My Blog My WordPress Blog

KARABILAH, Iraq – Helicopter gunships and fighter jets streaked across the desert sky Saturday as American and Iraqi forces battled insurgents near the Syrian border, killing at least 50 militants in two massive offensives to stanch the flow of foreign fighters from Iraq’s western neighbor. The U.S. military reported the …

NAJAF, Iraq – A radical anti-American cleric says he will stay away from Iraqi politics as long as U.S. troops remain, and he condemned senior Shiite leaders and the government for embracing this year’s elections that “legitimized the occupation.” In a rare interview with a Western news organization, Muqtada al-Sadr …

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – Eighteen hillside homes that were declared unlivable following last week’s devastating landslide have been declared safe for occupancy, authorities said. Eighteen of 25 homes that were given a yellow tag to indicate they were only safe for daytime entry were upgraded to green tags, meaning residents …