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Iraqis burn Bush effigy in troop protest

Hojatoleslam Moqtada Al-Sadr's Shia followers are angry at a proposal for US forces to remain in the country until 2011

Pentagon wants UK troops for Afghan surge

America is to deploy thousands more troops against the Taleban in Afghanistan and expects Nato allies to do the same

Two Iraqis face trial over Margaret Hassan murder

Two men are to stand trial in Baghdad charged with involvement in the kidnap and murder of the British aid worker in 2004

Troops leave by end of 2011, US and Iraq agree

Landmark deal approved by the Iraqi Cabinet restricts US operations and draws a line under the campaign launched in 2003

This is probably the best way out

At one level this is a triumph in that it is precisely what President Bush wanted and the conflict now looks less threatening

Metalheads defy Baghdad militias

Heavy metal returns, alive and kicking, to Iraq's capital as a memorial to a young Metallica fan who was brutally murdered

Friends fight for ‘forgotten’ hostage in Iraq

Campaigners are defying an official news blackout in a bid to win the freedom of a British IT worker kidnapped 18 months ago

British to pull out by 2010, says Iraqi official

National security adviser claims talks have begun on a deal that would see all British troops leave by the end of next year

Blackwater guards face indictment for massacre

Prosecutors have drafted an indictment against six employees of the private security firm for the deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians

'Slapped' Iraqi soldier shoots dead US troops

An Iraqi soldier killed two American soldiers and wounded six more at a joint security base in the northern city of Mosul

Girl, 13, is Iraq's latest suicide bomber

31 killed in Baghdad's most deadly attack in months as young female bomber attacks checkpoint in Baquba

Baghdad double bombing kills 28

Early morning attack on market in Adhamiyah district is Iraqi capital's most deadly in several months

Bush 'gave secret orders for al-Qaeda attacks'

US military reportedly authorised by Bush administration to carry out attacks in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere since 2004

Military chief warns against troop move

Sir Jock Stirrup sends clear warning to the Government to reject calls for forces to be transferred directly from Iraq to Afghanistan

Troops try new approach to thwart suicide bombs

US soldiers have changed tactics in Iraq and are now focusing on winning hearts-and-minds as violence drops across the country