Family united by Iraq tragedy, divided by politics
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When U.S. Marine Raul Bravo Jr. died in Iraq last year, his family joined thousands of other Americans who have suffered the tragedy of seeing a loved one killed in the war.
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Supporters of both sides in the debate over the war in Iraq have gathered in a Delaware town every week since September 2004, sharing a faith in the power of silence.
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The family of a soldier killed in Iraq launch a campaign opposing the war and seeking "justice" for personnel and their families.
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The differences of opinion come as the community prepares to enjoy power for the first time in Iraq's history.
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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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President Bush has been quietly meeting with families of troops killed in Iraq at a time when polls show the war is a looming political liability in key swing states.
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The Iraqis who signed up to help the Americans are losing faithâand often their lives. One family's story.
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On a day heralded as a new beginning for Iraq, many Iraqis were divided on whether the newly inaugurated national unity government will be able to curtail sectarian violence in the country.
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Presidential politics took a back seat to grief and remembrance Tuesday, as candidates from both parties observed the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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As a father mourned the unimaginable &#151; the loss of five of his children in a fire that also devastated another family that shared his home &#151; a religious leader let him know that his pain was shared by many.
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BAGHDAD, July 8 -- Khider Walli Ahmad has nobody left. Not his wife or his 4-year-old son, not his father or mother or sister. They were killed Saturday when a suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives in a crowded market.
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One person can tell you precisely how many Americans have been killed in Iraq. Another pays close attention to the names and hometowns of those who die each week. A third mourns for the families of fallen U.S. troops, but also figures it was their choice to enlist.
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Childhood friends who enlisted in the Marine Corps together and died together in Iraq were buried side by side.
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BAGHDAD -- The deaths of nine civilians, including a child, in a U.S. airstrike south of Baghdad have raised fresh concerns about the military's ability to distinguish friend from foe in a campaign to uproot insurgents from Sunni areas on the capital's doorstep.
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While dozens of their neighbors gathered for an emotional prayer vigil, the family of an American construction worker who was abducted and slain in Iraq said Monday they were praying for the remaining hostages and their families.
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With a son-in-law in Iraq and a son who served in Afghanistan, Kathy Johnston says she wants to make sure her five grandchildren know that it's important to support U.S. troops, no matter how they feel about the war.
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The deaths of Iraqis, particularly those of civilians, have become an increasingly delicate topic.