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WikiLeaks' Biggest Document Dump Yet Coming Monday: What to Expect

(Oct. 15) -- It's happening again ... only bigger. On Monday, the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks will release nearly 400,000 pages worth of classified U.S. Army documents on the war in Iraq, making it the single largest military leak in U.S. history. The number of documents will dwarf the 77,000 pages of sensitive...

Britain Had No Clue What to Do in Iraq, Colonel Testifies

(Sept. 14) -- In an admission more befitting of a satirical film, Col. Tim Collins, who led his Royal Irish regiment into Iraq at the outset of the war, told a British inquiry team today that his superiors had "absolutely no idea" what to do after the invasion. "I rather thought that there would be some sort of plan and...

US Withdrawal From Iraq Doesn't Look Promising Amid Bombing Spree

(Aug. 26) -- From the U.S. perspective, the war in Iraq may be drawing to a close. But the violence continues, most recently with insurgent bombings in 13 towns and cities on Wednesday. The attacks killed more than 50 and sent a sufficiently clear message to the world: We're still here, and we'll vie for the country long...

Mission Accomplished in Iraq?

(Aug. 19) -- Seven years and five months after the U.S. invaded Iraq, seven years and three months after President George W. Bush declared mission accomplished, and three years and eight months after Saddam Hussein was killed by hanging, the final officially designated U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq. Though this...

Last US Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq: Instant Reactions

(Aug. 18) -- They're coming home -- early. On Wednesday evening in America, the Web lit up with the news that the final designated combat brigade, made up of some 4,000 U.S. soldiers, was leaving Iraq two weeks ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline set by President Obama. The historic moment, as MSNBC noted, effectively "......