In the heat of Ramadi and western Al Anbar, the fight was not just about pulling triggers - it was about setting the conditions that allowed others to operate. Marines, special operations teams, K9 ...

Just 68 miles west of Baghdad, Ramadi became one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq as al-Qaeda tightened its grip and turned neighborhoods into fortified killing zones. Like Fallujah before it, ...

But in recent interviews, Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, which took charge of Ramadi in early September, said guerrillas had killed the 12 Marines in a roadway ambush while they were ...

BAGHDAD — A bomb-rigged truck exploded at a checkpoint Tuesday near the western city of Ramadi, killing two U.S. Marines and wounding three others in an apparent strike by al-Qaida in Iraq in one of ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Thursday it shot down a U.S. attack helicopter that crashed, killing two Marines, and a U.S. general said witnesses saw the aircraft take ground fire and break ...