Behind the lines, the body bags arrive
Heavy, black, slightly shiny fabric, the kind they use for expensive extreme sports gear; a zip running round the sides; and three carrying loops. It's about two feet by six, flat like a giant wallet, unless it's full, of course. This is the 2003 body bag.

Iraq: 75 Civilians Killed in Najaf
Iraq said on Friday it was fighting back an invasion by U.S.-led "sheep," whose bombing had killed 75 civilians and wounded 290 in the last day

More Than 50 Civilians Killed at 'Civilians killed' in Mosul raid
A heavy air raid by US and British coalition forces has killed or wounded more than 50 civilians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, al-Jazeera television has reported from the scene

Over 700 US, British troops killed in Iraq: Envoy
Iraq on Thursday claimed that in the US led attack over the country nearly 700 American and British troops have been killed in the past seven days of fighting

Blair condemns troop 'executions'
Tony Blair has accused Iraq of "executing" the two British soldiers whose bodies were shown on Arabic television as he held talks with US President George Bush

	US PoWs executed: Pentagon
"They have executed prisoners of war," Marine General Peter Pace said. "They have used women and children as human shields and they have pretended to surrender and then opened fire

Iraq troops engage US forces
US and UK forces have engaged in fierce fighting in at least three major encounters across southern Iraq as they encounter stiffer resistance than they had been expecting.

	Graham: Public misled on resistance
''There was not very much willingness to talk about the scenario that seems to be coming to pass -- resistance leading to a longer war and, unfortunately, potentially greater U.S. casualties..."

Optimistic intelligence estimates guided U.S. war planning
Proved wrong in the first 5 days of war

Former Commanders Question U.S. Strategy
Debate centers on the Pentagon's decision to enter combat with less firepower than in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Blair and Bush admit that war in Iraq could now last for months
Tony Blair and George Bush braced the British and American public for a longer-than-expected war in Iraq amid growing concern that the campaign has stalled.

U.S. to Add 100,000 Troops to Iraq Force
The U.S. military plans to double its forces on the ground in Iraq to about 200,000 in the next month as the United States and Britain press to oust Iraq's President Saddam Hussein

More U.S. troops, armor head to Iraq
As President Bush declared the war in Iraq would last "however long it takes to win," the Pentagon said Thursday that 130,000 more troops were being deployed to the Persian Gulf region.