Iraq War

Five years of war in Iraq have emphasized how US forces need to be adept at fighting so-called irregular warfare: One moment, troops are conducting full-combat operations, while the next, they're handing out candy and soccer balls.

On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, Americans are more focused on threats to the economy than on events in Baghdad. But, having spent five years focused on this war which will haunt us for at least five more, I'm mesmerized by new revelations...

Five years into the war in Iraq, the United States is still working to secure the country and create conditions for a lasting peace between religious factions.

Spc. Christopher C. Simpson, 23, of Hampton, Va...died Mar. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during combat operations. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion...

Spc. Lerando J. Brown, 27, of Gulfport, Miss., died March 15 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries suffered in an incident currently under investigation. He was assigned to the 288th Sapper Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard

A Coalition Force Soldier was killed as a result of a vehicle rollover in Diyala, March 19. The incident is currently under investigation.

Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was in the lead Humvee in a convoy rolling through Kirkuk City, Iraq, when the vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Paupore says it wasn't a very big explosion, more like a loud firecracker. He could feel the rush ...

Police said Wednesday 17 border guards have been shot dead by gunmen in different areas in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The killings occurred over the last 24 hours, police sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

US troops have shot dead three Iraqi policemen by mistake in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk. A US military statement described the incident as a tragic accident, which was sincerely regretted.

Baghdad's National Museum, a treasure trove of artifacts from the stone age and Babylon to the Assyrians and Islamic art, will not reopen when renovation of two of its galleries is completed in a few months, an official said.

Britain will delay its planned withdrawal of around 1,500 soldiers from Iraq until the end of this year, The Daily Telegraph reported on March 19. Citing unnamed government sources, the newspaper said that the decision was made because...

France says it plans to give refuge to nearly 500 Iraqi Christians, particularly from the Chaldean Catholic church. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed the plans in a joint television and radio interview Wednesday.

Five years on from the invasion of Iraq, the apparent success of the American surge and growing stability in Basra are providing cautious grounds for optimism. There has been a palpable change in the atmosphere in Basra since Britain...

U.S. forces mistakenly killed three policemen and wounded another after their vehicle drove at high speed into a cordoned-off area in Kirkuk province, the U.S. military said in a statement.

Around 800 Minnesota National Guard soldiers will be leaving for Iraq this summer, the Guard announced Tuesday. Col. David Elicerio, deputy commander of the 34th Infantry, first disclosed the deployment Tuesday during a Boy Scouts of America,,,

Iraq's National Museum, which has been closed since its antiquities were looted five years ago after the U.S.-led invasion, won't reopen when a partial renovation is complete in a few months, an official said Tuesday.

A Marine based at California's Camp Pendleton has been charged with murder and dereliction of duty for his suspected role in the killing of a detainee in Fallujah, Iraq.

Three policeman were killed and three others wounded in a roadside bomb attack targeting their patrol in Abu Sayda village in northern Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Six people were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in a suicide bombing in Iraq's holy city of Karbala while six children were killed in a mortar attack on their home in Baghdad.

Suicides, family breakups, depression and social stigma are just some of the hidden legacies of the Iraq war among the more than one million US troops who have served in the campaign.