 Soldiers gather before a midnight patrol in Baghdad last fall. One of the soldiers in the patrol is a gay specialist whose sexual orientation became known to most of his comrades during their yearlong deployment to Iraq. Special Report
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Saddam Hussein was hanged Dec. 30, 2006, after an Iraqi tribunal found him guilty of crimes against humanity. Get background, photos and video about Hussein's rise to power and ultimate fall. Web Q&A: Transcript
Washington Post assistant managing editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran was online to discuss his new book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone, and to answer your questions. Read a transcript.* Chandrasekaran's Bio and Article Archive Iraq's Rising Power
Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's organization of social, religious, political and military programs have become the strongest force in Iraq after the United States, whose presence they vehemently oppose. A Neighborhood Divided
Sectarian violence in Baghdad has encroached into the city's Tobji neighborhood, where Sunnis and Shiites lived for decades side by side in peace. U.S. Fatalities
Portraits of U.S. service members who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Search for soldiers by state or territory, city, age, date or branch of service and see them plotted on a map. Transition in Iraq
Iraq installs its first permanent and freely elected legislature in decades. 
May 2004: Inside Abu Ghraib Photo GalleryImages obtained by The Washington Post reveal more about the treatment of Iraqi prisoners. Exclusive VideoVideo excerpt obtained by The Washington Post and edited for posting depicts prison abuse. DocumentsOfficial sworn statements from Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib describe their experiences. |
BAGHDAD -- Days before a deployment to Iraq last year, the 26-year-old soldier's sergeant told his troops that they would get to know one another pretty well over the next few months.
BAGHDAD -- An American contractor working for the U.S. military in Baghdad has been abducted by a Shiite militant group, U.S. officials said this weekend in response to a statement and video issued by the group.
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American contractor kidnapped in Iraq (Post, February 6, 2010; 11:00 AM)
Iraqi police: Attacks kill 28 Shiite pilgrims (Post, February 5, 2010; 12:03 PM)
Digest: Top Iraqi court to weigh ruling on barred national candidates (Post, February 5, 2010)
Iraq electoral panel questions appeals ruling on barred candidates (Post, February 4, 2010; 2:57 PM)
With fewer allies this time, Iraq's Maliki faces tough reelection campaign (Post, February 4, 2010)
Iraqi court lifts mass ban on candidates, cutting risk of Sunni election boycott (Post, February 4, 2010)
Iraq appeals court lifts candidate ban (Post, February 3, 2010; 12:11 PM)
Iraq bombing kills at least 20 as pilgrims converge on Karbala (Post, February 3, 2010; 10:29 AM)
Female suicide bomber kills at least 41 in attack on Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad: Woman detonated explosives amid group of Shiite pilgrims (Post, February 2, 2010)
Draft Defense Department budget avoids weapons cuts, adds aircraft: Plan boosts aircraft in heavy use in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan (Post, January 30, 2010)
Ex-British prime minister Tony Blair: The world is safer without Saddam Hussein: Ex-prime minister tells war panel 9/11 changed the 'calculus of risk' (Post, January 30, 2010)
Islamic State of Iraq claims responsibility in bombings targeting Baghdad hotels (Post, January 28, 2010)
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