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  • Highway To Be Named In Honor of Grant County Soldier Killed In Iraq

    May 10, 2012 9:16 AM

    A Grant County soldier who died while serving in Iraq will be honored with a Memorial Highway along US-25 Dry Ridge Bypass in Grant County. State and local officials will recognize SFC Jason Bishop Friday, May 11 at 10 a.m. Bishop, 31, of Williamstown, was killed January 1,... more »
  • Feds Can Use Surveillance Evidence In Ky. Terror Case

    February 8, 2012 9:12 AM

    LOUISVILLE (AP) - A federal judge says there's probable cause to believe an Iraqi man facing terrorism-related charged in Kentucky was "an agent of a foreign power" and that investigators properly gathered electronic surveillance and physical evidence him. In a 19-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell turned away... more »
  • War Drawdowns Wreak Havoc On Guard Soldiers' Lives

    November 28, 2011 8:24 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Two months ago, Demetries Luckett left his job in Michigan, turned in his cable box, sent his daughter to live with her mother, and headed for Camp Shelby in Mississippi. As a 1st lieutenant in Michigan's National Guard, he was being deployed to Afghanistan. But just a... more »
  • 56 Killed As Wave Of Violence Rolls Across Iraq

    August 15, 2011 5:56 AM

    KUT, Iraq (AP) - Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing 56 people - most of them in the southern city of Kut - in a wave of violence that shattered what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan. The violence struck... more »
  • Iranian Weapons Allegedly Used Against US Troops

    July 11, 2011 8:05 AM

    BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. will not "walk away" from the challenge of Iran's stepped-up arming of Iraqi insurgents who are targeting and killing American troops as they prepare to leave Iraq, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday. Panetta also pointedly pressed Iraqi leaders to appoint a defense minister,... more »
  • Largest Kentucky Guard Deployment In Nearly 60 Years Play Video

    June 30, 2011 7:14 AM

    It will stand as the largest Kentucky National Guard overseas deployment since World War II. Next month, 1,300 soldiers will deploy to Iraq. Prior to heading overseas, the troops are training at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. "It's basically like role playing. It's something you've seen once before, so... more »
  • Troops Training At Brown Hotel For Iraq Duty

    June 27, 2011 6:45 AM

    LOUISVILLE (AP) - If government officials and international dignitaries detect a note of Kentucky hospitality during visits to a military-run hotel in Iraq, it's because the staff is being trained at one of the state's most historic hotels. The Kentucky Army National Guard 617th Military Police Company is learning from... more »
  • US Military: 5 US Soldiers Killed In Central Iraq

    June 6, 2011 7:03 AM

    BAGHDAD (AP) - Five American troops were killed Monday in central Iraq, U.S. officials said - the single largest loss of life for the American military in Iraq in the past two years. The military said in a brief statement that the five were killed Monday, giving no additional details... more »
  • Two Iraqi Men Arrested In Kentucky Face Terrorism Charges

    May 31, 2011 1:09 PM

    An Iraqi citizen who allegedly carried out numerous Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks against U.S. troops in Iraq and another Iraqi national alleged to have participated in the insurgency in Iraq were arrested In Bowling Green and indicted on federal terrorism charges in the Western District of Kentucky, according to... more »
  • US Soldiers Killed While Training Iraqis

    January 15, 2011 6:11 AM

    BAGHDAD (AP) Two U.S. troops were killed Saturday by an Iraqi soldier who apparently smuggled real bullets into a training exercise and opened fire, raising fresh concerns about insurgents worming into the nation's security forces as the Americans prepare to leave by the year's end. A U.S. military official... more »
  • Insurgent Attacks Kill 4 Iraqi Security Officers

    January 2, 2011 2:47 PM

    BAGHDAD (AP) Insurgents killed four members of Iraq's security forces and a city engineer in separate incidents across the Iraqi capital Sunday evening, officials said. The similar nature of the attacks all were shootings by assailants armed with silencers and the fact that they all occurred within less than... more »
  • US Troops Still Battling In Iraq

    September 5, 2010 7:09 PM

    Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the center of Baghdad on Sunday. The fighting killed 12 people and wounded dozens. It was the first exchange of fire... more »
  • Obama Says End Of Iraq Combat Mission "Not Victory Lap"

    August 31, 2010 1:53 PM

    FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - President Barack Obama told U.S. troops on Tuesday that the end of combat operations in Iraq is "not going to be a victory lap," not a cause for celebration. "There's still a lot of work that we've got to do to make sure that Iraq... more »
  • 60 Medics Return to Fort Campbell from Iraq

    August 26, 2010 8:15 AM

    FORT CAMPBELL (AP) - More than 60 soldiers from a medical support company based at Fort Campbell will be returning home from Iraq. The soldiers from the 501st Area Support Medical Company are scheduled to arrive on Thursday around noon at the installation on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. The company... more »
  • Goodbye Iraq: Last US Combat Brigade Heads Home

    August 19, 2010 8:17 AM

    KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait (AP) - Staff Sergeant Luke Dill was an 18-year-old specialist, when he rolled into Iraq as part of the U.S. invasion. Now, after two tours of duty, he's 25 and proud to be leaving the country with the last of the U.S. combat units. Troops of the... more »
  • U.S. Reviewing Iraq Troop Pullout Timetable

    May 11, 2010 3:11 PM

    BAGHDAD (AP) – Worries over increased violence fueled by Iraq's political instability have forced U.S. commanders to reconsider the pace of a major pullout this summer without overstepping a deadline to cut the military's presence by nearly half by the end of August. More than two months after parliamentary elections,... more »
  • Kentucky National Guard Troops Return From Iraq

    March 18, 2010 7:25 AM

    (AP) - A welcome home ceremony is planned for Kentucky National Guard troops returning from Iraq. The Kentucky Army National Guard says 167 soldiers are returning from Maysville-based 299th Chemical Company and Morehead-based 301st Chemical Company. A welcome home ceremony is being held Friday at Keeneland race track in Lexington.... more »
  • Lawyers Defend Civilian Prosecution Of Ex-soldiers

    February 25, 2010 3:28 PM

    LOUISVILLE (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a law used to convict a former U.S. Army soldier's for murder and rape in civilian court fills a gap allowing the government to pursue former soldiers who otherwise would escape prosecution. U.S. Department of Justice attorney Michael Rotker, in an 86-page brief filed... more »
  • Toll In Baghdad Blasts Rises To At Least 118 Dead

    December 8, 2009 8:05 AM

    BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi police and hospital officials say the coordinated series of attacks against government buildings in Baghdad killed at least 118 people and wounded 261. Three bomb-rigged cars exploded in quick succession Tuesday, striking the Labor Ministry, a court complex and the new site of Iraq's Finance Ministry... more »
  • 2 Kentucky Iraq Vets Sue Contractors Over 'Burn Pits'

    November 10, 2009 10:39 AM

    A pair of Kentucky men who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are suing two U.S. military contractors and accusing the companies of exposing them to toxic fumes and ash from "burn pits." The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville on Monday by former Air Force Sgt. Sean... more »