Osama bin Laden warned Iraq's Sunni Arabs against fighting al-Qaida and vowed to expand the terrorist group's holy war to Israel in a new audiotape Saturday, threatening "blood for blood, destruction for destruction." ...more

December 30, 2007

The top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Saturday that violent attacks in the country had fallen by 60 percent since June, but cautioned that security gains are "tenuous" and "fragile," requiring political and economic progress to cement them. ...more

December 30, 2007

The liberal MoveOn.org, a leader of an anti-Iraq war coalition, is asking supporters to help pay for free phone calling cards for soldiers overseas in a partnership with the United Service Organizations, the charity that has helped troops for more than six decades. ...more

December 21, 2007

Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq. ...more

December 15, 2007

More and more Iraqis are standing up to terrorists and the results are worth celebrating. ...more

November 14, 2007

The first big test of security gains linked to the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq is at hand. ...more

November 13, 2007

In a dramatic turnaround, more than 3,000 Iraqi families driven out of their Baghdad neighborhoods have returned to their homes in the past three months as sectarian violence has dropped, the government said Saturday. ...more

November 4, 2007

Gunmen in Baghdad snatched 10 Sunni and Shiite tribal sheiks from their cars Sunday as they were heading home to Diyala province after talks with the government on fighting al-Qaida, and at least one was later found shot to death. ...more

October 29, 2007

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a dangerous leader in a violent part of the world. ...more

October 9, 2007

Perhaps the most articulate, thoughtful accounting of what's going on in Iraq right now is coming not from the president, Congress or even Gen. David Petraeus, who is in charge of the war. ...more

October 7, 2007