VA Confirms 103,000 Iraq and Afghan Veterans Seek Healthcare: "David Espo and Mary Dalrymple, Associated Press | Posted 2005-06-28 15:58:00.0 | By DAVID ESPO | The Associated Press | Tuesday, June 28, 2005; 3:26 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062800545.html
VA Confirms 103,000 Iraq and Afghan Veterans Seek Healthcare: Senate Plans $1.5 Billion Spending Boost for Veterans
WASHINGTON -- Struggling to prevent political damage, Senate Republicans intend to raise spending on veterans programs by $1.5 billion to make up for a shortage caused partly by the return of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.
'I'm glad they have seen the light,' said Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. He said majority Republicans had refused to provide the money when members of his party called for it earlier in the year.
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, who chairs the Veterans Committee, said a vote was likely Tuesday or Wednesday.
The decision to approve the funds came in response to last week's disclosure that the Department of Veterans Affairs needs $1 billion more for veterans health care this year."
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About one-quarter of this year's $1 billion shortfall results from the services needed by veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, he said, adding that the estimate of roughly 23,000 returning veterans proved far below the actual total of 103,000.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
U.S. Accused in Iraqi Journalist's Death --- third Iraqi journalist allegedly killed in similar incidents in the past week
Excite News: "U.S. Accused in Iraqi Journalist's Death | Jun 28, 4:44 PM (ET)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops allegedly killed an Iraqi television director Tuesday when he drove near a U.S. convoy, colleagues and a hospital official said. The U.S. military said it had no reports of the incident.
Ahmed Wael Bakri, a program director for al-Sharqiya television, was the third Iraqi journalist allegedly killed in similar incidents in the past week.
He was trying to pass a traffic accident and wasn't paying attention to a U.S. convoy when troops allegedly opened fire at his car, according to Riyadh al-Salman, a production director at the station.
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On Sunday, Maha Ibrahim, a news editor with the local Baghdad TV channel, was killed when U.S. troops opened fire after apparently coming under attack in a Baghdad neighborhood, channel director Saad al-Bayati said. Ibrahim and her husband were on their way to the station, owned by the Iraqi Islamic Party.
On Friday, an Iraqi reporter working for an American news organization was shot and killed in Baghdad, allegedly by U.S. troops, after he apparently did not respond to a shouted signal from a military convoy, witnesses said.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops allegedly killed an Iraqi television director Tuesday when he drove near a U.S. convoy, colleagues and a hospital official said. The U.S. military said it had no reports of the incident.
Ahmed Wael Bakri, a program director for al-Sharqiya television, was the third Iraqi journalist allegedly killed in similar incidents in the past week.
He was trying to pass a traffic accident and wasn't paying attention to a U.S. convoy when troops allegedly opened fire at his car, according to Riyadh al-Salman, a production director at the station.
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On Sunday, Maha Ibrahim, a news editor with the local Baghdad TV channel, was killed when U.S. troops opened fire after apparently coming under attack in a Baghdad neighborhood, channel director Saad al-Bayati said. Ibrahim and her husband were on their way to the station, owned by the Iraqi Islamic Party.
On Friday, an Iraqi reporter working for an American news organization was shot and killed in Baghdad, allegedly by U.S. troops, after he apparently did not respond to a shouted signal from a military convoy, witnesses said.
Monday, June 27, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
Surge of attacks leaves at least 73 dead in Iraq
Surge of attacks leaves at least 73 dead in Iraq: "Surge of attacks leaves at least 73 dead in Iraq
Published Monday, June 20, 2005
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 15 traffic police and wounded about 100 more today outside the unit’s headquarters in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, police and hospital officials said.
Iraq’s insurgency appeared unfazed by two massive U.S.-Iraqi military offensives against militant smuggling routes and training centers west and north of Baghdad, mounting attacks that have killed at least 73 in the past two days - including 28 people today."
Published Monday, June 20, 2005
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 15 traffic police and wounded about 100 more today outside the unit’s headquarters in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, police and hospital officials said.
Iraq’s insurgency appeared unfazed by two massive U.S.-Iraqi military offensives against militant smuggling routes and training centers west and north of Baghdad, mounting attacks that have killed at least 73 in the past two days - including 28 people today."
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