Iraq

National

10 Years After Battle For Fallujah, Marines Reflect On 'Iconic Fight'

3:58pm November 12, 2014

by Susan Murphy

The six-week battle to retake the city from insurgents was the fiercest during the Iraq War. Almost 100 Americans died; 600 others were injured. Veterans commemorated the anniversary on Friday.

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In Father's Biography, George W. Bush Says He Didn't Inherit Iraq

11:48am November 12, 2014

George W. Bush also uses the new book to reflect on his own legacy. On Wednesday's Morning Edition you can hear his thoughts about his decisions on Iraq and the current situation there.

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Bush 41 And 43 Share Common Enemy: Saddam Hussein

8:09am November 12, 2014

Former President George W. Bush discusses with NPR's David Greene how both he and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, waged war against Saddam Hussein, and the state of Iraq today.

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Tomas Young, Iraq War Veteran And Activist, Dies At 34

8:09am November 12, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

A vocal critic of the Iraq war and the Bush administration has died. In 2004, Army veteran Tomas Young deployed to Baghdad, where a bullet left him paralyzed. Young passed away at his home in Seattle.

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Ret. Army Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz, 40, with Sgt. Mary Dague, 30, who helped him cope after his wife was killed disarming an IED in Iraq. They only met face-to-face recently, for their StoryCorps conversation.

National

Bomb Techs Work Through 'Dark Spots' To Brighter Lives

4:27pm November 11, 2014

by NPR Staff

In an update to a 2011 StoryCorps interview, retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz, whose wife died disarming an IED, and Sgt. Mary Dague, who lost both arms in Iraq, both say they are happy now.

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Books
Arts

A 3-Star General Explains 'Why We Lost' In Iraq, Afghanistan

7:57am November 11, 2014

by NPR Staff

In his new book, a former Army lieutenant general compares the war on terrorism to Alcoholics Anonymous: "Step one is admitting you have a problem."

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An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter hold his position in the mountains east of Mosul.

World News

Ill-Equipped And Underpaid, Kurdish Fighters Hold ISIS At Bay

8:44am November 10, 2014

by Leila Fadel

With Iraq's military in tatters and U.S. forces gone, the Kurdish peshmerga is the only viable force to stave off ISIS in Iraq. With little support from Baghdad, discontent grows among the fighters.

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The Case For U.S. Combat Troops In Iraq

12:13pm November 09, 2014

Airstrikes against ISIS have had some success. But James Jeffrey, Obama's former ambassador to Iraq, says Americans on the ground are necessary to win the war.

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White House Will Send 1,500 Military Personnel To Iraq

8:11pm November 07, 2014

by Tom Bowman

The White House authorized the deployment an additional 1,500 U.S. military personnel to Iraq to help advise that country in its fight against the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS.

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Marine Reflects On Second Battle Of Fallujah, 10 Years Later

8:11pm November 07, 2014

In 2004, coalition forces began what would be the bloodiest battle American troops had seen since the Vietnam War. Melissa Block talks with Greg Nichols, who was 19 years old at the time.

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