let s talk about great news coming to the way of military families across america. they are gearing up now to celebrate the holidays with their loved ones who are now serving in iraq. one of the nation s longest wars will be over by the end of the year and nearly 39,000 troops will be heading home. the iraq war started nearly nine years ago and president barack obama says it is now time to end it. we ve already removed more than 100,000 troops and iraqi forces have taken fumble responsibility for the security of their own country. the next couple of months will be filled with welcome home ceremonies as the troops start leaving iraq. but for those who have lost sons and daughters, mothers and fathers in iraq, it is bittersweet. our affiliate wgn has reaction from some families and troops in chicago. this one picture in the house. reporter: every wall in this home in rogers park is covered with pictures and paintings of army corporal who was killed in iraq three years a
our list. you tie for number one on my list. how about poppy harlow with kiss. that s our era! it s the top of the hour. 9:00 on the east coast and after 42 years, libyans awaken this morning to a new beginning free of a murderous tyrant. an ambassador for libya s transitional government says the death of gadhafi means a black era has come to an end forever and across the country, libyans celebrate under to the morni in hours firing off guns and blasting off car horns. dna tests confirm the corpse was, indeed, gadhafi and the international criminal court is allowing his burial in an unmarked grave. tomorrow libya s liberation will be formally declared and the transition to democracy and a new government will officially begin. cnn crews are in place around the world for all of you from the pentagon to tripoli from abu dhabi to london. we are tracking every single development surrounding the death of moammar gadhafi. let s begin with ivan watson. two major challenges here.
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. gunfire, honking horns, celebrations in cities across libya, marking the death of gadhafi. we re following all the breaking news this hour. the man who ruthlessly ruled the country for 42 years was killed today outside his hometown of sirte. he was 69 years old. president obama said his death marks the end of a long and painful chapter for libya. one year ago, the notion of a free libya seemed impossible. but then the libyan people rose up. and demanded their rights. and when gadhafi and his forces started going city to city, town by town to brutalize men, women and children, the world refused to stand idly by. faced with the potential of mass atrocities and a call for help from the libyan people, the united states and our friends and allies stopped gadhafi s forces in their tracks. there will be difficult days ahead. but the united states, togethe
was able to trade a prison cell for a luxury villa. 22 years ago yesterday one of his friends in boston lost his only daughter boston police officer. his only child. his life ended. his life, in effect, ended. we find out now the british government allowed the man who killed that girl and all those syracuse students and all those innocent kids coming home for christmas, that the british government basically pressured scotland for this release for oil. you know, the sad part about it is, how short the world s memory is. the sense of outrage was muted around the world when he was released back to libya. now nearly two years ago, year
30 degree temperatures and 30-knot winds on to flight deck were no place to be after 100-three temperatures of the persian gulf. dock side, thousands of families came out in the bitter cold and waited and waited. first off, winner of the first kiss raffle. he struck the 1945 times square pose. and then of the 119 new dads, anthony miller among them. he found mom and baby and the rest tells the story. navy made great strides and better accommodated sailors on the long deployment. hay can watch the n.f.l. games on satellite tv. ready access to e-mail and skype like device. nothing works like coming home for christmas. in fornoke, virginia, doug mcelway, fox news. bret: spokesman says parliament will convene a month from today which will be four months after fraud tainted elections. officials threw out quarter of