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Lt. Col. Jeff Ragland (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
One lesson this 'skeptics corps' is learning from Iraq: More questioning may help avert mistakes.
In this June 15 2006 file photo, a U.S. soldier at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq stands by a photograph that purports to show Abu Ayyub al-Masri who is the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. The Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday, May 8, 2008 that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been arrested in the northern city of Mosul. ( (Karim Kadim/AP)
In an unannounced change, the bounty for a most wanted terrorist in Iraq is reduced from $5 million to $100,000.
Reconciliation is a slow, difficult, and dicey process in the Iraqi capital.
A soldiers with Bravo Co. 2-4 Infantry 10th Mountain Division scans the retina and fingerprints of a local man during a "census" patrol through the streets of the Dora District of southeastern Baghdad on Wed. Feb. 20, 2008. Dora which was as recently as six months ago the site of daily clashes between insurgents and US and Iraqi soldiers has become a place of relative peace and progress in recent weeks and months. (Lucian Read/Atlas Press for USN&WR)
In an effort to conduct a citywide census, retina and fingerprint scans help sort out who's who.
President Bush is upbeat in the face of fighting in Basra, but others view the new fighting with concern.
An Iraqi man detained by US forces for alleged links to al-Qaeda in Iraq is led out of a combat outpost in the restive Diyala Province, located northeast of Baghdad, on March 25, 2008. Moqtada al-Sadr's militiamen battled troops in three Iraqi cities today , including the capital, as the hardline Shiite cleric threatened a countrywide campaign of civil revolt. (David Furst/AFP/Getty Images)
Even if the U.S. succeeds, experts warn that jihadist fighters could carry their fight to other nations.
Economists say their study, with some caveats, finds some linkages between reporting at home and the war overseas.
Mary McHugh mourns her slain fiance Sgt. James Regan at 'Section 60' of the Arlington National Cemetery May 27, 2007. On March 24, 2008, four soldiers were killed when their patrol vehical was blown up by a bomb in Baghdad, this takes the US military personnel death toll in Iraq passed 4000. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Four were killed in a roadside bomb attack, marking a grim milestone of U.S. involvement.
Hollywood helps simulate the complexities soldiers will face when they hit the real battlefield.
Rasheed Street is reflected on a black and white portrait of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. 2/26/2003 (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
American involvement in Iraq remains controversial after five years, as President Bush refuses calls for a pullout.
The strain of long deployments concerns military officials, while Obama and Clinton cite effect on soldiers' families.
Jessica Lynch at the Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg WV. (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)
Former POWs Lynch, Shoshana Johnson, and Patrick Miller talk to U.S. News about moving on.
While Congress and the White House wrestle, Petraeus tries to make headway in Iraq.
Command Sgt. Major Eddie Del Valle photographed at Ft Hood, TX between Iraq assignments. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
The culture of the Army could also be changing as a result of the military's extended involvement in the country.
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, chat with local Iraqis at a cafe while they patrol an area in Baghdad, 13 January 2008. After talks yesterday with General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Iraq, and US ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker, US President George W. Bush told reporters that his goal of reducing troop numbers in Iraq by July was on track but called on Syria and Iran to stop fueling violence in the war-torn country. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
The top commander says "nothing in Iraq is easy," and he wants to go slowly on troop drawdowns.
PHOTO ESSAY: Vermont's War. The state of Vermont, where nearly three quarters of residents oppose the Iraq war, has the nation's highest per capita death rate in the conflict. (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR) (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)
It's known for liberal politics, but the Green Mountain State has paid a heavy price in Iraq.
Army Special Forces go through a training exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Steve Hebert/Atlas Press for USN&WR)
With private security contractors competing for their services, the Pentagon's special ops warriors eye big paychecks.
Army Staff Sgt. Darrell Ray Griffin.
Staff Sgt. Darrell Griffin spent two tours with the Army's Stryker brigade.
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Iraqi Shiite fighters wave their weapons as they celebrate an end to clashes with Iraqi government troops in Basra. Moqtada al-Sadr told his fighters to stand down following a week of fighting with government forces in March. The cease-fire, said to have been brokered in Iran, calmed the violence but left al-Sadr's militia intact--a blow to the credibility of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who had flown to Basra to personally oversee the crackdown on militias and gangs. (Essam Al-Sudani/AFP/Getty Images)
The fighting has revealed a fractured political landscape.
Rasheed Street is reflected on a black and white portrait of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. 2/26/2003 (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
A look back after half a decade since Saddam's overthrow.
Gen. James Milano, (center) deputy commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad (MND-B), and Brigadier General Jeffrey Dorko, (right) commander of Gulf Region Division US Army Corps of Engineer tour a water pump plant and reservior and sewage line project in northwest Baghdad. (Lucian Read/Atlas Press for USN&WR)
When it comes to problems with water, sewage, and trash, Gen. James Milano is on the case.
Capt. Yuri Rivera examines an Iraqi man near Dora Market, Baghdad. Feb 24, 2008. (Alex Kingsbury)
Nearly three quarters of the critically wounded people brought to Iraqi hospitals die.
Sunnis shop at a local market in the northwestern Baghdad Ghazaliyah district on Friday February 15, 2008. (Lucian Read/Atlas Press for USN&WR)
U.S. troops distribute microgrants to help Iraqis rebuild their businesses.
Alex Kingsbury for U.S. News.
U.S. troops distribute microgrants to help Iraqi businesses.
Lt. Logan Dick from Bravo Troop, 1-57 Cavalry, 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division mediates a dispute between Iraqi Army soldiers and a member of the "Ghazaliyah Guardians" - a "concerned local citizen" organization in the northwestern Baghdad Ghazaliyah district on Thursday February 14, 2008. The US is increasingly finding itself trying to mediate between the Iraqi Government and security forces and the civilian security forces it has fostered in the last year which have been instrumental in the recent drop in violence in the country. (Lucian Read/Atlas Press for USN&WR)
Turning unemployed locals into ersatz peacekeepers is credited with curbing violence.
Alex Kingsbury's Iraq Journal (Alex Kingsbury for USN&WR)
With checkpoints in Baghdad now manned by Iraqis, Americans go on patrol.
Sgt. First Class Michael Duquette, 47, relaxes outside a black market fuel depot in Baghdad, Feb 15, 2008. (Alex Kingsbury for USN&WR)
Sargeant 1st class Michael Duquette takes a personal approach to working with Baghdad's locals.
A soldier from Bravo Troop, 1-57 Cavalry, 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division is framed by a field of garbage and sewage as his platoon patrols the streets of the northwestern Baghdad Ghazaliyah district on Wednesday February 13, 2008. Ghazaliyah is recovering as stability takes hold in the contested district but services such as a functioning sewage system and trash removal are lagging behind security gains. (Lucian Read/Atlas Press for USN&WR)
Despite raw sewage In the streets, U.S. troops see progress in the neighborhood they are trying to improve.
Alex Kingsbury last reported from the frontlines of Iraq a year ago.
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