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Jessica Lynch Irish American veteran still haunted by her kidnapping in Iraq ten years on (IrishCentral)

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:43:02 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

It's been ten years since Private Jessica Lynch was rescued from her Iraqi captors, becoming the first American POW to be rescued since the Vietnam War, but Lynch is still haunted by the chaos and horror of the war.

The endless war on death - Folly of Iraq war hits home (IrishCentral)

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:32:30 PDT

The War in IraqIn the fourth year of the Iraq war I was walking home one day with my partner It was June 2007, about five in the afternoon, and the sun was shining We had been shopping at the farmer’s market in Union Square and we’d picked up some seasonal vegetables and a French loafIn a continental flourish I had picked up a bottle of white wine READ MORE

Aidan Quinn and Mike Connor talk “Allegiance” - a new Iraq war military drama - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:41:34 PST

By: CAHIR O'DOHERTY

Allegiance, the new Iraq war military drama starring Aidan Quinn, is the hard hitting debut feature by Irish American director Mike Connors and producers Sean Mullin, John Boyle and John O'Neil. Cahir O'Doherty talks to Connors and Quinn about the film’s controversial theme -- what happens when a soldier is forced to choose between his loyalties to a deserting soldier, his unit and his fiancée?

Man accused of using Iraq style IED in County Tyrone (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:33:47 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

Co Tyrone native Patrick Carty (32) was arrested and charged with possession of an improvised explosive device (IED) over the weekend in Northern Ireland.

Christine Quinn puts pressure on Mayor Bloomberg to allow Iraq Veterans Parade (IrishCentral)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:03:14 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is pressing ahead with a plan for the city to host a parade of Iraq War veterans.

Irish US army vet who fought in Iraq dies in Boston (IrishCentral)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:09:26 PST

By: BERNIE MALONE

An Irishman who served with the US military in Iraq had died in Boston.

Irish man remembering his US Marine son is angry over reasons for Iraq War (IrishCentral)

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:58:13 PST

By: KATE HICKEY

Visiting the memorial in the Cork graveyard, John Fenton is still angry over his son’s death in the Iraq war.

Former prime minister Haughey invited to Iraq by Saddam Hussein's deputy (IrishCentral)

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:36:06 PST

By: DARA KELLY

Former Irish prime minister Charles Haughey was invited to Iraq by Saddam Hussein's second-in-command Izzat Ibrahim in January 1980, only six weeks after Haugey became taoiseach, reports the Irish Times.

Bill O’Reilly and David Letterman high-five over the Iraq War (IrishCentral)

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:46:21 PDT

By: RONAN O’KELLY

Occasional adversaries Bill O’Reilly and David Letterman appeared to have agreed on one issue at least during Thursday night’s broadcast of the “Late Show” --- the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Joe Biden: Booing of Iraq gay soldier was 'reprehensible' (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:05:25 PDT

July 4th and a hero commander returns home from Iraq (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:27:20 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Navy commander Micheal Flatley (no relation of the dancer) returned home to East Hampton in Connecticut yesterday after an 11-month deployment which marked the completion of his third tour in Iraq.

Stop Using Shannon (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:20:13 PDT

By: THE use of Shannon Airport by U.S. troops on their way to and from the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan has gained a good deal of coverage recently primarily thanks to the WikiLeaks stories in the Irish Independent.

Hurling united U.S. troops on tour in Iraq (IrishCentral)

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:07:22 PDT

By: APRIL DREW

A stopover by U.S. soldiers at Shannon Airport on St. Patrick’s Day 2004 led to the fruition of a New Hampshire based hurling team made up of men who all served together in Iraq.

U.S. soldiers set up an Irish hurling team after Iraq tour - SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:10:57 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

U.S. soldiers spoke about their new found passion for the Irish traditional sport of hurling in a special documentary broadcast last night.

WikiLeaks: Irish Government blocked arms shipments to Israel and Iraq (IrishCentral)

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:08:37 PST

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The Irish Government acted to prevent weapons being transported from the US to Israel via Shannon Airport after the 2006 bombing of Lebanon, WikiLeaks documents have revealed this week.

Pulling up Barack Obama's roots, Newt Gingrich endorses British colonialism (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:40:15 PDT

Academics are often compared to masterbators--especially the ones on TV The porn that gets social science academics 'off,' is race If there were a moratorium on race-talk in America for a month, academics and TV pundits would just stare at the camera like sex-starved prostitutes Newt Gingrich is both academic and politician READ MORE

Iraq authorities admit Margaret Hassan’s killer escaped (IrishCentral)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:45:58 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

The Iraqi Deputy Justice Minister has admitted the convicted killer of Irish aid worker, Margaret Hassan, escaped from prison.

Stephen Colbert will honor the U.S. troops returning from Iraq (IrishCentral)

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:49:18 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Television host, comedian and satirist , Stephen Colbert, will honor the troops returning from Iraq with two special issues of "The Colbert Report", on September 8 and 9.

Iraq's Saint Patrick's Day Parade beats the odds (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:50:23 PST

As parades went, it was the most unusual in American military historyThe river Tigris did not run green, but several hundred US troops turned out last year for a Baghdad Saint Patrick's Day paradeThere are plan to march again this year, but for security reasons, of course, nobody is saying exactly whenLast year, 1st Sergeant Scott McWilliams, a native of Chicago's South Side, was the instigator and he got the Army's permission READ MORE

Her Majesty’s troops in Iraq, pure as the driven snow (IrishCentral)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:45:16 PST

Published Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 1:27 PMI have been stunned recently by yet another series of foul accusations of serious misconduct against Her Majesty's troops in Iraq Will it never end? Down all the decades of my lifetime, from about every corner of the globe, these vile and foul accusations continue to be directed against Her Majesty's men and women despite the fact that full and thorough investigations of them by Her Majesty's other men -- usually distinguished retired judges and officers -- find that all of them are unjustified Can the world's accusers not get it into their heads that Her Majesty's troops are not just blemish free in all respects, but are among the most humane and compassionate souls in the whole wide world which they once ruled in the days when the sun never set on the borders of the British Empire? The latest spate of accusations from about 40 Iraqis alleges that British troops abused them in every way shortly after the beginning of the war there The allegations stop just short of murder, though there have been earlier allegations of that too READ MORE