Kidnappings, bombs, death threats: Two Iraqi journalists, Sunni and Shiite, talk about the war
As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are tr…
Iraq war: Voices of those who have been affected in different ways
Meredith Odato thinks about her fiance every day, but she can t remember him as well as she would like. That makes me sad, she said. I think I blocked out a lot of things.
US ‘likely’ to keep troops in Iraq after 2011
The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad’s fledgling military, experts and former officers say.
Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war
As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.
Two large explosions rock central Baghdad: AFP
Two large explosions struck central Baghdad on Sunday morning, just days after the US military declared an end to combat operations in Iraq, AFP journalists reported.
Iraq’s oil future may be vulnerable after US exit
Iraq’s oil future may be vulnerable after US exitIraq’s oil future may be vulnerable after US exit
Suicide car bomb rocks army base in Iraqi capital
A suicide car bomber on Sunday attacked an army base in Baghdad where dozens of army recruits and soldiers were killed by another suicide bomber just over two weeks ago, security officials said.
Iraq hit home
Many Americans didn’t even bother to watch President Obama’s speech on Iraq last week. They didn’t pay attention to the official end of the seven-year war they’d all but forgotten. But the families of the more than 4,400 Americans killed in Iraq — including several from our area — never had that luxury. Nor did the more than 31,000 Americans who were wounded. The war will dog them and their …
Gates says history will determine whether Iraq war was worth it
RAMADI, Iraq — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that history will judge whether the war in Iraq was worth it. Iraq – Iraq War – Robert Gates – United States Secretary of Defense – Warfare and Conflict
Roadside bomb attack kills 1, wounds 7 in Iraq
At least one civilian was killed and seven others wounded in a double roadside bomb attack in northern Baghdad Saturday night, an official at Iraq’s Interior Ministry said.
Huge blasts rock Iraqi capital
Two powerful explosions have rocked the central part of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad as the war-torn country is suffering from the 2003 US-led invasion.
Iraq Dispatch: Surviving Lions From the Saddam Regime
BAGHDAD | During our blogging from Iraq, we’ve been marking the transformation of a few notable places in Baghdad from 2003 to now. One symbol of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s extravagances was a zoo the family kept in one of its palaces. Though the palace grounds were badly damaged during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the three lions survived — discovered by coalition forces in a …
US likely to stay in Iraq after 2011
Analysts stress US military presence in Iraq is needed to quell sectarian tensions, train Baghdad s military.
The war in Iraq: Was it worth the cost?
So after seven years, 4,421 U.S. deaths, 34,268 wounded, and an estimated $700 billion spent on the war — a conflict that started with ribbons and flags winds down, not with a “mission accomplished” flourish but with a few lingering questions.
