U.S. Troops on Emotional Rollercoaster in Iraq
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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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The U.S. Army is showing growing   signs of strain as it tries to sustain troop levels in Iraq and   Afghanistan, including stress on soldiers, lower unit   readiness, equipment shortfalls and money worries.
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Deteriorating security and rampant anger toward US troops in Iraq is emboldening insurgents, according to Representative Martin T. Meehan, who returned from a fact-finding trip yesterday calling for an exit strategy that would significantly reduce the number of troops there over the next 12 to 18 months.
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U.S. troops were on alert at bases  across Iraq on Thursday after concluding that a suicide bomber,  probably in Iraqi military uniform, was behind the deadliest  strike on Americans since they invaded last year.
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In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn't be saved. His military career, though, pulled through.
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Some worry that not enough support exists to help US troops bear the psychological toll of having killed.
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Much has changed in the year since a  haggard-looking Saddam Hussein was pulled from a hole in the  ground and taken into custody by jubilant U.S. troops.
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In Iraq, a new strategy pushes soldiers out of large bases and into communities.
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U.S. soldiers have seen a sudden lull in violence in a neighorhood that has been a hotbed of sectarian attacks. Now the unnerving question is: Where is the enemy?
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With family members cheering, more than 700 National Guard soldiers were welcomed home in an emotional ceremony after a 15-month tour of duty, including more than nine months on the ground in Iraq.
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Thirty-one U.S. troops died in a helicopter crash in Iraq and six more were killed in insurgent attacks on the deadliest day for American forces since they invaded the country 22 months ago.
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FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky  - A U.S. soldier under court-martial at a Kentucky military base broke down in tears on Wednesday as he described how he and others planned the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, murdered along with her family.
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As it exits Basra, the Army deals with disillusionment, inside and out.
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While troop numbers are surging, the media that cover them are leaking away, worn out by the danger and expense of covering a war that refuses to end.
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Testimony sheds light on the leadership of American troops and the rules of engagement they are supposed to abide by in Iraq, where the conflict has gone on longer and more treacherously than anticipated.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec 25: After a bruising month at home, US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld clearly relished his surprise holiday visit with American troops in some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq.
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by JEREMY REDMON of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Mosul, Iraq. Two GIs desperately carry their wounded buddy between them, dragging him from the shattered remains of what had been a bustling mess hall in Iraq.