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Alishia Leitheiser has rescued animals since she was young, so the U.S. soldier's mother wasn't surprised to be picking up a stray dog from a U.S. airport on Friday that her daughter befriended in iraq.

Bloomberg - June 6 (Bloomberg) -- iraq may balk at renewing some of therules currently governing U.S. troop operations there in a newsecurity agreement, according to four members of Congress.

Derek McGinnis doesn't scare easily, but nobody can blame him for being a little nervous Sunday when he lines up for the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. The 30-year-old iraq war veteran will be at a slight disadvantage, having lost a leg and suffered a...

The US military reports capturing 32 suspected al-Qaeda in members Baghdad and other parts of iraq.

The mother's voice lacks emotion as she recalls how her daughter became a suicide bomber: 'She wanted to die in the name of God.' The daughter is one of 19 female suicide bombers in iraq this year, a number much higher than in previous years. But playing a role in the insurgency is not new for some women in iraq.

Permanent Link Retirement security might not be a voting issue the way the iraq war, healthcare, and the economy are for many people. But Darden business school professor Ronald Wilcox, a former Secur...

AP - The U.S. military says two Shiite militia leaders have surrendered during american raids on their homes south of Baghdad.

Bush administration and Iraqi officials are secretly negotiating an agreement that would allow U.S. troops to operate in iraq after a UN authorization expires at the end of the year. The Washington Post's Sudarsan Raghavan has a round-up of all the headlines out of iraq this week.

President George W. Bush and his aides built a public case for war against iraq by exaggerating available intelligence and ignoring disagreements among spy agencies over iraq's weapons programs and Saddam Hussein's links to Al Qaeda, reports to a Senate report released yesterday....

Two members of iraq's Council of Representatives urge a delay in agreements being negotiated with United States