During the Battle of Fallujah in 2004, US Marines encountered one of the most unexpected landmarks of the Iraq War - a KFC restaurant standing amid one of the conflict's deadliest urban battlefields.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years ago, on Nov. 7, 2004, a coalition assault force of more than 15,000 troops, mostly Marines, launched a massive attack ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s been two decades since the Battle of Fallujah, the bloodiest battle of the ...

NPR — along with seven public radio stations around the country — is chronicling the lives of America's troops where they live. We're calling the project "Back at Base." This is the first installment ...

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The Islamic State group battled Iraqi forces and held civilians hostage Wednesday to defend its bastion of Fallujah, where three weeks of fighting has forced tens of thousands from their homes.

Events in Iraq from the breakthrough by Islamic State group (IS) fighters in 2014 to the government counter-attack. 2014: Jihadist breakthrough On January 4, Iraq loses its first key town since the US ...

In Fallujah, US troops are engaged in the battle Secretary Rumsfeld says will -tip- Iraqi opinion toward democracy once and for all. But while the US wants an Iraqi face on the action, Iraqi troops ...

A video game changed Peter Tamte's life. And forever altered his view of military service. In the early 2000s the U.S. Marine Corps recruited the developer to help design video training programs.

"The Last 600 Meters" is a new documentary that tells the story of the two deadliest battles of the Iraq War. In 2004, U.S. forces fought the Shiite Mahdi militia in the Battle of Najaf against the ...