The top U.S. commander in Iraq announced Monday he would like to station U.S. troops along disputed areas in northern Iraq to build rapport between Iraqi government troops and those under the command of the autonomous Kurdish government. ...more

August 18, 2009

The U.S. military map in Iraq in early 2010: Marines are leaving the western desert, Army units are in the former British zone in the south and the overall mission is coalescing around air and logistics hubs in central and northern Iraq. ...more

March 9, 2009

Hawjin Hama Rashid, a feisty journalist in jeans and a frilly blouse, had come to the morgue in this Kurdish city to research tribal killings of women. ...more

December 21, 2008

An Iraqi soldier Wednesday sprayed automatic weapons fire at U.S. soldiers at an Iraqi military base in Mosul, killing two and wounding six before he died in a hail of bullets, a U.S. general said. ...more

November 13, 2008

Iraq's deputy prime minister said Saturday his country still needs the U.S. military to ensure security and warned that time is running out to approve a new security deal with Washington. ...more

November 8, 2008

Under intense U.S. pressure, Iraq's parliament approved a law Wednesday that paves the way for the first provincial elections in four years after months of deadlock that U.S. commanders warned could jeopardize the dramatic decline in violence. ...more

September 25, 2008

A suicide bomber in northern Iraq killed nine people on Friday, in the second attack in 24 hours on Shiite pilgrims traveling to Karbala to celebrate one of the holiest days in the Shiite calendar, the Iraqi police said. ...more

August 16, 2008

Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest. ...more

August 2, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates finished his sweeping transformation of the Army's top leadership Friday, with the nomination of two three-star generals to key command posts. ...more

July 12, 2008

An al-Qaida in Iraq front organization claimed responsibility Saturday for a suicide bombing that killed more than 20 people - including a Marine from North Miami Beach - as the U.S. military stepped up pressure on extremists in northern Iraq. ...more

June 29, 2008