More than 230,000 American women have fought in those recent wars and at least 120 have died doing so, yet the public still doesn't completely understand their contributions on the modern battlefield. ...more

December 15, 2009

According to all Israeli accounts since 2001, the rocket and mortar attacks have killed 20 Israeli citizens. However, in the days since the Israeli blitzkrieg invasion of Gaza, the hospital authorities claim 683 dead, 218 of them children and 3,085 wounded. ...more

January 14, 2009

The key question in how to end Israel's attacks in Gaza cannot be answered by the Israelis. What must it do to convince the terrorist group, Hamas, which runs Gaza, to stop firing missiles into Israeli neighborhoods? ...more

January 3, 2009

Many things have gone wrong for Navy Senior Chief Tommy Gura while disarming nearly 200 improvised explosive devices in Iraq. He's been shot at and targeted for mortar attacks. His robots have blown up and he's lost communication to call for backup. ...more

August 30, 2008

Israel will allow the resumption of food shipments into the Gaza Strip today after a four-day halt in response to Palestinian rocket attacks, Israeli officials said. ...more

June 29, 2008

The Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group said Tuesday that it has reached a cease-fire with Israel meant to halt a cycle of deadly Palestinian rocket attacks that rained hundreds of rockets on Israel in the past year and Israeli reprisals that have killed hundreds of Palestinians. ...more

June 18, 2008

Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months. ...more

February 24, 2008

Members of the Florida National Guard unit stationed in Brooksville say they will savor time spent at home this holiday week. This time next year, they'll likely be in Iraq. ...more

December 25, 2007

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

November 14, 2007