While the fighting in Iraq continues to kill scores of civilians every week, the relative decline in violence over last year's levels has been the cause of much optimism among war weary Americans and touted by President Bush as a vindication of his "surge" strategy....
Early this morning US forces surrounded a home in a small village near the Iraqi town of Tikrit and destroyed it with an air strike, killing eight people. According to Iraqi police and neighbors, all those killed were civilians. One of the neighbors reported his home...
We reported earlier this month that American officials had been privately expressing concerns about Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's growing independence. Two weeks have passed, but little has happened to change this trend, and the Los Angeles Times is reporting...
With General David Petraeus dedicating his full attention to his new role as head of Central Command, replacing Admiral William Fallon who reportedly referred to his eventual successor as "an ass-kissing little chickensh*t," Lieutenant General Ray Odierno today has...
Updated 9/14 8:00 PM EST Iraq's Parliament announced that it has stripped outspoken Sunni MP Mithal al-Alusi of his legal immunity and also barred him from traveling outside of the country or attending future sessions of parliament today. It also says that it intends...
Last week the United States announced sanctions against Iran Shipping Lines and its 18 affiliates, which constitute the bulk of Iran's shipping industry. Though the impact of the sanctions themselves is likely to be minimal as the company does little direct business...
With the war in Afghanistan increasingly retaking its role as the emphasis of America's ongoing foreign policy struggles, Admiral Mullen reported yesterday to the House Armed Services Committee that he does not believe the United States is winning that war. And with...
Following up on Friday's story, President Bush has accepted the Pentagon's recommendation to hold off on any further troop cuts in Iraq until after the new year. The move, announced in a speech this morning at the National Defense University, was reportedly condemned...
Amid calls by Iraq's opposition MPs to present the draft agreement with the United States as it presently stands to parliament, a leaked version of the Status of Forces Agreement has appeared. From last month, this version appears to set no deadline for the withdrawal...
With Democratic Party presidential nominee Barrack Obama declaring last night "the surge succeeded beyond our wildest dreams," in a high profile interview on Fox News, and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin claiming twice in her speech the night before...
