Not an expert at all of course on Iraq BUT I suspect in the long run the Iraq Study Group course will seem like the far wiser road to have taken compared to the Surge. This is mostly forgotten, of course, now but it seems likely to emerge more forcefully ...

By Matt Trevithick Special to the Journal The men and the women who have just voted in Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq, dutifully line up to be photographed by the ogling press, who are looking for that picture of someone triumphantly holding up a purple ink-stained finger. The photographers want a woman or ...

I strongly doubt that any person with the slightest interest in the politics don't look at these days as a very important crossroads and a milestone. The US troops will withdraw from the Iraqi streets and be deployed in their bases and Iraq will gain its "sovereignty" as they say in ...

hot weather began in baghdad.the sun is burning.how it will be this july?its already hot from many sides,weather,events,arguements in parliament,some scandals of torturing prisoners.i went to baghdad prison(formerly known as abu ghreib prison) three times this week.the hospiatal was renewed after reopening the prison.the medical staff are doing their best ...

Yesterday, I was chatting with my colleague about the situation in Iraq and specially regarding the social aspect…we both reached an agreement that we would witness a social crisis or a disaster…the Iraqis' ethics and manner have really changed in the years after the war…so many people lost the good ...

Al-Thawra (the revolution), Al-Jumhuriya (the republic) and Babel were the main dailies I grew up with. The first two have been around since the Baath party took power in Iraq. The third is actually Saddam’s son little project. He was the editor-in-chief and all-round overseer. But it ...

Iraq's candid camera strikes. Targets of the joke were stopped at a security checkpoint in Baghdad and accused by soldiers of carrying a ...

Lookabill joined the Oregon Army National Guard in 2008 and participated in the recent deployment of the Guard's 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Iraq, ...

President George W. Bush deserves “a lot of credit” for his role in ending the Iraq war, ...

Cottrell's uncle, Dan Scheibner, died while serving in Iraq. In March of 2003, American military forces marched into Iraq. Last week, President Barack Obama ...

The 2005 funeral for Sgt. Nathaniel Swindell, killed in Iraq. Five years later, though combat operations have been declared over, ...

4 by people protesting the Iraq war. He wasn't hurt. “It is sad in a way because you should have the right to sign books or see your friends if you want to ...

8, 2010, at least 4418 members of the US military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ...

The just announced return to Iraq of the headless statue of a Sumerian king – looted in the lawless aftermath of the US-led ...

Iraqi officials have announced the return of hundreds of artifacts looted during the Iraq war that had ended up in the US and other countries. ...

The top US commander in Iraq, Gen. Lloyd Austin, and US Ambassador James Jeffrey issued a joint statement saying: "The threat by an individual in Florida to ...