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Ex-Blackwater contractors seek dismissal of case

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Victims of a mortar attack lie wounded at a hospital in Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. A mortar attack struck a busy area in a mainly Shiite town south of Iraq's capital Thursday, killing and wounding scores of people, said Iraqi officials. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

U.N. says Iraq attacks killed 703 in February

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Iraq contractor pleads guilty in tax case

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gives a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon during Ki-moon's two day visit to Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2014. The U.N. chief expressed deep concerns Monday over the deteriorating security situation in Iraq as an unprecedented standoff is underway between Iraqi troops and al-Qaida-linked militants in western Anbar province. Ki-moon made his comments during a joint a press conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Mailiki. (AP Photo/Ali Al-Saadi, Pool)

Iraq signs deal to buy arms from Iran as State Dept. sees ‘serious concern’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Iraqi Security forces patrol in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Sporadic clashes continued Tuesday in some parts of Ramadi, with only limited success by security forces Al-Qaida-led militants are battling for control of mainly Sunni areas to the west of the Iraqi capital in a key test of the Shiite-led government's ability to maintain security in the country more than two years after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. (AP Photo)

Ambassador denies reports Iraq has weapons deal with Iran

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, shows Abdullatif Ali Aldosary, an Iraqi man charged with detonating a homemade explosive device outside an Arizona Social Security Administration office building, in Phoenix. Aldosary has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for felony weapons possession. (AP Photo/Pinal County Sheriffs Office, File)

Iraqi man gets 5 years in federal weapons case

By BRIAN SKOLOFF - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, Himyar al-Qadhy, whose brother Adnan, was killed in 2012 by U.S drone strike east of Sanaa, Yemen, points to what he says is the rocket that killed his brother, a Yemeni army brigadier suspected of involvement in a militant attack in 2008 against the US Embassy in Sanaa. The brother denies that Adnan was a member of the al-Qaida. The portrait on the wall shows his late brother. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

In Yemen, a woman’s life entangled with al-Qaida

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad, hold up his portraits as they march during a demonstration is solidarity with government forces, in al-Inshaat neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2014. Meanwhile the Syrian government on Tuesday allowed over a hundred men of fighting age to leave rebel-held areas of the besieged city of Homs after they were questioned and cleared of rebel links, state media said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Al Qaeda split grows over Syrian rebels

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire at an enemy bunker during Task Force Training on Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 1, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock)

Troops left to fend for themselves after Army was warned of flaws in M4 carbine assault rifle

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MAY: Sons of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, 35 years later

By Clifford D. May

The Washington Times

SOWELL: Galling betrayals in Iraq, Afghanistan

By Thomas Sowell

Ft. Stewart expects to shed 1,900 troops in 2015

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province. The ISIL led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the main driver of destabilizing violence in Iraq and until recently was the main al-Qaida affiliate there. (AP Photo via militant website, File)

Iraq car bomb instructor blows up 21 of his own recruits

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Duckworth to lead delegation to Paralympic Games

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Imprisoned Iraqi defends insurgent activities

By BRETT BARROUQUERE - Associated Press

In this May 28, 2007 file photo, a young boy seeks shelter behind a soldier with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne division after gunshots rang out at the scene where just a few minutes earlier a suicide car bomber blew himself up in a busy commercial district in central Baghdad. killing at least 21 people and wounding 66. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out _ and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but "good enough." (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S. sees global terror network aiding Iraq attacks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

COLUCCI: A day of reckoning over Iraq

By Lamont Colucci

Feds fight release of man convicted as Iraq agent

By CHARLES D. WILSON - Associated Press

U.S. Army Rangers find a place to eat their first hot meal in days while tolerating the rain during mountaineering training. US Army photo

U.S. troops in Iraq fed ice from unsanitized morgue trailers: Justice Dept.

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times