The number of American troops and Iraqi civilians killed in the war fell in September to levels not seen in more than a year. The U.S. military said the lower count was at least partly a result of new strategies and 30,000 additional U.S. forces deployed this year. ...more

October 2, 2007

U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than 60 insurgent and militia fighters in intense battles over the weekend, with most of the casualties thought to have been al-Qaida fighters, officials said Sunday. ...more

October 1, 2007

Iran's parliament voted Saturday to designate the CIA and U.S. Army as 'terrorist organizations,' a largely symbolic response to a U.S. Senate resolution seeking a similar designation for Iran's Revolutionary Guards. ...more

September 30, 2007

The court-martial that cleared a U.S. Army sniper of two counts of murder sentenced him Saturday to five months in prison, reduced his rank to private and ordered his pay withheld for planting evidence in the deaths of two Iraqi civilians. ...more

September 30, 2007

William Gilbert of Weeki Wachee says Gen. David Petraeus' congressional testimony on Iraq "must be true." ...more

September 18, 2007