civilian life....

Pre-war Iraq 'not threat to UK'
Published:Mon, 14 May 2012 06:28:53 -0700  
Iraq posed no threat to the UK when then prime minister Tony Blair took Britain to war there, former MI5 boss Baroness Manningham-Buller has said....

Local Iraq war veteran publishes e-book
Published:Sun, 13 May 2012 16:09:38 -0700  
After Iraq war veteran Michael Calore completed his two tours of duty, he had difficulty speaking about his experiences with people back home. They just couldn't understand, he says. So he started writing. "It was a way for me to explain how I felt with...

Iraq war veteran Leo Dunson treats his PTSD by rapping about Army life over attending counseling
Published:Tue, 15 May 2012 07:30:45 -0700  
Leo Dunson refuses to attend counseling, visit local VA hospital but has recorded 5 albums in 4 years since discharge...

Iraq War Veteran Dies After Saving Woman From Small Plane Crash
Published:Mon, 14 May 2012 13:09:54 -0700  
By Debbie Emery - Radar Reporter An Iraq war veteran who was an unexpected hero on Friday when he dragged a woman from the burning wreckage of a small plane and saved her life tragically died from his own injuries. Former marine Austin Anderson was traveling in the eight-seater twin-engine Cessna 401 plane with Hannah Luce and three other friends when they crashed in rural Kansas shortly after ......

Black Iraq War Vet Uses Rap To Rhyme Himself Out of Suicidal Thoughts
Published:Wed, 16 May 2012 10:26:48 -0700  
Las Vegas, NV (May 16, 2012) -- On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired....