Articles by Saif Rasheed

Like most days in the field for Atlanta cop Brian Acree, this one was shaping up as a polite but determined competition between the Army way, the Iraqi way and the Georgia way. Read more

A meeting Thursday aimed at sowing faith between Iraq’s government and leaders of U.S.-funded paramilitary forces instead highlighted distrust between the sides, three weeks before Iraq takes control of the armed groups. Read more

BAGHDAD – A U.S. military unit on a riverboat patrol shot dead seven Iraqi security personnel early today after an Iraqi checkpoint failed to recognize the men and opened fire on them, according to Iraqi police and army officers. Read more

One is from the city, a businessman with the hint of smuggling to his name. Read more

As Iraqi officials and the U.S. military haggle over when to let Anbar province take control of its own security, a row of broken-down Ford pickups in a Ramadi schoolyard offers a sobering picture of the readiness of the region’s security forces. Read more

As Iraqi officials and the U.S. military haggle over when to let Anbar province take control of its own security, a row of broken-down Ford pickups in a Ramadi schoolyard offers a sobering picture of the readiness of the region’s security forces. Read more

During his brief visit to Iraq, Barack Obama has been greeted by busloads of Iraqi cameramen vying for shots of his arrivals and departures at meetings with government officials. Read more

Iraqi security forces began to move into the southern city of Amarah on Saturday, and residents braced for the latest government offensive against the Mahdi Army militia loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr. Read more

A local Iraqi police chief today accused the U.S. military of killing seven Iraqi civilians, including at least one child, in a helicopter strike in northern Iraq. Read more