U.S. Capt. Joel Lynch instructs a ragtag collection of newly recruited Iraqi National Guardsmen in their first active mission on the northern outskirts of Baghdad. MITCH POTTER/TORONTO STAR

Living in Iraq, U.S. army-style

CAMP GUNSLINGER, BAGHDAD?It is the first joint Iraqi-American operation for the soldiers of Alpha Company, and they don't like it one bit. At 45C, the acrid air feels like fire in the lungs. But that's not the problem. The problem is that the gates of the U.S. Army's Camp Gunslinger, here on the northern outskirts of Baghdad, just got hit by another mortar round.


 

Electing force in Latin America : Peru- On a morning in April, people in this normally placid spot in Peru's southeastern highlands burst into a town council meeting, grabbed their mayor, dragged him through the streets and lynched him. The killers, convinced that the mayor was on the take and angry that he had neglected pledges to pave a highway and build a market f

D.C.: Number of Homeless Up Slightly for 4th Year: The fourth annual point-in-time survey counted 14,537 homeless men, women and children -- up 1.8 percent from last year's survey by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.

Tougher Regulations Urged on Power Plant Emissions: Pollution from power plants causes the premature deaths of 23,600 Americans each year, according to an analysis prepared by a consulting company that uses the same data and methodology in its work for the Environmental Protection Agency.


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