Read more Iraq war stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24529/iraq-war.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:43:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74604/brits-in-iraq-us-military-bosses-were-like-martians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish military officers serving in Iraq in the early days found their American counterparts so uncommunicative they called them “a group of Martians” for whom “dialogue is alien." In documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph , the top British general says he didn't even have a secure line to Gen. Rick...http://www.newser.com/story/74604/brits-in-iraq-us-military-bosses-were-like-martians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:35:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74544/iraqi-prisoners-taunt-wis-soldiers-over-favre-defection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn allegiance to the Green Bay Packers has come back to haunt Wisconsin National Guardsmen on duty at a prison camp in Iraq, with detainees using quarterback Brett Favre’s defection to the rival Vikings to taunt the soldiers. A Packers-themed paint job sparked curiosity, one officer tells WTMJ-AM , “they soon...http://www.newser.com/story/74544/iraqi-prisoners-taunt-wis-soldiers-over-favre-defection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74052/iraqi-war-zone-sees-big-spike-in-birth-defects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors in Fallujah are seeing an alarming rise in the number of birth defects and early life cancers. They have no definitive evidence, but suspicion has naturally fallen on toxic materials left behind after years of modern warfare, reports the Guardian . The rate of birth defects—including multiple tumors, nervous...http://www.newser.com/story/74052/iraqi-war-zone-sees-big-spike-in-birth-defects.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 13:24:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73778/poll-grouchy-public-sticks-with-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica's mood has crashed hard after the euphoria that greeted Barack Obama's inauguration: A recent poll shows the country in a pessimistic funk as the president struggles to revive the economy and fight two wars abroad. But Americans haven't lost all faith in Obama: His approval stands at 54%, no...http://www.newser.com/story/73778/poll-grouchy-public-sticks-with-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 4:49:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73523/honor-hero-cop-end-ban-on-women-in-combat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThursday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood was just the latest example of how there really is no front line for US troops these days; Iraq and Afghanistan are entirely battlefields. So women are already, in effect, in combat, and anyone wanting still more proof that they can handle it need...http://www.newser.com/story/73523/honor-hero-cop-end-ban-on-women-in-combat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 10:15:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73526/hasan-cleaned-house-gave-much-to-neighbors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMaj. Nidal Hasan cleaned out his off-base apartment in the days before yesterday’s shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, giving away many of his possessions to a neighbor, whom he told he was headed for Iraq and had no need of them. Patricia Villa tells the New York Times she...http://www.newser.com/story/73526/hasan-cleaned-house-gave-much-to-neighbors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73486/blame-vicarious-ptsd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Todd Essig learned the Fort Hood shooter “was an Army psychiatrist who treats post traumatic stress disorder, himself on the cusp of deployment, I thought, ‘I’m not surprised.’” Why? Because there is a documented transfer of trauma disorders from sufferers to caregivers, dubbed “vicarious traumatization.” For some who...http://www.newser.com/story/73486/blame-vicarious-ptsd.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73458/fort-hood-death-toll-hits-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe death toll from yesterday's shootings at Fort Hood hit 13 early this morning after a woman died of her injuries, a military spokeswoman says. A SWAT team and FBI agents raided the Killeen, Texas, home of suspected shooter Nidal Malik Hasan overnight in an effort to learn what could...http://www.newser.com/story/73458/fort-hood-death-toll-hits-13.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 7:53:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73447/armys-stress-most-obvious-at-fort-hood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFort Hood has had more suicides than any other US Army facility since the start of the Iraq war, and while Nidal Hasan, the man officials say is responsible for yesterday's massacre, likely had unique motivations, he was perhaps only the most troubled member of a volunteer force buckling under...http://www.newser.com/story/73447/armys-stress-most-obvious-at-fort-hood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 6:16:00 CST