Topic: Baqouba

Interview: Top US commander in Iraq

Gen. Raymond Odierno outlines the challenges facing US forces as they continue to tamp down violence while working toward a June deadline to withdraw from Iraqi cities.

As US pulls back in Iraq, lost urban footholds

Combat outposts – some 75 small bases credited with playing a crucial role in turning the tide of the war – are being shut down.

US general: American forces may not leave key Iraqi cities

The top commander of ground forces in Iraq says that US troops may stay longer than the June deadline in Baquba and Mosul.

Violence is down, but many Iraqis still can't go home

Most of Iraq's internally displaced people are unable to return to their houses. The lack of basic services and an inability to rebuild their war-damaged homes keeps them away.

Drawdown in Iraq begins: 12,000 troops to return by fall

The two combat brigades that would have replaced them will go to Afghanistan instead.

Iraq's waning insurgency scrambles for new sanctuary

As violence falls in Baghdad, Al Qaeda in Iraq is taking its fight to desert outposts and rural villages.

Voting Is in Vogue in Iraq

As war winds down, will Iraq's progress hold steady?

Violence has plummeted and US forces are pulling back, but the year ahead will test the staying power of gains throughout the country.

As Iraq calms, Mosul remains a battle front

US forces may stay in the volatile northern city beyond the June deadline for Americans to pull back to bases.

Bush's final Iraq visit marks gains, meets contempt

While President Bush traveled to Baghdad Sunday to hail progress, the war is far from over in places like Mosul where US and Iraqi forces still battle insurgents linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq.

Iraqi town defies Al Qaeda

Despite attack, Dulaim vows to bar Al Qaeda in Iraq, which it ousted from the town last year.

Triple bombing in Baghdad deadliest in months

The blasts took place in Azamiyah – once a hotbed of Sunni-Shiite violence – and may have been an attempt to reignite sectarian conflict.

In Iraq's Diyala Province, US forces anticipate exit

The American military is handing over control of projects in the troubled province ahead of a US-Iraqi security pact that could reduce the US footprint next year.

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Female suicide bombings in Iraq: Why the recent surge?

Women are believed to be carrying out attacks to avenge the deaths of loved ones, counter depression, or atone for previous actions.

Iraq bombings target US-allied, anti-Al Qaeda groups

Bombings this week in Sunni areas of Iraqi have killed more than 100 people.

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Rift threatens U.S. antidote to Al Qaeda in Iraq

Growing divisions among pro-US Sunni tribal chiefs threatens to unravel American gains against Al Qaeda.

How fear turns to resolve in one Iraqi village

US-Iraqi forces persuade a remote town in Diyala Province to fight against Al Qaeda insurgents.

Iraq offensive: Clear out militants – and stay.

US, Iraqi operation in Diyala Province draws on a new counterinsurgency model.

String of suicide bombings in Iraq

The attacks, including the deadliest to hit Baghdad since August, came days after US military delivered an upbeat report on security in the country.