Iraq celebrated the withdrawal of American troops from its cities with parades, fireworks and a national holiday on Tuesday as the prime minister trumpeted the country’s sovereignty from American occupation to a wary public.

The excitement, however, has rung hollow for many Iraqis. Update to this story picked by Bingo 5 months ago

Suicides among US soldiers in Iraq doubled last year over the previous year to a level last seen in 2003, US army medical experts said today. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Spc. Heather Davey put a $587 plane ticket on her credit card so she could go home for the holidays, figuring she would worry later about how to pay for it. The 34-year-old mother of two has one less worry now. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

More than 180,000 civilians — including Americans, foreigners and Iraqis — are working in Iraq under U.S. contracts, picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

British troops executed as many as 20 Iraqi prisoners after a gun battle in May 2004, lawyers claim. Some alleged survivors of the gun battle near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir also claim corpses were mutilated by UK military personnel. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

The president secretly flew 11 hours to Iraq as a showdown nears with Congress over whether his decision in January to order 30,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq is working. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

The influential former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has called on President Bush to start the process of bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq in September. picked by unoriganl 2 years ago

Iraqis can't beat us in face to face combat, resort to cowardly bombing strikes to kill little handfulls of soldiers to feed war protests and make us run home with our tails between our legs. Oh well, too bad it won't work. picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

THE Defence Minister today listed the security of the world's oil supply as one of the major reasons for Australia's continuing military presence in Iraq as John Howard spelled out plans to keep troops in the country. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

According to the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Turkey has built up a huge number of soldiers on its border with northern Iraq. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

I'm just not buying it, mainly because what they are not saying is that they are going to stop the recalls and "temporary" assignments to Iraq, they are making "permanent" assignments in Iraq, which troops will rotate into every two or three years or so. We ain't leaving anytime soon. picked by buddha 2 years ago

Water supplied by a division of Haliburton, Dick Cheney's old company, was dirty, smelly and caused skin and intestinal problems. picked by suebe 2 years ago

This is an interactive map where you can see the names and a brief bio on all of the troops that have been killed during the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. You can look by name, location or date of loss. You can leave a message for any or all of them. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

They use the stuff to detect trip wires on bombs.

Hooray for her awesome idea!! picked by moe 2 years ago

Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces. President Bush has said he opposes a timetable. What!?!?! picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

Scores of soldiers flying home from Afghanistan on Christmas leave were ordered to change out of their uniforms on a freezing runway before being allowed into a civilian airport terminal. Troops were told not to be seen in public in their uniforms - which they had worn with pride while risking their lives during months of intense fighting against the Taliban. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

President Bush, under pressure to change direction in Iraq, said Tuesday he will not be persuaded by any calls to withdraw American troops before the country is stabilized. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

The McCain-Palin ticket has been making much of the fact that the Arizona senator wanted more troops in Iraq as early as 2003. Yet he supported Bush for re-election, wrong-headed Iraq policy and all. He could have done the truly "maverick" thing and tried to unseat Bush so as to improve the execution of the war. He put the interests of the Republican Party over the good of his country. picked by artsaken 1 year ago

The danger faced by U.S. troops in the war-torn country comes through in chilling video obtained by CNN from the Islamic Army of Iraq, one of the most active insurgent organizations in Iraq, showing its sniper teams targeting U.S. troops. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago