Tag: Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad today, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, angered over deadly U.S.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the Navy’s top official, ending a stunning clash between President Donald Trump and top military leadership over the fate of a SEAL accused of war crimes…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Part of a walkway collapsed as tens of thousands of people celebrated Ashoura today, causing a stampede and killing at least 31 pilgrims on one of the most sacred religious holy days…

WASHINGTON — The State Department ordered several hundred U.S. diplomatic personnel to leave Iraq on Wednesday, citing heightened threats from neighboring Iran amid a buildup of U.S. military forces in the volatile region and growing…

Sgt. Dave Sterling of Iola talked to fourth grade students at Lincoln Elementary School about the various prosthetics he uses, in conjunction with a recent science lesson about how plants and animals must adapt to…

Ramadi, Iraq. 2006. Houses packed closely together. The streets littered with trash. The sickening, musty smell of dead animals decomposing in the desert heat. The locals, afraid insurgents might see them talking to the military…