RSS FeedsIt's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway.
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Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said. >>
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program -- a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium -- reached this Canadian port Saturday, completing a secret U.S. operation that included an airlift from Baghdad and a voyage across two oceans. >>
The facility will assist Iraqis with documentation, passports, visas and other consular services. >>
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The Democrat insists he has not changed position on how long he'd take to bring troops home. >>
The government calls for parties to avoid using images of religious leaders. The proposed election law changes also include allowing voters to choose individuals rather than entire lists. >>
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A tricked-out muscle car on the streets of Baghdad can turn heads, tempt carjackers or anger fundamentalists. What's a gear head to do? Floor it. >>
Any accord would be short-term and bar permanent bases, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says. >>
The Camp Pendleton sniper, at a hearing on his actions that led to the deaths of 2 Syrians in Iraq, says he's eager to return 'and serve my country.' A superior testifies he shot too quickly. >>
Satellites are allegedly being used to track the American-backed force after breakdowns in trust and coordination. >>
The lawmakers postpone their summer break in hope of finalizing legislation on provincial elections scheduled for October. >>
A platoon leader says that as he left for Iraq, he tried and failed to get clarification. He was testifying at a hearing for sniper charged in the deaths of 2 wrongly suspected of planting a bomb. >>
Seven U.S. firms are among those selected to bid for contracts to boost the production of eight underperforming oil and gas fields. >>
It funds military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, expands veterans benefits under the GI Bill and extends unemployment aid. >>
Forty-five international troops are slain. The number surpasses the monthly total in Iraq for the second straight month. >>
The prime minister will appoint a judge to hear evidence in two cases in which Iraqis say U.S. troops killed civilians. Iraq plans to file suit to recover funds in the U.N. oil-for-food program. >>
Sunni fighter Abu Abed tells of betrayal and lies from his hiding place in Jordan. >>
The military cites bad weather for the delay in Anbar, which would be the 10th of 18 provinces to return to Iraqi control and the first that is predominantly Sunni Arab. >>
A suicide bombing in Anbar province raises questions about whether U.S. forces should transfer security control there to the Iraqis as scheduled. >>
Several years of reduced rainfall has turned areas in the north into a dust bowl. Desperation could lead some to join the insurgency for money. >>
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If you go to the Republican National Committee's website, you can watch the clock labeled "Days Since Barack Obama Visited Iraq." Tick, tick, tick. Nearly 900 days and counting. >>
The military says the Americans were fired upon first in clashes in Baghdad and near Tikrit. >>
The Sadr City blast is the second attack in two days to target political meetings. The U.S. military blames rogue factions of Sadr's militia. >>
Boris Johnson, a former journalist, gives police the item, which had belonged to Iraqi official Tarik Aziz. Johnson blames political opponents for launching an "idiotic" probe. >>
Two new reports point to security improvements but are pessimistic about political and economic progress. >>
A man opens fire outside a government building. Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki promises to stamp out violence in Diyala province. >>
An Iraqi Canadian gets five months in confinement in the stabbing of a colleague. He is the first civilian contractor tried by the military since a 2006 law change made that possible. >>
The gun warning isn't heeded after the Iraq-Qatar match. But it could have been worse. >>
The assailant set off her explosives in Baqubah after pretending to seek help from police. >>
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or who died at a military hospital of their injuries: >>
Army Staff Sgt. Frank Gasper loved what he did so much that a fellow soldier gave him a nickname that stuck: "Gaspartacus." >>
At least 45 are arrested. Muqtada Sadr's followers accuse security forces of random shootings and beatings. >>
Comments posted on website honor the fallen and recount fond memories. >>
With Muqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army pledging to cooperate, government forces meet little resistance as they arrest hundreds in the southern city. >>
The compromise measure pays for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into 2009, provides a free college education to soldiers after three years of active duty and extends unemployment aid. >>
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The U.S. military asserts that a hard-liner protecting a real estate scheme in the Baghdad district was responsible for Tuesday's attack, which killed 63 people. >>
COLUMN ONE
Rafid Ahmed Alwan talks publicly for the first time. Charges that he fabricated intelligence that helped lead to war in Iraq are themselves fiction, he insists. >>
The attack takes place on a busy commercial street in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Hurriya. >>
A military judge dismisses the case against the highest-ranking officer accused in the killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005. >>
To counter the threat of female bombers, the women frisk female visitors at hospitals and government offices. But the program faces resistance from those who believe fighting insurgents is men's work. >>
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