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AP - Followers of anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr denounced the american military's construction of a concrete wall through their Sadr City stronghold in Baghdad, the scene of renewed clashes Friday between his militiamen and U.S. and Iraqi troops.

CAIRO: Al-Qaidas No 2 has said in an audiotape released that the US will lose whether it stays in I...

Time.com - Shi'ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops

Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats at the United Nations on Friday that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of ...

In a scathing analysis, a former senior Pentagon official has called the war in iraq 'a major debacle' that created an incubator for terrorism and emboldened Iran.

(CNSNews.com) - In a performance worthy of former Iraqi Information minister Mohammed Al-Sahhaf, also known as 'Comical Ali,' a spokesman for one of the remaining Sunni insurgency groups in iraq told Al Jazeera last month that 44,000 U.S. troops had been killed in that country.

Shi'ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops

Al Qaeda in iraq is planning suicide attacks against Iraqis in Baghdad 'in the near future,' the U.S. military warned Friday.

An anti-Al Qaeda militia known as the Awakening Council has been targeted by insurgents for its alliance with the U.S. military. Rand analyst Nora Bensahel discusses stability operations and military coalitions in iraq.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Teams of university scientists backed by U.S. government funds hope to grow new skin, ears, muscles and other body tissue for troops injured in iraq and Afghanistan, the Defense department said on Thursday.