LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, Charlie Company 2-505 (82nd Airborne Division) left “the wire” and departed Patrol Base Olson to perform a cordon-and-search operation in a neighborhood where a notorious al Qaeda ...

SAMARRA, IraqSAMARRA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Tuesday handed over the last of its bases outside Samarra, a city billed as a reconciliation success story. Worries linger though that wartime ...

BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials say three mortars have landed near the gate of a much-revered Shiite shrine in the city of Samarra, wounding at least nine people. The golden domed al-Askari mosque in ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)–consisting of Iraqi Police (‘IPs,’ who are under regional control), National Police (‘NPs,’ who belong to the federal government’s Ministry of ...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE BRASSFIELD-MORA, Samarra, Iraq - Scores of Samarra citizens joined provincial and community leaders March 23 to attend a concrete barrier removal ceremony reminiscent of the ...

BAGHDAD — Two months after U.S. forces declared that they had pacified Samarra, the restive city again erupted in violence with a string of attacks Wednesday that killed at least four Iraqis, damaged ...

Suspected al-Qaida bombers destroyed parts of the Shiite Askariya shrine in Samarra on Wednesday, sparking fears of reprisal killings. A wave of violence followed the 2006 bombing of the mosque's ...

SAMARRA, Iraq — The bullets had barely stopped flying here when a convoy of military engineers braved the deserted streets this week to begin rebuilding water pumps, electricity lines and roads. It ...

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Two years ago, insurgents blew up a sacred Shiite mosque in Samarra, Iraq. Rather than counter the insurgency, the U.S. military and the Iraqi government shut the city down. Now, the mosque is being ...