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The article features couple Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan who died serving in Iraq in 2004. It mentions how the couple became household names after criticizing Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump during the Democratic National Convention, some moments in the life of Humayon including his death while attempting to stop a suicide bombing and the involvement of the couple in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program of the Army.

Focuses on the weapons used by the United States soldiers in their operation to take over control of the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Advantages that Iraqi insurgents have over the American military.

Offers a look at the progress of U.S. and Iraqi-led military operations in Tal Afar, Iraq as of June 16, 2005. Efforts of U.S. military forces to capture control of the city of Tal Afar from insurgents; View that Tal Afar has been patrolled by a shortage of U.S. troops and disorganized Iraqi security forces; Comments of Maj. Chris Kennedy, commander of U.S. troops in Tal Afar; Claim that many military commanders are hindered by a lack of troops; Efforts of the U.S. military to avoid a full assault on insurgents due to the resulting casualties, property damage, and alienation of the Iraqi public; Description of the impact of political violence on the lives of citizens of Tal Afar; Description of the Sabre Squadron, a unit of 1000 U.S. solider that oversees Tal Afar; Importance of cooperation between U.S. and Iraqi forces in securing Tal Afar.

The article reports on the inquiry made by military prosecutors on the 25-hour conversation of U.S. Army Sargeant Bowe Bergdahl on the alleged mismanagement of officials in his unit.

The article reports on a bombing that took place on June 25, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. The blast was allegedly meant to kill four of the Sunni Sheiks who have been instrumental in aiding U.S. troops in separating Sunnis from the Al Qaeda resistance. The bombing took place in a hotel in Anbar, one of Baghdad's western provinces.

The article reports on a military inquiry into alleged mass killings of innocent Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq by U.S. troops. Military and government officials indicate that the investigations may lead to charges that include murder and a cover-up. According to one U.S. defense official, most of the killings were committed by a handful of marines, led by their squad leader. Other marines are also under investigation. U.S. officials declined to comment on details of the killings described by the survivors.

Focuses on relations between Sunni Arabs and U.S. soldiers in Qabr Abed, a Sunni Arab-dominated area of Iraq. Relative safety of this town in northern Iraq; Observation that no U.S. soldiers have been killed or wounded here in five months; How the area is a striking contrast to other Sunni Arab regions where the insurgency continues; Strategy of the President George W. Bush administration in marginalizing Sunni leaders; Why the U.S. administration is now courting Sunni Arabs with strong ties to insurgents; Comments of U.S. soldiers who are working with Sunnis.

A recently disclosed diplomatic cable shows that a top United Nations human rights official warned the United States government five years ago that he had received information indicating that Iraqi reports of American troops executing a family were true. Five of the victims, the official said, were children 5 years old or younger, and four were women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States military has recovered the body of the second of two American sailors abducted last week in a dangerous region south of Kabul, but it was not clear precisely how he had died. The body believed to be that of Petty Officer Third Class Jarod Newlove was found Wednesday afternoon in Yousuf Khiel, a village in the Baraki Barak District. The area, in southwestern Logar Province, is adjacent to Charkh District, where the two sailors were abducted last Friday after they drove their armored sport utility vehicle from a military base in Kabul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A seemingly routine training practice in marksmanship went fatally wrong on Tuesday when an Afghan Army sergeant turned his weapon on an American trainer and a gunfight began. When it was over, the sergeant, two American trainers and an Afghan soldier who had been standing nearby lay dead. The fight, which also wounded a NATO soldier, occurred near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif at a training center for Afghan soldiers named Camp Shaheen, according to a statement from the NATO command and an Afghan defense official. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An American military official said Wednesday that the bulk of new combat forces approved by President Obama would be sent to southern Afghanistan, an area including Helmand and Kandahar Provinces that is the financial and spiritual base of the Taliban as well as the deadliest part of the country for American troops. Two combat brigades, one from the Marines and one from the Army, will go to the south, while another Army brigade will be sent to eastern Afghanistan, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Army combat brigades usually comprise about 5,000 soldiers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Four American soldiers were killed by a roadside explosion in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, making July the deadliest month for American service members in the country since the 2001 invasion and underscoring the frightening rise in the sophistication and accuracy of roadside bombs. With the four newest fatalities, at least 30 Americans have died in the first three weeks of July, surpassing the highest previous monthly toll, 28, reached in June 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

One week after several battalions of Marines swept through the Helmand River valley, military commanders appear increasingly concerned about a lack of Afghan forces in the field. ''What I need is more Afghans,'' said Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, commander of the Marine expeditionary brigade in Helmand Province. He accompanied the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, during a visit with troops at Patrol Base Jaker here on Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Almost 4,000 United States Marines, backed by helicopter gunships, pushed into the volatile Helmand River valley in southwestern Afghanistan early Thursday morning to try to take back the region from Taliban fighters whose control of poppy harvests and opium smuggling in Helmand provides major financing for the Afghan insurgency. The Marine Expeditionary Brigade leading the operation represents a large number of the 21,000 additional troops that President Obama ordered to Afghanistan earlier this year amid rising violence and the Taliban's increasing domination in much of the country. The operation is described as the first major push in southern Afghanistan by the newly bolstered American force. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The police chief of Kandahar Province and five other police officers were killed in a gun battle Monday when about 40 Afghan security guards charged into the prosecutor's office in Kandahar and demanded the release of a man accused as a car thief and a counterfeiter, according to several senior Kandahar officials. The case immediately raised diplomatic tensions after Afghan government officials said the guards worked for American forces. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

American Special Operations forces shot to death the son and nephew of the governor of Salahuddin Province during a raid on Sunday in the northern city of Bayji, the latest in a series of operations that have resulted in the deaths of civilians or close associates of Iraqi government officials. The governor, Hamed al-Qaisi, threatened to resign in protest and said he would suspend cooperation with American officials. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Iran's supreme leader told Iraq's prime minister on Monday that the American forces in Iraq were the biggest obstacle to Iraqi stability. The message from the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the most authoritative public word to date on Iran's objections to long-term security agreements currently under negotiation between the Bush administration and the government of Iraq's prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the U.S. troops who settled into a jungle in Arab Jabour, Iraq have found several bombs buried under a road. Some of the bombs, said Kenneth Adgie, officer of the U.S. Army, will take a tank and flip it upside down. Iraqi insurgents used the jungle to try to move supplies for their attacks into Baghdad, Iraq, said James Huggins, officer of the U.S. Army, on his visit to the jungle on June 21, 2007.

The article presents information about the problems of the national security plan of Baghdad, Iraq. In the operation, Iraqi national police officers joined the U.S. troops in searches. Iraqi police, who were Shiites, asked the Iraqi residents to hide their weapons from the American troops. The security plan could not change the view of the Sunnis that Iraqi forces remain little more than instruments of Shiite hegemony.

The article reports on the warning of American troops in Iraq of the use of chlorine gas and other chemicals by insurgents in Iraq. American troops found chlorine cylinders and propane tanks while raiding a car bomb factory near Falluza, Iraq. An army officer in Iraq, Ray Odierno, indicated that a site in Karma, Iraq was stocked with artillery rounds, mortar rounds, bombs, rockets, gutted anti-aircraft shells and vehicles at various stages of preparations of car bomb.

The article reports that thousands of American troops searched three mostly Shiite neighborhoods, namely Shaab, Bayda and Ur in Northeastern Baghdad, Iraq in February 14, 2007. According to American commanders, it is the first major sweep of the new security plan of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush for Baghdad, Iraq. In a two-story warehouse in Ur, the American troops discovered three empty, rusted missile launchers.

The article reports on the special military operation carried out by the U.S. troops in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. With an aim to unearth a car-bomb manufacturing site, the troops entered the area on February 11, 2007. During the operations, insurgents fired at the troops. The troops detained 10 Iraqis while searching for the bomb-making factory. The operation is being described as the beginning of the application of the U.S.'s new Iraq policy consisting troop increase.

The article discusses the political condition of Iraq. The government of Iraq has been criticized by the United States military officials for its functioning. The officials warned the government to root out militias inside and outside the government, and to get rid of corrupt officials, from ministries.

Reports that a suicide attacker wearing a bomb-laden vest most likely set off the explosion at a military mess tent that killed 22 in the northern city of Mosul in Iraq. Possibility that the bomber was an Iraqi or foreign worker employed at the base; Original speculation that the blast was caused by a rocket; Evidence of F.B.I. forensic experts that the blast was caused by a suicide bomber.

Discusses how at least 19 American service members were killed in a powerful explosion aimed at a mess hall tent in Mosul, Iraq. How the blast tore a hold in the concrete floor of the mess hall which injured 57 people as a result of sprayed shrapnel; Speculation from officials that the explosion was caused by a rocket or mortar fired by insurgents near the base; Reference to the dangers posed by insurgents planning to disrupt the elections scheduled for January; Consideration of how two French journalists were released in Baghdad after being held captive since August; How four employees and three subcontractors of Halliburton died in the attack.

Reports that American troops have discovered 32 bodies in Mosul, Iraq within two days, the latest sign that insurgents in the North are increasingly focusing their efforts on killing and terrorizing vulnerable Iraqis, especially those working with American forces. Reference to the insurgents' campaign of fear, intimidation, and murder; Efforts to disrupt American operations; Focus of the insurgents on the intimidation of the new Iraqi security forces.

Reports on the offensive attack by United States Armed Forces and Iraqi troops to take back the town of Falluja in Iraq. Control which was seized of two strategic bridges and other objectives in the first stage of the invasion of the city which harbors terrorists; Announcement from Prime Minister Ayad Allawi earlier in which he declared a 60 day state of emergency across the country; Expectation that the retaking of the city will be cruel and bloody; Details of the military march into the area around the city; Belief that most of the civilians of the city evacuated before the gunfire.

Reports that U.S. Marines were killed and others wounded west of Baghdad, Iraq, when a suicide car bomb hit their convoy. Assault by insurgents on an Iraqi news media organization; Details of the attack on the Marines near Abu Ghraib prison; How Marines have been battling an increasingly lethal insurgency in Anbar Province; Final preparations of the U.S. military for an all-out invasion of Falluja; Observation that in recent weeks the insurgents have seized the offensive; Background on the relentless assaults; Overview of the violence.

Reports that insurgents mounted strikes on U.S. and Iraqi outposts across Iraq, killing Iraqi police officer and national guardsmen, and wounding dozens of Iraqis and Americans. Details of the assaults, which included mortars and roadside bombs; Video that was posted on the Internet by an Iraqi militant group, showing the beheading of a man they called a spy for U.S. forces; How the violence underscores the challenge facing U.S. and Iraqi officials as planned national elections draw near; U.S. Marine operations outside Falluja; Outlook.

Reports that Iraqi officials have decided to extend the buyback of weapons from Shiites. Wave of cooperation in turning in the weapons for money which has raised hopes that Moktada al-Sadr will continue his cooperation with the country's democratic process; Comments from Prime Minister Ayad Allawi praising those who turned in weapons; Possibility the program will be widened; Concerns of many that al-Sadr is keeping enough weapons to continue attacks against the U.S. military.

Reports that the U.S. military has expressed an apology for an incident that angered Iraqi religious leaders, when soldiers in a helicopter forced down a flag near a mosque in Baghdad on August 13, 2003.

Reports that U.S. soldier conducted dozens of raids and seized suspected loyalists of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Details of the drive to capture Hussein; U.S. reactions to the broadcast of an audiotape that an Arabic-language television station said was Hussein; Capture of members of Hussein's former government; How the scale and intensity of the raids reflect the growing confidence among U.S. officials that U.S. forces are closing in on Hussein.

Examines attitudes of Iraqis toward the U.S. How their fear of Saddam Hussein is compounded by the dishonesty and disloyalty they feel Americans showed to Hussein's antagonists during the gulf war in 1991; Views concerning the killing of Hussein's sons by U.S. soldiers; Fears that the U.S. will be unable to prevent Hussein allies or Baath Party members from gaining power again and taking revenge; How, in such an environment, good information becomes difficult to believe; Question of whether the deaths of Uday and Qusay Hussein will weaken the violent resistance to U.S. soldiers.

Reports that three U.S. soldiers with the Fourth Infantry Division were killed and four wounded after an assailant threw a grenade into a group of soldiers in Baquba, Iraq. Separate attack on an Army convoy, which killed another U.S. soldier; Investigation into the grenade attack; Accounts of witnesses; Hope that the slaying of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, would weaken the resolve of Iraqi insurgents; Deaths of other U.S. soldiers in previous attacks; Plans to demolish the villa where the Hussein brothers were killed by U.S. troops.

The author reports that General George W. Casey Jr., the top American military commander in Iraq, has decided to move reserve troops from Kuwait to the volatile Anbar province in western Iraq. According to the author, the remainder of a 3,500-member brigade stationed in Kuwait will be moved to Iraq to help quell an increase in insurgent attacks. Details related to the recent increase of violence in Iraq are discussed.

Focuses on a new assessment by military commanders of the war in Iraq. The slow progress by the U.S. in training local forces in Iraq; Mood of anxiety; Suggestion that American military involvement could last many years; Views of General John P. Abizaid, top U.S. officer in the Middle East, and senior officers in Baghdad; Reference to U.S. successes in disrupting insurgent cells; Efforts of the Iraqi government to raise the level of public confidence among Iraqis; How the buildup of Iraqi forces has been more disappointing than previously acknowledged; The sharp shift away from the optimism that has marked most recent assessments.

The article reports that Islamic State of Iraq, Sunni insurgent group, has released a video recording, on June 4, 2007, that showed military identification cards of two missing American soldiers who were captured in May 2007, south of Baghdad, Iraq. The video did not offer proof of whether the two soldiers were dead or alive.

Reports that a U.S. Army policeman will be court-martialed in Baghdad, Iraq, the first U.S. soldier to face trial in the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. Invitation to the Arab news media; Plan for broad public access to the trial; Background on Specialist Jeremy Sivits, who U.S. officials contend took photographs of Iraqi prisoners as they were being abused; Outlook for six more U.S. soldiers facing criminal charges; Impact of the abuse and photographs on the U.S. enterprise in Iraq and its reputation in the Middle East; Comments of Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy chief of operations; Possible plea agreement by Sivits.

Reports on the role of private security companies in the U.S. military occupation of Iraq, and claims that the line between professional troops and private commandos is becoming increasingly blurred. Report that the U.S. military is relying on private security companies to perform crucial jobs once entrusted to the military, including guarding reconstruction projects, escorting supply convoys through hostile territory, and defending key locations; Numbers of private security guards in Iraq; Cost to the U.S. government of hiring the companies; Report that Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld questioning the extensive use of private contractors in Iraq; Claim that U.S. authorities had underestimated the need for security in Iraq; Details of the companies working in Iraq; Analysis of the risks involved in relying on private contractors instead of military personnel.

The article reports on the confirmation given by the American military that Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr had gone to Iran. According to them, he had fled to Iran because of a crackdown on militias. Several of the cleric's aides have denied that he had left to Iran. The aides have accused the Americans of a propaganda campaign to paint him as a coward.

Reports on advances by U.S. marines and soldiers on Falluja, Iraq. How the move marked the beginning of the main assault on the city; Details of the attack, which set off street fighting; Decision of interim Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, to give authority to U.S.-led troops to start the assault; Estimated number of insurgents; Significance of the invasion of Falluja, which is a calculated risk by the Americans; Role of Iraqi security forces, who are fighting with U.S. troops; Comments of General George W. Casey Jr., top U.S. commander in Iraq. INSET: Invading Falluja From the North.