Iraq war News

Iraq holds its first election since the withdrawal of US troops in a climate of violence that has left hundreds killed and wounded in recent clashes.

Cambridge - A new study from the Kennedy School, at Harvard University, puts the total costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars at from $4 to $6 trillion with much of that amount yet to be paid.

Baghdad - US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Iraq on a previously unannounced visit for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The visit comes just days after the tenth anniversary of the controversial invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

On March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush sat at the desk in the Oval Office to address the nation. During the address it was announced that a military operation would begin with the aim of disarming Iraq and of making the country a better place.

As an Iraq War veteran's "last letter" to George Bush and Dick Cheney goes viral on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a famed former L.A. County prosecutor continues his campaign to expose what he says are the unplumbed depths of the deception.

On the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, a veteran of that war wrote a letter to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. It is a letter that all Americans should read. (Updated with video interview.)

The US-led war in Iraq lasted far longer and more costly than Americans were told to expect by their military and political leaders, a war that has led to much public questioning.

The Pentagon sent a pair of retired colonels, one of them a veteran of the Central American "dirty wars," to oversee Iraqi commando units that set up secret torture centers where horrific abuses against prisoners, some of them children, occurred.

London - The War in Iraq may have ended but there are still ongoing court cases regarding events during the war. The British High Court has heard allegations of sustained brutality against Iraqi civilians.Those accused are members of the British armed forces.

The death of General Norman Schwarzkopf reminds one of the costly effects of war and why it is essential that more encompassing policies are put in place when one goes to war.