top news - "iraq"

In the last five-plus years, untold billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent on the construction and upgrading of permanent bases.

An Anglican vicar in Baghdad is doing what he can to bridge the divide between Shi'ites and Sunnis

Iraqis danced in the streets or in the backs of pickups and fired guns in the air to welcome their national soccer team's victory Saturday in a World Cup qualifying game. But celebrations were cut short elsewhere when a female suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt in front of a popular cafe full of fans in a town northeast of Baghdad, wounding 34 people. Full Story

33 militants also detained in central, northern Iraq

The fact that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hasn't visited iraq since January 2006 ? well before the troop surge ? has become a spirited campaign issue.

US, iraq say they are committed to negotiating framework for US forces to remain in iraq after the end of this year

The Iraqi Army continued to mass troops outside the southern city of Amara on Sunday and iraq's prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, offered a three-day amnesty and weapons buyback program to militants willing to surrender. Full Story

As of Sunday, June 15, 2008, at least 4,098 members of the U.S. military have died in the iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Full Story

In a fresh blow to iraq's embattled political process, hard-line Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's group said on Sunday it will boycott October elections which Washington sees as critical to stabilizing the country. Full Story

Spokesman for iraq's radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says his movement will not directly participate in provincial elections scheduled for October 1