Union bashing This is in response to Donald Smith ("Union negotiations," Letters, Oct. 31). ...more

November 4, 2009

The U.S. military in a turbulent province northeast of Baghdad handed over control on Sunday of the Sons of Iraq, a predominantly Sunni group of former insurgents and tribesmen whose revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq significantly boosted security here. ...more

January 5, 2009

The quarrel didn't last long. Angry Sunni fighters temporarily abandoned their checkpoints in a western Baghdad neighborhood after Iraqi soldiers briefly detained some of their colleagues, whose U.S.-backed patrols have helped curb violence. ...more

September 26, 2008

Hundreds of U.S.-backed Sunni tribesman shut their offices and rallied northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, demanding the resignation of a provincial police chief whom they accuse of sectarian bias. ...more

February 10, 2008

A son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is behind a group of foreign and Iraqi fighters responsible for Wednesday's devastating explosion in northern Iraq, a security chief for Sunni tribesmen who rose up against al-Qaida said Saturday. ...more

January 27, 2008

Weeks before it is to begin, an ambitious U.S. aid plan to counter militancy in Pakistan's tribal areas is threatened by important unresolved questions about who will monitor the money and whether it could fall into the wrong hands, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials and analysts familiar with the plan. ...more

December 25, 2007

Osama bin Laden scolded his al-Qaida followers in Iraq and other insurgents Monday, saying they have 'been lax' for failing to overcome fanatical tribal loyalties and unite in the fight against U.S. troops. ...more

October 23, 2007