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In his new book, E&P editor Greg Mitchell offers a stinging indictment of the media's complicity with Washington's war-marketing machine.

Time.com - The Iraqi Government signals plans for an offensive in eastern Baghdad that is likely to displace thousands of civilians

The leader of al-Qaeda in iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been captured, say reports citing the defence ministry.

The Iraqi Defense Ministry claims Washington's prime target, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been arrested, but the White House seems skeptical.

Army Spc. Tom Owens first went through basic training in 1969. Now, at 56, he's back in uniform with hopes of being deployed to iraq or Afghanistan.

The US military in iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in iraq.

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD- Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation that seemed likely to be hailed as a major victory for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.

The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings.

Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor blamed by an angry Iraqi government for the shooting deaths of 17 civilians, is not expected to face criminal charges.

When Army Capt. Nate Rawlings, 26, returned from iraq in 2006, he planned to apply to a graduate film program. Now, he's obligated to return to Iraq for an unexpected second tour of duty. Writer Whitney Terrell catches up with his friend at Fort Hood in Texas as he prepares for 15 more months in Baghdad.