The United States urged Iran on Monday to stop supporting militias in Iraq in the most high-profile meeting between the two countries in almost 30 years that both sides later described as positive.
Classic counter-insurgency seems to be bearing fruit in a small part of Iraq. But will it work elsewhere in the country?
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Amid the sounds of mortar and machine-gun fire, a father and son both serving in Iraq were reunited in Baghdad after spending more than a decade apart.
In the shadows of the troop increase ordered by President Bush, Special Operations forces conduct between 6 and 12 missions every night across Iraq.
With May on course to be this year's deadliest month for US forces in Iraq, President George W. Bush Monday paid tribute to the sacrifice of a "new generation" of America's fallen.
As of Monday, May 28, 2007, at least 3,452 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,809 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Jonathan Holmes?s ?Fallujah? is the latest entrant in the growing canon of documentary theater that concentrates on Iraq.
Despite losing the Iraq war budget battle to the White House, Democrats are giving a positive spin to Congress' vote on it last week while gearing up for new, tougher battles on the unpopular war.
WASHINGTON — Confronted with strong opposition to his Iraq policies, President Bush decides to interpret public opinion his own way. Actually, he says, people agree with him.
The United States ambassador in Baghdad said he and his Iranian counterpart agreed broadly on policy toward Iraq during four-hour groundbreaking talks on Monday, but insisted that Iran end its support for militants.