Incident on Khairallah Tulfa Street
A search for Sadr City's killing fields goes terribly wrong.
Friday, Jul 14, 2006 1:00 PM UTCNews Iraq war, Torture, Auto Industry
Phillip Robertson
News Iraq war, Torture, Auto Industry
The hatred incubator
The Baghdad morgue, where Iraqis come every day to collect the bodies of slain relatives and comrades, is the alpha and omega of Iraq's civil war.
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 12:30 PM UTCNews Iraq, Middle East
City of vengeance
A savage outbreak of retaliatory killings has pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. In the first of three exclusive reports, our correspondent investigates the Mahdi Army's Baghdad death squads.
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 1:00 PM UTC 24News Iraq, Middle East
The death of Al Mutanabbi Street
Iraqi culture was reborn when Saddam fell, only to die again. A report from Baghdad's fear-haunted literary cafes.
Friday, Aug 26, 2005 7:45 PM UTCNews Iraq war, Iraq, Middle East
The victim and the killer
Yasser Salihee was an Iraqi journalist. Joe was an American sniper. On June 24, 2005, fate brought them together on a Baghdad street.
Wednesday, Jul 27, 2005 5:52 PM UTCNews Iraq, Middle East
“Females are essential”
In the aftermath of the deadliest attack ever on American women soldiers, Marines unite around the need for military women in a war zone.
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2005 8:42 PM UTCNews Iraq war, Pentagon
Marla Ruzicka, RIP
While others argued, Marla acted. She gave her young life to help the innocent victims of the Iraq war. At 28, she represented the best of America.
Monday, Apr 18, 2005 7:41 PM UTCNews
Hell
Salon's war correspondent on the Iraq inferno.
Thursday, Sep 23, 2004 11:40 PM UTCNews 2004 Elections, George W. Bush
Uneasy truce
As peaceful demonstrators poured into Najaf and the Mahdi fighters finally agreed to lay down their arms, Iraqi police incited an ominous new wave of violence.
Saturday, Aug 28, 2004 5:52 PM UTCNews
Six days of fierce battle
Al-Mahdi fighters blame the U.S. for violating the cease-fire, and fighting rages in the streets of Najaf and Sadr City. As the Black Hawk swooped down to provide cover for U.S. fighters, I could see the laces on the gunner's boots.
Friday, Aug 13, 2004 8:55 AM UTCNews
“No one is going through what we are going through”
Sgt. Reggie Butler saw his gunner buddy die inches away from him as they patrolled in Sadr City. "I'll do everything I can to bring all the soldiers back," he says. "Anything."
Monday, Jul 12, 2004 8:28 PM UTCNews
The accidental soldier
Dr. Sudip Bose joined the Army to help pay his medical school bills. Now he's a surgeon in Iraq, saving the lives of Americans as well as the Iraqis who are trying to kill them.
Thursday, Jun 17, 2004 8:22 PM UTCNews Iraq war
The fake peace
Hours after a deal was struck, armed Mahdi army forces are back in Najaf -- abetted by fresh volunteers.
Friday, May 28, 2004 10:40 PM UTCNews
“Najaf is dying”
A terrified Iraqi bookstore owner denounces the Mahdi Army as "barbarians" as Muqtada al-Sadr prepares for martyrdom at the hands of American troops.
Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:08 PM UTCNews Iraq war
After the tanks
The young Al-Mahdi Army soldiers said nothing as we drove past. The U.S. Army had just blasted their cemetery stronghold with Apaches, and they didn't care about anything.
Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:19 PM UTCNews Iraq war
“Sometimes they pretended to kill me”
An Al-Jazeera cameraman detained and tortured at Abu Ghraib recalls beatings, threats and photos of torture victims used as screen savers on military PCs.
Saturday, May 8, 2004 7:39 PM UTCNews Abu Ghraib
In the clutches of the Al-Mahdi Army
On the way to Najaf, I fell into the wrong hands.
Saturday, May 1, 2004 11:55 PM UTCNews Iraq, Middle East
Inside the Shia resistance
From Najaf to Baghdad, I track the men who are menacing the U.S. occupation. They're young, desperate and dangerous -- and their ranks are growing.
Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004 10:02 PM UTCNews
Al-Sadr’s men in black
Inside the Iraqi cleric's stronghold, the al Mehdi militia hunker down for a showdown with the U.S. that they believe they can -- and will -- win.
Saturday, Apr 17, 2004 10:54 PM UTCNews Iraq war, Iraq, Middle East
Inside the ghost town
The silent streets of Baghdad tell an ominous tale: A year after Saddam's fall, the hope and optimism that followed the American invasion are dead.
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2004 11:30 PM UTCNews Iraq war
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