Robert Springborg, "Uncle Sam in Iraq: the war of narratives" (20 March 2008) Second, there have been too many recent instances of conflict between al-Maliki and ISCI on these issues for this ...

We trace the Battle of Basra from its role as Iraq’s southern gateway to the moment British armor rolled into a city already on the brink of collapse. The story follows the slow encirclement, the ...

All sides in the American debate over Iraq agree that the Iraqi government and army ought to take responsibility for security in the country as soon as possible. In that sense, the decision by Iraqi ...

A massive convoy of British infantry started rolling to Basra from the southern outskirts Monday in what appeared to be a major move to secure the old section of the city, the last substantial pocket ...

Coalition forces had hoped to avoid entering Basra, for fear of getting bogged down in urban warfare. But tenacious resistance in the city -- there are an estimated 1,000 pro-Saddam fighters, plus an ...

WASHINGTON — The battle in Basra last week between Shiite militiamen and the Iraqi army was billed by President Bush as a "defining moment" for Iraq. But the inconclusive outcome of the military ...

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Led by more than three dozen tanks and armored cars, British forces battled toward the center of Basra on Sunday in their biggest incursion yet into Iraq's second-largest city. British officials said ...

ZAA NKWETA, PRESENTER (VOICEOVER): In Basra, Iraqi army troops and Madhi Army gunmen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr engaged in a firefight on Wednesday, the second day of heavy clashes. Iraq’s ...

BAGHDAD–Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledged “no retreat” yesterday in the fight against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra, as thousands of protesters demanded he resign over the ...