Sgt. John Russell this morning pleaded guilty to killing five military service members at a mental health clinic at Camp Liberty in Baghdad four years ago, but his pretrial agreement includes a contested portion that will be argued later today. » read more

The Army program charged with keeping thousands of eight-wheeled Strykers running over the past decade had its eye so much on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that it neglected to keep its books. » read more

A decade after the beginning of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, myths and distortions persist about how the conflict evolved into the current incarnation of Iraq as a fragile, highly sectarian state with a domestic political crisis that’s only exacerbated by volatile neighbors Syria and Iran. » read more

Ten years ago, the United States massed a traditional military force behind sand-berm walls separating Kuwait from Iraq. » read more

A decade after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq is still a broken country. Its government is democratically elected, but nearly everyone sees it as dysfunctional, and many observers wonder whether the country can hold together and function as a normal state. Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is widely criticized for what critics call his manipulation of the political process, though they concede that at least some of the problems he faces were inherited from the U.S. occupation. » read more