Updated at 1:30 a.m. EST, Mar. 13, 2007At least 76 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 13 were wounded. Civilian violence was lighter than usual; most of today's deaths occurred during security operations. Also, the U.S. military reported that a Marine was...
Chuck Hagel, wrote one editorialist, is "a man whose time has come," and today – if, as expected, he announces his candidacy for the White House – is a day that will transform the debate over the war and bridge the partisan divide that does so much...
It was just nine months ago when Newsweek spoke for the conventional wisdom at that moment when it pronounced "The End of Cowboy Diplomacy." The phrase signaled the apparent victory – at last – of the State Department-led "realist" wing over hawks led by...
When it comes to surging in Iraq, it's "encouraging" out there. So the president tells us ("Yet even at this early hour, there are some encouraging signs…"); so Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, the surge commander in Baghdad, tells us ("[It's] too early to discern...
The biggest transfer of cash in history took place from May 2003 to June 2004 when the U.S. Federal Reserve of New York shipped $12 billion in bills of various denominations to war-torn Iraq. Over the course of one year, a fleet of C-130s carried, from New York to...
Updated at 1:20 a.m EST, March 12, 2007At least 76 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead today and another 71 Iraqis were wounded. At least two significant bombings occurred in the capital while a third bombing targeted a political organization in Mosul. Roadside...
Updated at 2:11 p.m. EST, Mar. 10, 2007As world powers met in Baghdad to discuss stabilizing the country, they were greeted by a pair of mortars, which resulted in no injuries. Overall, at least 78 Iraqis were killed or found dead during violent acts and another 120...
QANDIL MOUNTAINS (Iraq-Iran-Turkey) - The fragile quiet in this no-man's-land is broken by a young fighter shooting into the air at a regular morning ceremony to "commemorate martyrs." The firing is more than ceremonial. A new threat of war is looming in this mountain...
Within hours of the verdict that Lewis "Scooter" Libby had "obstructed justice" – had prevented Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald from finding out whether a crime had been committed in the "outing" of CIA Non-Official Cover operative Valerie Plame and her...
More than five years have passed since President Bush labeled Iraq, Iran and North Korea the "axis of evil." It is imperative that we try to piece together what role U.S. intelligence played in supporting the "axis" idea and the misguided policies and actions that...
