The case of a freelance photographer in Iraq who was barred from covering the Marines after he posted photos on the Internet of several of them dead h...
AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S.-sponsor...
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq this fall. Adm....
Max Bergmann | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
McCain has come around to the long held position of progressives that we need more troops in Afghanistan. McCain's change in position is welcome, but where are the troops going to come from?
Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
The fall-off in violence in Iraq had almost nothing to do with the increase in American troop levels -- and everything to do with actually talking with and supporting the previous insurgents.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media
Jon Friedman disagrees with Lara Logan: American news shows are great, he says! He watches 'em and has no desire to blow his brains out, like Lara Log...
David Fiderer | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
From its inception, the Iraq war strategy was like a plan to fly across the Pacific without enough fuel to get to the other side. The surge made the plane fly faster. Our troops are the jet fuel.
Cheryl Saban | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living
Our July 4th celebrations always include a variety of comfort foods, music, and some splashing in the ocean or in a pool somewhere, and a place to watch fireworks. This year, things are different.
McClatchy | Hannah Allam | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
Outraged Iraqi officials demanded an investigation into an early morning U.S. military raid Friday near the birthplace of Prime Minister Nouri al Mali...
AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is preparing to order roughly 30,000 troops to Iraq early next year in a move that would allow the U.S. to maintain 15...
AP | STEPHEN GRAHAM | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombs killed five foreign troops and five government soldiers Saturday, part of a surge of violence that has made ...
The Daily Show | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
On last night's Daily Show, Lara Logan, CBS's Chief Foreign Correspondent, spoke out against the coverage of the Iraq War by the American press. At a...
Reuters | Michael Georgy | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics
Iraq said on Friday it would not grant U.S. troops freedom of movement for military operations in a new agreement being negotiated on extending the pr...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Iraqi lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday that they have serious misgivings about a long-term security agreement being negotiated ...
AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 05.26.2008 | Politics
LAS VEGAS — All too familiar with the gambles of war, Jimmy Kinsey, Kyle Riley and a few dozen fellow soldiers landed in the desert. But for the...
Reuters | David Morgan | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said the military had made mistakes in treating returning combat troops including in their physical an...
AP | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says two of its soldiers in Iraq died when their vehicle rolled onto its side north of Baghdad. A third American so...
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
John McCain made a campaign appearance on ABC's chatfest The View this morning, and answered a range of questions from his support of the Iraq War "su...
AP | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year's troop buildup in Iraq a failure. Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreig...
New York Times | LIZETTE ALVAREZ and ANDREW W. LEHREN | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home
By the time Specialist Jerry Ryen King decided to write about his experiences in Iraq, the teen-age paratrooper had more to share than most other sold...
AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will...
AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a co...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics
As I have documented over the years -- few others in the media were interested until recently -- suicides in Iraq now total in the hundreds with many more than that among the returnees.
AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
SAN DIEGO — Soldiers and Marines caught in roadside bombings and firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home in epidemic numbers with per...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
When Katie Couric told Haaretz that "The glory days of TV news...
There is one more John McCain gaffe that...
As we have observed throughout the last several years,...
In a flagrant political act, the State Department has...
**UPDATE 7/25** ThinkProgress now reports that the bar...
** Update below: Nas delivers Fox petition to Stephen...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
HOUSTON — A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off...
WASHINGTON — Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at...
New York Times | MICHAEL KAMBER and TIM ARANGO | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics