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A riveting account of the flawed leadership, bad luck and virulent personalities that led to the 2006 murder of an entire Iraqi family by American soldiers.

The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.

The top American military commander in Iraq on Monday praised the Iraqi military’s performance during Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki may ask the U.S. to extend deadlines for withdrawing troops, depending on the security situation in Iraq.

The U.S. military in Iraq released a Reuters photographer Wednesday after holding him for almost a year and a half without charge.

The U.S. Marine Corps has wrapped up its role in Iraq, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops.

The Turkish wife of a Jordanian doctor who killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan says her husband was outraged over the treatment of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S.-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan....

Judge yesterday dismissed charges against guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians.

A new order from the general in charge of northern Iraq makes getting pregnant or impregnating a fellow soldier an offense punishable by court-martial.

The U.S. Senate approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes money to extend jobless aid and Medicare payment rates for two months.