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Joint Chiefs chairman: Security gains holding
Iraq appears on track to establishing sustainable security - a key step toward withdrawing U.S. troops - the top U.S. military officer said Monday after visiting the newly quiet Sadr City section of the capital.
Minn. Guard builds outposts for new Iraq strategy
Building outposts in dangerous neighborhoods in Iraq has been a Minnesota National Guard unit's mission for the past eight months.
Iraqi violence kills Edgewood woman who was there to help
For Nicole Suveges, her “chance of a lifetime” ended violently amid the smoke and mangled debris of a bomb that ripped through a Sadr City district council building Tuesday in Iraq, killing her, a translator, two U.S. soldiers and six Iraqis.
Johns Hopkins grad student killed in Iraq blast
A Johns Hopkins University graduate student was one of four Americans killed in an explosion in Iraq, the university announced Thursday.
Civilian employee from Wauconda killed in Iraq
An American civilian killed in a bomb blast in the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City was identified Wednesday as a political scientist from Illinois.
Rice: Sadr City attack reminder of dangers Americans face
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the deadly attack Tuesday in Sadr City, Iraq, a terrible reminder of the dangers Americans face as they work to help rebuild the country.
Former Bay City planner helping to rebuild city in Iraq
What would prompt a man to swap his family, safety and Daytona Beach, Fla., for the perils of Iraq?  More weapons caches turning up in IraqWeapons caches are turning up with increasing frequency in public places in Iraq - from a bakery to a fish farm - as recent security gains embolden more civilians to come forward with tips, U.S. and Iraqi military officials say.  Iraqi violence down; war's root causes unresolvedSigns are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets.  Celebratory gunfire over Iraq soccer winIraqis 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. |
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