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Expert: Hasan might be holding his fire until sentencing He bought the semi-automatic pistol on Aug. 1, 2009, had it mounted with a laser sight and magazine extender, and started buying large quantities of ammunition every week.   Iraq seeks help from US amid growing violence A resurgence of violence and a renewed threat from al-Qaida have recently revived flagging U.S. interest in Iraq, officials said Friday as Baghdad asked for new help to fight extremists less than two years after it forced American troops to withdraw.   A path to healing For many Vietnam veterans, standing before the glossy black panels that memorialize more than 58,000 fallen soldiers' names is a healing experience. But many haven't had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., to see the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial.   Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation of instructors who claim they can teach job applicants how to pass lie-detector tests as part of the Obama administration’s unprecedented crackdown on security violators and leakers.   Terrorist trial casts light on FBI lab that studies IEDs Waad Ramadan Alwan was a talker. To an undercover FBI informant, he described planting improvised explosive devices to harm American soldiers in Iraq. He told about how he recruited a friend to help smuggle arms and cash overseas. He said he hoped to return to Iraq to fight again. Instead, in January he got 40 years in prison.   'Flying coffin' glider pilot from WWII gets overdue medal Bob Swenson was a glider pilot in World War II. It was an unwieldy flying crate that carried up to 15 men on a one-way trip. It's hard to imagine the nearly 49-foot-long things flying, but they did and were essentially this country's original stealth plane.   Flap continues over Lejeune health assessment A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Centers for Disease Control to complete a new, comprehensive report on the health effects of toxic tap water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base.   Veterans' groups in Iowa county aid Honor Flight Buchanan County has done its part to keep Honor Flights airborne in 2014. The combined American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in that county raised $47,500 in an event in Independence last weekend to keep Honor Flight going in a five-county area.   Veteran booed out of council chambers speaks out As a gay Marine vet who advocated for the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Eric Alva has grown accustomed to the spotlight. But the San Antonio, Texas, native said he never expected the boos and hisses directed at him when he spoke at a public hearing about possible changes to anti-discrimination ordinances.   Daily Headlines sponsored by MOAA, serving military officers since 1929. Find out more about MOAA.