Iraq Clashes

Northern Iraq Needs Troops, Says US General Ray Odierno

The New York Times | ROD NORDLAND | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


BAGHDAD -- The commanding general of American forces in Iraq said Monday that he had proposed putting United States troops in disputed parts of northe...

Bush: Iraq Violence A Necessary Part Of Development

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Bush declared on Friday that Iraq stands at a defining moment as it struggles to put down heavily armed Shiite militias i...

US Forces Launch Airstrikes in Iraq

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — U.S. forces stepped deeper Friday into the Iraqi government's fight to cripple Shiite militias, launching airstrikes in the southern c...