Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:58 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:58:50 GMT
It's graduation time for high schools in Dougherty County and students are ready to embark on their next journey. 230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High SchoolMore >>
230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High School this Saturday morning.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:44 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:44:14 GMT
Investigators are trying to find some clues as to who took nearly two dozen cell phones from a Mitchell County School. Pictures of the Baconton Community Charter School file room show where students cellMore >>
Investigators are trying to find some clues as to who took nearly two dozen cell phones from a Mitchell County School.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-18 16:48:01 GMT
The family of an Albany teenager who died on Friday, isn't sure how they'll pay for her funeral. 16-year old Keyanna Lang died from a heart condition. Due to her illness the family couldn't keep lifeMore >>
The family of an Albany teenager who died on Friday, isn't sure how they'll pay for her funeral.More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) -
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. U.S. troops invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003 and remained in the country for more than nine years.
During the operation, Sadam Hussein was overthrown, and more than 134,000 Iraqis and 4,800 Americans were killed.
Military officials say experience from the Iraq war has provided lessons in how to deal with other conflicts in the Middle East.
"I think there's lots of lessons from what we've learned from conducting a war like what we've had in Iraq," said Col. Yori R. Escalante, Marine Corps Logistics Command Chief of Staff. "And I think we're using those same lessons right now in Afghanistan. Being able to have the right amount of resources, being able to focus on the right areas, being able to turn an insurgency the right way."
The last convoy of U.S. troops left Iraq in December 2011. No weapons of mass destruction were ever found in the country, but military officials say Iraq has since made a successful transition to a democratic government.
Col. Yori R. Escalante, Marine Corps Logistics Command Chief of Staff
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