In The News - Jan. 15

U.S. Military Frees 500 Iraqi Prisoners - 15 Jan 2006 at 7:24pm -
The U.S. military on Sunday released some 500 prisoners cleared of ties to Iraq's insurgency, including a pair of journalists who had been held for months, U.S. military officials said. Majed Hameed, an Iraqi reporter for the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya...


Cronkite: Time for U.S. to Leave Iraq - 15 Jan 2006 at 6:48pm - Former CBS anchor Walter Cronkite, whose 1968 conclusion that the Vietnam War was unwinnable keenly influenced public opinion then, said Sunday he'd say the same thing today about Iraq. "It's my belief that we should get out now," Cronkite said in a...