Iraq

"Merry Christmas!" I shouted to a woman on the street But she didn't hear me Her misty eyes stared halfway round the globe Where her son was lost in Iraq And never found his way home. "Merry Christmas!" I cried to an old gent in the alley But he didn't hear me He was dragging a cardboard...

Minnesota last week received both a proud and solemn reminder the war in Iraq is far from over. More than 1,000 soldiers from the famed and honored 34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard -- the Red Bulls -- will leave by Feb. 13 and spend a year serving in Iraq. It's...

On a hot, breezy day on a knoll overlooking Lake Lida, dozens of people - many of them strong men tested by combat - found themselves blinking away tears from a light Saturday afternoon. It wasn't the strong, late summer sun that tugged at their hearts and loosed salty trails down...

I would like to dispute the conclusions about the Iraq war offered by the Fargo Forum Editorial staff in their guest editorial in the June 25th issue of the Detroit Lakes Record. The majority of Americans are not willing to end the debate on the reasons that the U.S. went to war...

Whether one supports the Bush administration's Iraq war policy or not, there is objective evidence that progress has been made in achieving at least some of the war's goals. Two reports issued this week confirmed as much. Debating the reasons the United States went to war is akin...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - Seventeen Army reservists are back home in Minnesota after a long stint in Iraq. Members of the 79th Military Police Company returned to Rochester on Saturday. The unit has been providing security for military and civilian leaders in Iraq for nearly a year. Tears...