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 2 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 1 year ago

In one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the Iraq war started more than four years ago, a suicide car bomber struck a patrol base northeast of Baghdad and killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year 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 2 years ago

retired CIA station chief and head of the Agency's counterterrorism staff examines the Bush administration's Iraq policy and finds that it cannot be successful. He calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a “complete change” in U.S. goals and tactics in the Middle East, and rebuilding bridges to allies. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months 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 1 year 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 12 months 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 12 months 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 1 year ago

They use the stuff to detect trip wires on bombs.

Hooray for her awesome idea!! picked by moe 10 months 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 6 months ago

There is new evidence that the surge in Iraq is working, at least for now, but we are not finding any news of this in the national print media or on television networks. ( Go Figure ) picked by Dangerman 10 months 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 5 months 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 12 months ago

Officials in both parties are talking about a new tack in Iraq. Some recommend dividing the country along regional lines; others favor gradual troop withdrawal. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

The operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq was responsible for nine accidental deaths of civilians. Three civilians were wounded and hospitalized. The events surrounding this incident are investigated. picked by KateHadson 7 months ago

Peter Laufer, author, delivers stirring speech to Rep. Lynn Woolsey's Iraq forum, "The Mounting Costs of the U.S. Military Occupation of Iraq and Lost Opportunities." He speaks of the growing Iraq resistance movement in the U.S. military. picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

Iraq’s Prime Minister, at a regional conference in Baghdad asked Iraq’s neighbors for help. He opened the conference with an address to back his efforts to stop violence in Iraq by refusing to finance attacks. The conference was quite tensionate mainly because of the two main players who attended the meeting: United States and Iran. picked by Maxriter 1 year ago

Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described by the U.S. government as complete, federal investigators say. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

One the eve of the five-year anniversary of the start of the war with Iraq, Americans continue to think the results of the war have not been worth the loss of American lives and the other costs of attacking Iraq, according to a new CBS News poll. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago