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'General Ali' has helped make the Lutufiyah area, once one of the most dangerous in the country, one of iraq's safest. Can his model be replicated elsehwere?

They're turning to anti-depressants and sleeping pills to combat the stress of battle, reports David Martin. The head of one group of iraq and Afghanistan war veterans points to multiple deployments as a big factor in the apparent trend.

The Pentagon is scrambling to find trainers to send to Afghanistan, but it will be difficult to do that before commanders reduce the number of U.S. troops in iraq, the top military officer said Tuesday.

A BBC investigation estimates that about $23bn may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in iraq.

In iraq, there is increasing opposition to a security agreement being negotiated with the United States. U.S. negotiators say a deal can be reached by the July 31 deadline. But Iraqi lawmakers who must approve the 'Status of Forces' pact aren't so sure. The deal would provide a legal framework for the continued presence of U.S. troops in iraq.

Nearly seven years after 9/11, Sens. john mccain and Barack Obama each must now try to convince voters they are the best choice to keep the country safe. Both campaigns are beginning to ramp up their rhetoric, and on day one in office, the most pressing security challenge may not be the iraq war.

The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe, Sheikh Ali al-Nida, is killed in a car bomb near the town of Tikrit, iraq police say.

In news that should surprise no one, a bipartisan report finds the Bush administration exaggerated threats of WMDs as well as Saddam/al Queda links.

The advent of affordable gyms and the influx of supplements, including many steroids illegal in the United States without a prescription, have turned bodybuilding, an obsession for many Iraqis, into a booming industry.

vsync64 writes 'Last night, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) spent 4 hours reading into the Congressional Record 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush. Interestingly, those articles (63-page PDF via Coral CDN) include not just complaints about signing statements and the war in iraq, but also charges that the President 'Sp[ied] on american Citizens, Without a Court-Ordered Warrant, in Violation of the Law and the Fourth Amendment,' 'Direct[ed] Telecommunications Companies to Create an Illegal and Unconstitutional Database of the Private Telephone Numbers and Emails of American Citizens,' and 'Tamper[ed] with Free and Fair Elections.' These are issues near and dear to the hearts of many here, so it's worth discussing. What little mainstream media coverage there is tends to be brief (USA Today, CBS News, UPI, AP, Reuters).' The (Democratic) House leadership has said that the idea of impeachment is 'off the table.' The Judiciary Committee has not acted on articles of impeachm