BAGHDAD — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull ...

Jubilant Iraqis celebrated the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime by beheading a toppled statue of their longtime ruler in downtown Baghdad and embracing American troops as liberators. "He killed ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Behind one metal door in Baghdad's industrial sector, an imposing line of generals stands ramrod-straight, guarding their commander. And there he is, looming right behind them — ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- Dolores Popaditch had a maternal reaction when she saw the photograph of her U.S. Marine son holding a cigar near a Saddam Hussein statue in central Baghdad shortly before it ...