Iraq lakeside resort a sad reminder of happier days
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HABBANIYAH, Iraq  - It still looks like an oasis in the desert, but Baghdad's smart set does not drive out to play beside the pristine lake at Habbaniyah any more.
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CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq -- No one breaks stride on the elliptical trainers when the announcement blares over the loudspeakers every few hours. Nobody pauses at racquetball at either of the two multimillion-dollar gyms at this war-zone base.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Cowering in their house with nothing to eat or drink as bombardments and firefights shook their neighborhood, Iyad al-Mashadani and his family dug a 3-foot hole in their yard and drank the brackish water.
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How severe stress is taking a toll on U.S. troops in Iraq -- and what Washington is doing about it
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The price of Iraqi Kurdistan's economic growth is environmental damage.
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Instead of the beach or mountains, more tourists now spend their vacations at sites of disaster and depravity.  A former war correspondent offers a word of caution
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CAMP ISKANDARIYA, Iraq  - The day began in despair  of ever confronting a hidden enemy who had killed two young  Marines from Bravo Company two days before.
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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq - On stages in war zones like this one, Bob Hope used to wag a golf club, affecting nonchalance as he poked fun at pompous military brass and making light of the dangers around him.
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By David Weiss, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 11--LACEYVILLE -- Lisa Sands, a thick album of pictures atop her lap, slowly browses through each of the images.   There's a smiling face on just about each one, yet, for Sands, it hurts to look at them.
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The hole in the ceiling is just a way to let out steam for the soldiers showering inside a damaged trailer in Ramadi, one of Iraq&#039;s most dangerous cities.
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ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq -- Maj. Craig Whiteside's anger grew as he walked through the sprawling school where U.S. military commanders had invested money and hope. Portions of the workshop's ceiling were cracked or curved. The cafeteria floor had a gaping hole and concrete chunks. The auditorium was...
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AL-TAJI CAMP, Iraq -- For American soldiers serving in the most dangerous place on earth, Thanksgiving brought gratitude for life's pleasures: an autumn leaf mailed from home, a love note in an e-mail inbox, and the taste of pumpkin pie.
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There's a ray of sunshine in all that doom and gloom.
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BAGHDAD -- Several dozen soldiers and embassy staff members relaxed on the patio around Saddam Hussein's old swimming pool, shivering in the desert chill, as a boombox blared Latin rhythms over the racket of low-flying helicopters. It was Salsa Night in the Green Zone, but on a Friday evening in ...
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Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is said to be miserable and begging for mercy according to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. &quot;He is distraught and depressed,&quot; Allawi told the Arabic daily Al-Hayat in an
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CAIRO : Toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is miserable sitting in a jail cell awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity and has begged for mercy, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview.
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Sadness is expressed at the deaths of three Scottish soldiers killed by a suicide bomber at their camp in Iraq.