Marines make their way through the streets of Najaf in 2004. (Courtesy Manifold Productions, Inc.) Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam ...

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 ...

The Sinaa industrial district in southeast Fallujah was once al-Qaeda’s hive and bomb-making base in the city. And for Marine Capt. Sean Miller, a suicide bomber’s vest found there a few days ago ...

In the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, the joy of pregnancy is overshadowed by dread. For many families, the anticipation of new life is replaced by the fear of what might be born into their arms.

FALLUJAH, IRAQ — In 2004 and 2005, the Iraqi city of Fallujah was a killing field. Al Qaeda dominated the streets. Insurgent snipers sought to pick off U.S. Marines on patrol. Some of the fiercest ...

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People who used to live in Fallujah are scattered to refugee camps or presumably somewhere around the bombed-out, shot-up city. How many? We don’t know. How many people who used to live in Fallujah ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan Bender remembers the moment as if it were yesterday. Taking cover from insurgents, his fireteam had just assembled in the dark ...