L. Paul Bremer III

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqis began the task of democratic reform yesterday as 25 men and women -- including religious leaders, tribesmen, teachers, the formerly imprisoned and the newly empowered -- gathered to inaugurate the Iraqi Governing Council, a...

KIRKUK, Iraq -- A bomb exploded outside the home of one of Iraq's most important Shiite leaders, killing three guards and injuring 10 others, and the U.S. administrator in Iraq again warned of a growing terrorist threat. In the northern city of Kirkuk,...

One U.S. soldier was killed and another seriously wounded Friday in separate ambushes here and in the holy city of Najaf, while two other U.S. soldiers remained missing and presumed guerrilla kidnap victims. With unrest continuing, the Pentagon announced...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has repeatedly promoted its efforts to develop Iraq's private-sector economy as an engine of job creation and hope for the country's beleaguered population and a model for an economically backward region. But if Iraq'...

LONDON - The ways the U.S. and British governments have handled news surrounding the capture of Saddam Hussein could hardly be more different, and with good reason: While the accomplishment has given an instant and significant boost to President Bush,...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Using jet fighters, tank-buster aircraft and patrol boats, the U.S. military launched a major operation to crush opposition north of Baghdad and captured nearly 400 suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists in a bid to end daily attacks against...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis should measure their progress by the freedoms they enjoy, not the services they don't have, the top U.S. civilian administrator for Iraq said yesterday. L. Paul Bremer told a news conference that while Iraqis complain of unsafe...

WASHINGTON -- As deadly new guerrilla attacks rocked the U.S.-led occupation, President Bush shifted policy on Iraq's political future yesterday, approving ideas for turning power over to a provisional government by the summer or fall of 2004. After...

WASHINGTON - Staking out a tough negotiating posture, the leaders of France and Germany criticized an American proposal for a greater United Nations role in Iraq yesterday, saying it does not require the United States to yield power there quickly enough....

On April 18, 2003, a television news crew from Minnesota videotaped U.S. troops in Iraq using bolt cutters to break through chains and wire seals on the door of a dusty bunker and finding explosives stored inside. The video did not appear significant...

WASHINGTON - More cases of possible mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners have come to Congress' attention and need investigation by the Pentagon, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday. Sen. John Warner, a Virginia Republican, also...

Just as they had previously, U.S. policymakers underestimated the hostility in Fallouja toward the American military occupation of their land. The U.S. assault on the city had the unintended effect of fanning the Sunni Muslim insurgency, precisely the...