Bomb Attacks Kill Dozens in Baghdad, Raising Fears of Civil War
A series of well-coordinated bomb attacks across the Iraqi capital killed more than 60 people, dealing a major blow to the country's prospects for peace.
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American troops may have finally left Iraq, but for that nation's citizens the war is only getting worse.
A series of well-coordinated bomb attacks across the Iraqi capital killed more than 60 people, dealing a major blow to the country's prospects for peace.
Cartoonist Nick Anderson on the end of the Iraq War.
Less than 48 hours after the last American troops crossed the border into Kuwait, the Shiite-led Iraqi government issued a terrorism-related arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi.
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In a chance incident, New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt stumbled upon hundreds pages of classified documents of U.S. Marines being interrogated about the Haditha massacre--documents that were supposed to have been destroyed but ended up strewn across a Baghdad junkyard.
Blackwater (now known as Academi) got kicked out of Iraq specifically for shooting 17 civilians in 2007, but they shot a lot more than that, including a dog raised by a group of New York Times reporters, according to a cache of documents obtained by Gawker.
The security company that became so notorious for its violent scrapes in Iraq that it changed its name after being booted from the country now wants back in, rebranded with a new name meant to make it sound "boring."
When we think of dogs serving in the military, the conjured images might be of the formidably enhanced heros that assisted the Navy SEAL team take out bin Laden--maybe not the estimated 5 percent of K9's who, like many soldiers, are also suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The awkward process of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq was underscored by the violence and confusion during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the country this week.
Vice President Joe Biden has landed in Baghdad for a surprise visit with departing American forces and Iraqi officials, stopping off on his way to Turkey and Greece.
The Republican presidential field briefly flirted with attacking Obama for waging too much war before deciding he's not waging quite enough.
Researchers got a glimpse into an archive of Saddam Hussein's papers -- and thus his conspiratorial mind -- today.
Cartoonist Tom Toles on Iraq
Barack Obama was triumphant in announcing that troops would leave Iraq this year, cementing a promise. His rivals say it's proof of failure.
Eight years into a grueling, dispiriting conflict that has torn a nation asunder, with countrymen attacking countrymen as traitors, the end seems almost incomprehensible.
A New York restaurant is using plates looted from Saddam's palaces
Peter Van Buren is taking his gripe with the State Department even more public.
Peter Van Buren says he's being punished for linking to a WikiLeaks document
The State Department is building up bases even as troops prepare to withdraw
The U.S. is slashing troop levels in both countries
Iraq says Syria has the 'right to experience democracy'
An agreement may signal that Baghdad will want the U.S. to stay, too
Missing weapons, fears of retribution, and talk of a power vacuum
Is Obama or the Iraqis behind the major push for a troop withdrawal?
His letter of regret draws ire from across the political spectrum
The decision has angered U.S. generals requesting 27,000 troops
An incomplete roundup of mediations and commemorations, before the 10th anniversary
The security situation for Iraqis is still perilous
Turkey aims to make Kurdish separatists "rendered ineffective"
Colin Powell and George Will highlight the former vice president's alleged failures
The flare-up of violence with sectarian overtones raises memories of 2006 and civil war
Their catfight reminds voters of President Bush
New book reveals how Bush leaned on him for decision to bomb Saddam Hussein
The string of car and roadside bombs have killed nearly 70 people
A journalist travels to Iraq to discover the cultural differences really do matter
He's clearly sticking to his favored explanation device
Addresses former fighters saying they're "able to see us but we were not able to see you"
An American official says of Qassem Suleimani: "He is indeed like Keyser Söze"
A car bomb and roadside bomb were detonated near a municipal building in Taji
Did the Bush White House go after a blogger critical of the Iraq War
The Pentagon doesn't know where $6.6 billion in bundled Iraq reconstruction money
Iraqis are stockpiling weapons ahead of the U.S. withdrawal
Five soldiers were killed in a rocket attack on a Baghdad base
The two Iraqi refugees are accused of conspiring to transport Stinger missiles
The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh has compared warnings on Iran now to Iraq in 2003
The latest victim: Ali al-Lami who had been charged with weeding out Baathists
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Cartoonist Tom Toles on America's many international engagements
British officials met with oil executives to ensure they got "a fair slice of the action"
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