Britain had no effective plan for what to do after coalition forces overthrew leader Saddam Hussein following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed an election law on Wednesday, prompting poll workers to halt some preparations and casting ...
FALLUJA, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 12: Mariam Yasir, age 6 years old, who suffers from a birth defect is held by her mother on November 12, 2009 in the city of Falluja west of Baghdad, Iraq. Birth defects have soared in Fallujah, which ...
Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms launched execution-style attacks west of Baghdad on Monday, killing 13 members of a tribe who took up arms against Al-Qaeda, a villager and security official said. Also on Monday, six people died and seven were wounded when ...
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a crowded market place in northern Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding six others, Iraqi police and hospital sources said. "Many cars were set ablaze and many shops heavily ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fierce combat and multiple deployments are taking a heavy psychological toll on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, where one in five fighters at lower ranks suffer mental health problems, the Army said on Friday. The findings, released as President Barack ...
Syrian envoy acknowledges foreign fighters enter Iraq but denies any Syrian role Disputing an assertion by the top U.S. general in Iraq, Syria's ambassador to Washington on Wednesday denied that his government allows foreign fighters to cross the Syrian border into Iraq. ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,362 Tuesday, according to Associated Press count As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to ...
ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 09: Teresa Carlson, Vice President US Federal Government Microsoft Corporation and Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitols joins volunteers in creating care packages for active duty US Military personal serving in Iraq and Afghanistan during Microsoft's "A ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis will vote in a general election on January 21 now that parliament has passed a law needed for a vote to take place, the head of the country's electoral commission said on Monday. The ballot was originally set ...
Alma Thibodeaux, left, of Killeen, Texas, consoles Katherin Maddrow, who lives on post at Fort Hood, during a prayer vigil Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in LifeWay Fellowship church in Killeen, Texas. Maddrow says she is emotional because of the tragedy and her ...
Worsening Afghan violence, allies' worries, make Obama's decision on troops more difficult President Barack Obama's next move on Afghanistan is growing more difficult by the day. Deadly attacks this week deepened British and U.N. alarm over their commitments, and fresh worries about ...
