Aug 26th, 2008 · Missing relatives and loved ones are slowly being found in mass graves in Iraq, though identification is a challenge. Despite registration of missing people, officials are having trouble simply locating the bodies.
Aug 26th, 2008 · Gen. Norton Schwartz is a man in line with Defense Secretary Robert Gates' vision of the Air Force. Unlike his fired predecessor, Schwartz isn't reluctant to send Air Force officers and more intelligence and surveillance to Iraq.
Aug 25th, 2008 · The war in Iraq has had a severe impact on the country's children. More than 650 children were reported killed there last year. Iraq's children also have been the victims of kidnapping, torture and rape. In the first of two pieces, NPR's Lourdes Garcia Navarro reports, a clinic for children suffering post-traumatic stress disorder is opening this month in Baghdad.
Aug 25th, 2008 · A summer camp at the recently reopened center in Baghdad is offering Iraqi children a safe place to learn and play, away from the violence. Through art projects and plays, children try to experience the normalcy of prewar Iraq.
Aug 24th, 2008 · It was a sight some thought they'd never see again: an estimated crowd of 100,000 Iraqis on Sunday in Baghdad — to watch a soccer match. It's the first time since the U.S. invasion that a group that large has been able to gather peacefully in the war-torn capital.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Former Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario began standing trial for manslaughter in Riverside County, Calif. It's the first time that a former service member has stood trial in a civilian court for crimes said to have occurred during the war in Iraq.
Aug 21st, 2008 · Iraq and the U.S. have set a preliminary timetable for withdrawal of American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, Iraq's foreign minister said Thursday after meeting with Condoleezza Rice. A final agreement would require endorsement by top Iraqi leaders and the Iraqi parliament.
Aug 21st, 2008 · While in Iraq, Sec. Rice worked with senior Iraqi officials to draft a strategy for pulling out U.S. troops. Gina Chon, the Wall Street Journal's Iraq correspondent, discusses the negotiations.