Iraq War Anniversary

Anniversary in Damascus

Freddy Deknatel | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


Freddy Deknatel

Khalid and Hussein are friends from Baghdad, though Hussein in his forties is a bit older. He is Shi'i; Khalid is Sunni. None of this matters to them.

The Iraq War | Sixth Year Anniversary Protests (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


Rebecca Shapiro

HuffPost World contributors have been submitting photos and videos of protests marking the sixth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. The photos a...

Iraq: To Move Forward, We Must Look Back

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


Rep. Dennis Kucinich

At such a grim anniversary, it is timely to recount the reasons we went to war and appropriate to question the use of war as an instrument of national policy.

The Short, Happy Iraq War of Howard Kurtz

Peter Hart | Posted 04.20.2009 | Media


Peter Hart

As the world marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, corporate media's most prominent journalism critic is wondering if Obama's Iraq policy isn't being sufficiently scrutinized.

My Opposition to the Iraq War

Gary Hart | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


Gary Hart

My opposition included resistance to joining a well-organized band of former Democratic office-holders who publicly advocated in support of the Bush invasion policy. Here is my response to the request.

Iraq War Anniversary: Violence Down But Doubts Persist Over Political, Financial Stability (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 04.19.2009 | World


March 20 marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Over the course of the war, at least 4,259 members of the U.S. military and tens of...

Top 5 Reasons Why We Should Not Ignore Iraq

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 04.19.2009 | World


The sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is March 20, 2009. With the Obama administration focused on fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and...

Iraq: Six Long Years Of Deception

John Bruhns | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics


John Bruhns

Six years ago today I was in Kuwait awaiting orders to cross the border into Iraq with the first wave of invading forces. So many questions remain unanswered.

Another Year In Iraq: Looking Back and Ahead

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

I was in Iraq at the start of the occupation, back in May, 2003. It's impossible to not look back and shake my head in disbelief. But I also look ahead and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.

As Iraq war enters 7th year, focus on politics

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.19.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Sunni and Shiite lawmakers warned Thursday that political and economic challenges could derail the country's progress toward stability...

Iraq War Year Six: Our Long Goodbye to the Cold War

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics


Lorelei Kelly

On today's sixth anniversary of the Iraq war, we must require that our leaders create a security strategy that keeps us safer, costs less and restores the boundaries of a healthy civil-military relationship.

Iraq War Roundup: HuffPost Bloggers On The Iraq War Over The Years

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley and Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


March 20, 2009 is the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, and thus an appropriate day to take a look back at some of the best HuffPost contributor comm...

Iraq War Anniversary: Sends Us Your Photos

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 04.17.2009 | World


Rebecca Shapiro

This Friday, March 20, 2009, marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Help the Huffington Post cover the global response to this impo...

Media Turns Its Back on Iraq

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics


The New York Times reports Monday that as the nation enters the sixth year of the Iraq War, media outlets are paying less attention to the war: Five ...

Richard Engel's Emotional Return To The Palestine Hotel: "This Is Where My Colleagues Were Killed"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


NBC News has posted a video online by Baghdad correspondent Richard Engel sharing some reflections of the last five years in Iraq on this anniversary of the commencement of the Iraq war.

Sam Stein

An Analyst Looks At Back On Iraq With Sadness and Scorn

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


As the war in Iraq completes its fifth year this week, The Huffington Post is featuring interviews with and essays by those journalists, elected offic...

Max Follmer

Karen Kwiatkowski: The Soldier Who Spoke Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


As the war in Iraq completes its fifth year this week, The Huffington Post is featuring interviews with and essays by those journalists, elected offic...

5 Years After Iraq's "Liberation" There Are Worms In The Water

McClatchy Newspapers | Hannah Allam | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Iraq's most prominent clerics have ruled that using a water pump on one's own pipes is akin to stealing resources from a neighbor, so what does a pers...

One Year Later, Market Where McCain Strolled 'Freely' Is Controlled By Sadr, Too Unsafe For Americans To Visi

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On April 1, 2007, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) strolled through the open-air Shorja market in Baghdad in an effort to prove that Americans are "not getting...