"Brave" drama stuck between Iraq, hard place
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LOS ANGELES  - Going boldly where "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "Coming Home" have gone before, "Home of the Brave" examines the personal battles fought on the home front by returning war vets.
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It took years for the Vietnam war   to "come home" to U.S. moviegoers, but a series of fall films   will soon test the appetite for cinematic tales about U.S.   politics and the human toll of the war in Iraq.
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Richard Thompson didn't set out to write a searing anti-war song. He was fascinated by the language of the soldiers in Iraq and wanted to put it to music.
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As some European countries warn their journalists to keep out of Iraq, media in Britain are preparing to go in for what they call the most difficult and dangerous story they may ever report -- the election in Iraq.
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U.S. soldiers in Iraq are fighting a tenacious insurgency while trying to win over a population and build a new nation. Switching back and forth demands a mental flexibility that taxes many soldiers.
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It's not easy to find romance in a conservative Muslim country torn by war. Here's how some young Iraqis are trying
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In Iraq, a sense of a long slog ahead. At home on the campaign trail, hints of victory or prompt exit.
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Congress's battles over the surge vote and the confirmation of Gen. George Casey are just two symptoms of the nation's capital's collective nervous breakdown about Iraq
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As Congress prepares to debate Iraq, a disagreement between two leading Democrats resurrects some of the toughest questions facing the nation.
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Six years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the war on terror is coming to the big screen in a wave of films that examine severe U.S. tactics, troubled homecomings for U.S. veterans and the conflicts faced by troops hurled into urban warfare in Iraq.
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With casualties in Iraq hitting a record two-month high, the question is how long Americans' patience will last
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It took years for the Vietnam war  to "come home" to U.S. moviegoers, but a series of fall films  will soon test the appetite for cinematic tales about U.S.  politics and the human toll of the war in Iraq.
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Paul Haggis' new movie looks at how war changes the people who fight it and the world we live in
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For many soldiers and family members, the repercussions of wartime deployments are one of the toughest, least discussed byproducts of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The streets of Baghdad are filled with anxiety and war-weariness -- much of it hinging on whether U.S. troops should go. Some say the sooner they get out, the better. Others say the Americans are needed to prevent a sectarian bloodbath.
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LOS ANGELES  - With the economy sinking into recession, the war in Iraq about to enter its sixth year, and lingering uncertainty in Hollywood following the writers strike, it's perhaps fitting that the films competing for the best documentary Oscar mirror the gloom.
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Intelligence-gathering by the front-line forces that need to know the most is proving difficult in a region increasingly gripped by fear.