Iran is funding extremist groups in Iraq out of fear of a strong democracy as a neighbor, the commander of US forces in Iraq said Sunday.
“I think they don’t want to see Iraq turn into a strong democratic country, General Ray Odierno told CNN.
“They would rather see it become a weak governmental institution so they don’t add more problems for Iran in the future.”
C-17s have survived missile attacks in Iraq and pilot mishaps in Aghanistan without casualty in recent years, including a surface-to-air hit in Baghdad in 2003 and a 2009 incident at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan where a C-17 landed on its belly – with its landing gears disabled.
A C-17A assigned to the service’s 3rd Wing at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska crashed on the base at 18:14 local time yesterday while “on a local training mission”, the service confirms.
Callers to the Olney Police Department said they saw a low-flying plane, and a spokesman for Sheppard AFB initially reported a crash, but then retracted the report.
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A Duluth mother has lost her lawsuit over a letter that erroneously told her that her son had died in Iraq.
Joan Najbar had sent the letter to her son, Sam Eininger, in September 2006. It was returned several weeks later, stamped “DECEASED.”
With the help of the Red Cross, Najbar was able to determine that her son wasn’t dead. Eininger, a Minnesota National Guard member, served 22 months in Iraq.
Najbar sued the United States in 2009, claiming she experienced emotional distress and lost income.
But U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz dismissed the case last week, saying federal law didn’t give him the legal authority to decide the controversy raised in Najbar’s complaint and that he lacked jurisdiction in the case.
Earlier, she filed a claim for $118,000 in damages from the U.S. Postal Service in 2008 that was twice denied. A letter from the Postal Service said its investigation found no negligence.
“This happened while he was … being shot at in Baghdad. That’s not OK … not to even say oops or sorry,” Najbar, a clinical social worker, said shortly after she filed the suit.
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