Special Report

Dysfunctional banking sector helps keep Iraq in economic shambles

Iraq lacks the banking infrastructure to grow out of its financial mess and the political will to undertake dramatic economic reform. There are no electronic funds transfers for payroll or bills and almost no checking accounts or credit cards. ATMs are few and far between. There are no home improvement loans and few mortgages. For most Iraqis, banks serve only as a safety deposit box. » read more

Kansas families have one question: Was Iraq worth it?

Kansans have sacrificed for Iraq. Their bodies have been broken – 409 have been injured. And 50 have died. Now nearly nine years of war in Iraq is ending for the United States. Was it worth it? No one knows better than those who sacrificed in some way. Their feelings are mixed. » read more

Huge numbers of Iraqis still adrift within the country

Of all the problems that the U.S. troop withdrawal won't affect in Iraq, what to do about the number of internally displaced people looms the largest. As many as 2 million Iraqis — about 6 percent of the country's estimated population of more than 31 million — are thought to have been forced from the cities and towns where they once lived and are housed in circumstances that feel temporary and makeshift. » read more

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Army drops last Stryker case

The Army today dropped its case against the fifth soldier it accused of murdering Afghan civilians during a 2010 deployment with a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker brigade, his attorney said. » read more