The White House insists that -democracy is taking root- in Iraq and promises not to turn back from that effort. But yesterday-s ghastly episode in Fallujah raises challenging questions about how well ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad and another major city yesterday as pressure mounted on interim Prime Minister Allawi to avert a full-scale American attack on the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Insurgents stormed two police stations yesterday in the strife-ridden city of Mosul, killing at least six Iraqi troops as attacks spread throughout Sunni Muslim areas following the ...

U.S. Marines have postponed plans to mount an attack against insurgents holed up here and instead will attempt to regain control of this violence-wracked city without a full-scale offensive, military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When Holly Charette enlisted in the Marine Corps after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, her family was uneasy about her decision -- and told her so. "We just said that it's ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the ...

U.S. forces are still searching for militants in Fallujah. By Tini Tran ~ The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents stormed two police stations Sunday in the strife-ridden city of Mosul, ...

BAGHDAD, April 19 -- American officials and local Iraqi leaders agreed Monday to a series of measures aimed at defusing tensions in the violence-wracked city of Fallujah, where fierce clashes between ...