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Civilians are fleeing Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, home to more than 2 million people, amid continued fighting between American-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen. U.S. aircraft launched four more rockets overnight into the slum.
An NPR reporter and a U.S. soldier reconnect a year after a brush with death in Iraq.
An internal Pentagon report raises concerns about the Army's ability to fight conventional battles.Web Extra:Read the Internal Report
May 5, 2008 · The Iraqi government is creating a special committee to look into allegations that Iran is funneling arms to Shiite militia groups in Iraq. U.S. military officials say there is evidence of Iranian-supplied munitions, but it's uncertain whether there is complicity by the Iranian government.
May 4, 2008 · Army Staff Sgt. David Julian was killed in a suicide bombing in Baghdad earlier this year. He was the first soldier from the small town of Evanston, Wyo., to die in the war in Iraq.
May 3, 2008 · Filmmaker Nick Broomfield has made a dramatic movie about the 2005 massacre in the farming town of Haditha, Iraq. The soldiers in the film are played by Iraq war veterans, and Iraqi refugees living in Jordan play the parts of Iraqi civilians and insurgents.
May 3, 2008 · Every night in Baghdad, convoys of big rig trucks fan out across the city to supply food and fuel to the tens of thousands of soldiers. They are escorted by at least six military gun trucks.
May 2, 2008 · A senior Mahdi Army commander from Baghdad's Sadr City talked to NPR's Tom Bowman about recent fighting in Sadr City, the group's belief in its right to defend itself, and why the militia refuses to lay down its arms, even though the Iraqi government has ordered it to do so.
May 1, 2008 · A State Department report on global terrorism says Iraq suffered the largest number of terrorist attacks in 2007. Ambassador Dell Dailey says the U.S. visited the home countries of foreign fighters in Iraq to get help in curbing the suicide attacks — stressing that the fighters will pose a danger if they return home.
May 1, 2008 · A small but growing number of what might be called adventure capitalists are going to Baghdad. The American entrepreneurs are defying ongoing insurgent attacks, the country's dysfunctional government ministries and the skeptics.
April 30, 2008 · Skirmishes and rocket fire continue in Sadr City. A senior commander of Moqtada al Sadr's Mehdi Army militia says more of his fighters are ignoring Sadr's eight-month-old call for a cease-fire.
April 30, 2008 · Security is paramount at Camp Victory, a U.S. base in Iraq, because of its proximity to Baghdad International Airport. Humvee-mounted soldiers patrol the nearby farms and towns around the clock.
April 30, 2008 · Never leave a Marine behind. That tradition began in 1775, and continues today via officers like Col. Steve Beck, whose job it is to notify families of the loss of a loved one in Iraq. Beck — and the families he contacted — is the subject of journalist Jim Sheeler's new book, Final Salute.Web Extra: Read an Excerpt
April 30, 2008 · The Arkansas National Guard's 39th Combat Brigade Team has returned to Iraq roughly three years after deployment. On this tour, the soldiers have lighter duty, which has sparked both relief and resentment among the ranks.
April 29, 2008 · Air Force Colonel Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo, testified Monday on behalf of terror suspect Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Since leaving Guantanamo, Davis has been publicly critical of the tribunals, claiming that the process of prosecuting terror suspects has been politicized. Davis talks with Melissa Block.
The soldier from Southwest Ohio was missing for four years before an Iraqi tip led the U.S. Army to his remains.
The resident of Wallace, N.C., worked as a police officer and as a butcher, and served in the National Guard. He was on deployment in Iraq when he was killed by mortar fire in Baghdad.
The Navy SEAL from California posthumously receives the Medal of Honor after he threw himself on a hand grenade thrown by an insurgent in Ramadi.
The 14-year veteran chose to return to Iraq for a third tour of duty. The Pennsylvanian was killed by a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad in March.
The Florida native was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in March. Rogers was killed by a bomb in Iraq in January.