an "unidentified aircraft" attacked the joint military base of Kalsu, which houses forces of the Iraqi army, federal police, and the so-called Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), reports the Saudi ...

US Army Military Police: We were directed to prepare the chicken to cross ... The chicken was then fired upon intentionally, in yet another example of the abuse of innocent Iraqi chickens. Blackwater: ...

As assaults continued against remaining Iraqi strongholds Friday, the U.S.-led coalition forces stepped further into their new roles of securing a now-leaderless nation. Retired U.S. Air Force Maj.

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What follows is the view of a military historian (who also acted as ... Basra Operations Command was the overall Iraqi security HQ in Basra with command over all army, police and border guards. It was ...