According to eyewitnesses, the demonstrators chanted slogans rejecting his visit, carrying banners that read, "Iraq cannot ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The national intelligence estimate on Iraq released Friday does not address whether the president's plan to "surge" up to 21,500 troops into Iraq will work, but it lays out an ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki promised Saturday to smoke out Kurdish separatist rebels using Iraq as a base to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey. The Iraqi leader spoke at a gathering of ...

The Obama administration has been trying to defend its proposed escalation in Afghanistan by pointing out its similarities to the “surge” in Iraq. But the comparison is largely false.

Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday, supported by a weaker dollar, which makes the commodity less expensive for overseas ...

and wrote an interesting book on Iraq. Then again, Colonel Rayburn was deeply involved in the planning and execution of the famed “surge,” and is rather likely to glorify a military campaign ...

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