Violence in Iraq

Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

Suicide Attack On Iraq Tribal Leaders Kills More Than 30

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb T...

Commanders In Iraq Challenge Petraeus On Pullout Risk

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (IPS) - CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commander General Ray Odierno have submitte...

Iraqi Elections: Thousands Of Women Defy Conservative Attitudes And Run For Office

Nytimes.com | SAM DAGHER | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


BAGHDAD -- Amal Kibash, a candidate for the Baghdad provincial council, is running a bold and even feverish campaign by most standards. With elections...

The Debt We Owe Iraqi Interpreters

Christian Science Monitor | Michael Breen | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


New Haven, Conn. - The Iraqi pointed at me, pointed at his watch, and mimed an explosion. He'd been shouting frantically since he arrived at our small...

Iraq Reporter Reflects: Are We Winning? Do They Want Us There?

McClatchy | Corinne Reilly | Posted 01.06.2009 | World


It was hard to see exactly what was happening from the back seat of the beat-up armored Mercedes that was taking me to Baghdad International Airport. ...

NPR Journalists' Car Bombed In Baghdad

Npr.org | By Ivan Watson | Posted 12.31.2008 | World


An NPR correspondent and three members of NPR's Iraqi staff narrowly survived an apparent assassination attempt in Baghdad on Sunday after a hidden "s...