The Iraq war could be heading to its decisive moment: a battle for the capital of Baghdad that already has turned dramatically bloodier for American soldiers and carries enormous stakes for the ...

In Iraq, the Battle of Baghdad is running into its fourth inconclusive year. On April 7, 2003, armored columns from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division blasted their way into downtown Baghdad.

A sandstorm seems likely to delay the start of the battle of Baghdad, but it isn't stopping weapons that don't rely on sight for targeting. Dozens of Tomahawk missiles were launched from the Red ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq—The battle for Baghdad cost the lives of at least 1,101 Iraqi civilians, many of them women and children, according to records at the city's 19 largest hospitals.

Ghazaliyah once was one of the nicest parts of Baghdad, a 2 1/2-square-mile enclave of two- and three-story homes with enclosed gardens and tall palm trees. Retired army officers and engineers ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq | The Iraq war could be heading to its decisive moment: a battle for the capital of Baghdad that already has turned dramatically bloodier for American soldiers and carries enormous ...

In an office decorated with maps of Baghdad and Shiite posters, I find the man with possibly the ministry’s hardest job: Col. Riyadh al-Musawi, commander of the Baghdad Falcons, the city’s ...

Three years after U.S. forces swept Saddam Hussein's government from power, violence is a daily occurrence in Baghdad. U.S. officials here have predicted that 2006 will mark the battle for the ...