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The latest Department of Defense identifications of casualties:
WASHINGTON | Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak to Iran, according to declassified accounts of the interviews released Wednesday. Hussein also denounced Osama bin Laden as “a zealot” and said he had no dealings with al-Qaida.
BAGHDAD | Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track.
The latest Department of Defense identifications of casualties: •Army Spc. Joshua L. Hazlewood, 22, of Manvel, Texas, died June 25 in Arifjan, Kuwait, of injuries not related to combat.
BAGHDAD | U.S. and Iraqi officials on Monday began the renovation of an amusement park on an island north of Baghdad that was looted after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. The 150-acre Tigris River complex, which was based on a design by Frank Lloyd Wright, was built by two Finnish companies in the 1980s.
WASHINGTON | Fertilizer, pesticides, animal breeding skills and water control: tools and talents that seem better suited for a farmer than for a soldier. Except in Afghanistan, where the Missouri National Guard has pioneered a new strategy for countering terrorism.
BAGHDAD | A truck bomb exploded Saturday near a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq following prayers, killing at least 70 people and wounding nearly 200, police said. In what was either a coincidence or ominous timing, the bombing took place only hours after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called the withdrawal of U.S. troops from cities by the end of this month a “great victory” and promised it would go ahead as scheduled.
The latest U.S. Defense Department identifications of casualties: •Army Sgt. Joshua W. Soto, 25, of San Angelo, Texas, died June 16 in Iraq of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle.
In less than two weeks, U.S. troops will begin the first major withdrawal from Iraq. Yet the Obama administration has said little about plans for a successful disengagement. Over the next week, The Kansas City Star will analyze and explain the risks that must be overcome — and offer opinions on the best exit strategy for America.
The latest U.S. Defense Department identifications of casualties: •Marine Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky L. Richardson Jr., 33, of Franklin, Mo., was killed June 10 supporting combat in Farah province, Afghanistan.
TOPEKA | U.S. forces didn't start winning hearts and minds in Baghdad and beating back the insurgency until they embraced tactics that involved interacting with influential Iraqis in their shops and homes instead of working mainly through official Iraqi government channels, a senior Army officer said.
BAGHDAD | A car bomb blew up Wednesday in a packed outdoor food market in one of the most peaceful areas of Iraq’s Shiite south, killing about 30 people and wounding dozens more.
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