KOAA.com

Tagged News

• The Iraq War: Remembering after 10 years Play Video

  March 19, 2013 9:23 PM

  "On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war," President George W. Bush told to the American people and the world on March 19th, 2003 It's been ten years since that day, and a lot has changed... more »

• Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests; to perform for President Obama

  December 8, 2012 12:43 PM

  South Korean rapper and Internet sensation PSY is apologizing to Americans for participating in anti-U.S. protests several years ago. Park Jae-sang, who performs as PSY, issued a statement Friday after reports surfaced that he had participated in concerts protesting the U.S. military presence in South Korea during the early stages... more »

• More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets

  February 3, 2012 12:24 PM

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans is spurring talk of similar parades in at least 10 other cities. Organizers of the parade that drew an estimated 100,000 observers and 20,000 participants in St. Louis on Jan. 28 say... more »

• Hearing their wounds

  January 22, 2012 7:52 PM

  For many returning soldiers, the longest wounds to heal can't be seen. This weekend, LifeQuest asked veterans to turn those wounds into songs. Staff Sergeant Kenneth Sargent is one of these veterans. He returned from Iraq with severe spine damage. "They told me I would never walk again," said Sargent.... more »

• Man gets prison in death of Iraq war veteran

  November 4, 2011 6:28 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man who confessed his role in killing an Iraq war veteran whose body was stuffed in a toy box in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to 36 years in prison. The Gazette reports 39-year-old Peter Steven Miller Jr. apologized before he was sentenced... more »

• Lawyer: Soldier to plead guilty in detainee death

  May 22, 2011 5:43 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The lawyer for a mentally ill U.S. soldier accused of killing an Afghan detainee says the soldier will plead guilty to murder in exchange for a substantially reduced prison term. Attorney James Culp said Sunday that Pfc. David Lawrence of Lawrenceburg, Ind., will enter his plea... more »

• Iraq war veteran accused of molesting teenage girl

  January 29, 2011 1:11 PM

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) - A disabled Army veteran of the Iraq war is accused of molesting a teenage girl. Forty-year-old Dennis Herbst of Loveland is due in court Monday on three felony charges of sexual abuse of a child. He is free on $25,000 bond. His phone number is... more »

• Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home

  August 19, 2010 8:15 AM

  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 says he's proud to be leaving the country with the last of the U.S. combat units. Troops of the 4th Stryker... more »

• Obama to hold national security sitdown on Iraq

  August 11, 2010 9:10 AM

  President Barack Obama sits down Wednesday with his national security team to talk about Iraq. All the heavy hitters will be there in the Situation Room, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, national security adviser James Jones and, by videoconference, the U.S. commander in Iraq,... more »

• In blindness, soldiers find new niche in military

  May 21, 2010 10:39 AM

  Since a car bomb blinded Capt. Scott Smiley in Iraq, he has skied Vail, climbed Mount Rainier, earned his MBA, raised two young boys with his wife, won an Espy award and pulled himself up from faith-shaking depths. Smiley, pictured here, is one of only a handful of soldiers... more »

• Top general says US withdrawal from Iraq on track

  April 18, 2010 12:14 PM

  The top U.S. military commander in Iraq says the planned withdrawal of nearly 45,000 U.S. troops by the end of August is on track despite a recent increase in attacks by militant forces. Army Gen. Ray Odierno also says that al-Qaida's capabilities in Iraq is being degraded. He tells "Fox... more »

• Colorado memorial for war on terror put on hold

  February 25, 2010 9:49 AM

  Colorado lawmakers have put plans for a memorial to the war on terror on hold following a dispute over how to memorialize the Iraq war. Democratic House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann says the law creating a memorial committee specifically called for a memorial to the war on terror, including... more »

• U.S. commander apologizes on Afghan TV

  February 23, 2010 2:58 PM

  The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan went on national television Tuesday to apologize for a deadly air strike, an extraordinary attempt to regain Afghans' trust while a mass offensive continues against the Taliban in the south. Two U.S. Marine battalions, accompanied by Afghan troops, pushing from... more »

• Biden says Iraq war wasn't worth `horrible price'

  February 14, 2010 10:40 AM

  Vice President Joe Biden says the Iraq war hasn't been worth its "horrible price." He says the war was mishandled from the outset and that the U.S. took its eye off the ball. As a result, he says the U.S. was left in a more dangerous position in Afghanistan, where... more »

• House passes defense bill, rushes toward recess

  December 16, 2009 4:08 PM

  The House has passed a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel. Approving the defense bill was one of several major must-do tasks the House must address before its planned adjournment for the year... more »