BAGHDAD — Eighteen young women purportedly belonging to a suicide bombing network in northern Iraq surrendered to U.S. forces on Wednesday, a to...
New York Times | CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and KATHERINE ZOEPF | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
Raising the specters of a reborn insurgency, foreign attack and even piracy if a security agreement with the United States is not finalized, Iraq's to...
AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraq's Cabinet will vote Sunday on a security pact with Washington that would keep U.S. forces in the country for another three years,...
Daily Telegrah | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home
The attacker took place at a checkpoint in Baquba, capital of Diyala province, which is manned by the former Sunni insurgents who switched sides to ba...
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Bombs exploded at a bus station and a small market in Baghdad, killing 15 people Tuesday in an increase in bloodshed in the Iraqi capi...
NY Times | KATHERINE ZOEPF and SAM DAGHER | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD -- The number of combined military and civilian deaths in Iraq for October hit the lowest monthly level since May 2004, the United States mili...
John Bruhns | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
For all those who will accept nothing short of "victory" in Iraq, please get on the same page as the rest of us: sending others into an immoral situation and expecting them to behave morally is absurd.
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S....
Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan and Qais Mizher | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
A car bomb exploded in a market in southern Baghdad late Friday afternoon, killing at least 14 people and prompting an outburst of sectarian rioting, ...
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
This election will show the public's choice, its mandate for the type of leader it wants to deal with complex issues, like why people use terrorism as a tactic to dialogue with those in power.
AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Egypt sent its foreign minister to Iraq Sunday for the first time in nearly two decades in a sign of growing Arab acceptance of the co...
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister sought safeguards Sunday for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country as Christians protested p...
Max Bergmann | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
When McCain declares "victory" in Iraq and states that the troop increase was the fundamental reason for the decline in violence, he proves that he has no idea what he is talking about.
The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
As he leaves Iraq this week, the outgoing US commander, General David Petraeus, is sounding far less optimistic than the Republican presidential candi...
AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Three roadside bombs planted in succession struck a police convoy in one of Iraq's most dangerous provinces on Sunday, killing five po...
Washington Post | Amit R. Paley | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
Kurdish leaders have expanded their authority over a roughly 300-mile-long swath of territory beyond the borders of their autonomous region in norther...
AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Gunmen on Saturday abducted and killed four employees of an Iraqi television station who were filming a program about the Islamic holy...
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 08.16.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Bombers struck Shiite pilgrims Saturday for a third consecutive day, killing at least three people in the latest in a series of attack...
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq Saturday for a suicide car bombing in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, while an Iraqi of...
AFP | Salam Faraj | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
At least 15 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday, including six in a Baghdad car bombing, a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the capit...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
What the GAO report makes clear, above all else, is that contrary to what the mainstream media and the GOP would have you believe, the surge has not worked. It's time for the U.S. military to go home.
Charlie Rose | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
AP | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The top official in a town west of Baghdad says 10 people have been killed when a suicide bomber struck a police checkpoint. Authorit...
AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida's network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime...
McClatchy Newspapers | By Leila Fadel and Shashank Bengal | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics
The Iraqi Government seemed to distance itself from U.S. accusations towards Iran Sunday saying it would not be forced into conflict with its Shiite n...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 11.26.2008 | World