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Iraq: 2 soldiers killed near rally shooting site
Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers and abducted three others in Fallujah on Saturday as hundreds of mourners gathered in the restive western city for ...
Violence erupts at Iraq rally; 5 protesters killed
Iraqi troops opened fire on stone-throwing Sunni demonstrators in the country's restive west on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least five ...
General's battle with PTSD leads him to the brink
In the exploding hell of battle, a single hand poked through the earth. John Cantwell could see the ridges and calluses of the skin, and the pile of ...
US-Iraq ties still evolving a year after war's end
A year after the last American troops rumbled out of Iraq, the two countries are still trying to get comfortable with a looser, more nuanced ...
Vets preserve memories of war with their own art
The fallen Iraqi soldier's face is frozen in agony, his eyes and mouth wide open, his arms spread in surrender, his death in the Kuwaiti desert ...
Car bomb near Iraqi military base kills 33
A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives detonated the vehicle near an Iraqi military base as soldiers changed shifts north of Baghdad ...
Iraq war contractor ordered to pay $85 million
A jury on Friday ordered an American military contractor to pay $85 million after finding it guilty of negligence for illnesses suffered by a dozen ...
Iran plans army drill near Iraqi border
An Iranian semiofficial news agency says the army is planning a "unique" military exercise along the country's border with Iraq. The ISNA agency on ...
Iraq presses US for faster arms deliveries
Iraq's prime minister pressed for faster deliveries of weapons to help arm his country's military during a Thursday meeting with a senior U.S.
Soldiers claim illness after guarding KBR in Iraq
A war contractor knew a critical southern Iraq oilfield plant was riddled with a well-known toxin but ignored the risk to soldiers while hurrying the ...
Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say
Al-Qaida is rebuilding in Iraq and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional ...
Iraqi judge, soldiers among 6 killed in attacks
A series of attacks across Iraq on Tuesday killed six people, including three soldiers and a judge, police and health officials said. A roadside bomb ...
Iraq: Roadside bombs kill 5 including soldier
Iraqi authorities say roadside bombs have killed five people in and near Baghdad. Police officials say that the first explosion went off around noon ...
5 Iraqi soldiers killed in roadside bomb explosion
Five Iraqi soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi officials said, as suspected Sunni militants, seeking ...
Officials: 4 soldiers killed by Iraq roadside bomb
Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb explosion has killed four off-duty soldiers near a city northeast of the capital, Baghdad. Army Brig. Gen.
Obama vows help to soldiers, marks Iraq war end
In an election-year reminder that he ended the war in Iraq, President Barack Obama vowed Friday to help soldiers, veterans and their families overcome ...
The veep: A regular and not-so-regular Joe
After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex marriage while the president remained on the fence, speculation was rampant about ...