Troops turn to faith amid realities of war
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In the waning sunlight hour of a chilly winter afternoon, a chorus of Hebrew prayer rises from a small, fluorescent lit room on the outskirts of Baghdad.
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Marines face threats from fake surrenders even as they shift to rebuilding and handing out aid to civilians. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec. 25  -- The roaring bonfire licked the dark sky as Jennifer and Jeremiah Pray leaned closer to the pulsing warmth. Their faces glowing, their eyes bright, they relished their first Christmas Eve together in more than three years of marriage, not to mention the brief respite from the war going on around them.
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Violence is down in the first weeks of a troop buildup, but the military's response has been guarded -- with good reason
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Black Watch soldiers have held their last church service at their base near Basra in Iraq, before their move north. The battalion is getting its weapons, ammunition and Warrior armoured vehicles ready for the move to an area under American command.
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Even while the public's ambivalence about the war has steadily grown, the will to help troops has steadily risen.
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Their mission has been accomplished and the Scottish soldiers were looking forward to the prospect of Christmas with their families after risking their lives in Iraq&#39;s &quot;triangle of death&quot;.
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In one platoon in a very tough town, a death stirs questions about the war.
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George Perez lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man &#151; and no less of a soldier.
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Troops at Camp Fallujah and Camp Cooke in Iraq were able to watch Saturday's telecast of the annual basketball game between Kentucky and Louisville.
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The acrid scent of explosives and fire hovered inside the gutted church as Iraqi Christians baptized Savio Mar Georgis. By Muhannad Fala&#39;ah, Getty Images.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 12 -- In the fire-singed prayer hall of the Red Mosque on Thursday, pinpricks of sunlight filtered through hundreds of bullet holes in the corrugated tin roof while soldiers in combat boots stood at attention.
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As U.S. troops build alliances with Sunni ex-insurgents, mutual mistrust exists with Shiite Iraqi Army soldiers.
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Security concerns kept many Iraqi Christians away from church Christmas Day, while U.S. troops in Baghdad celebrated the holiday as traditionally as possible &#151; feasting on turkey and then relaxing at the pool table or computer screen.
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It is difficult to find anything positive about war, but the pictures in the news of children and their military fathers loving each other have been heart-rending. They remind us that there is nothing on Earth more precious and sacred than the love between fathers and their children.
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The hundreds of white wooden crosses planted on a quiet suburban hillside honor the memory of troops killed in Iraq &#151; or, depending on your leanings, exploit personal grief for politics.
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A 'breakdown in discipline' among reservists in Iraq raises troubling questions