A British photojournalist and his Iraqi interpreter who work for CBS were kidnapped outside of their hotel in Basra, Iraq on February 10, 2008.

September 4, 2007: British troops completed a withdrawal out from their last remaining position in Basra city. Further reductions of military personnel in Iraq is likely.

Rand Abdel-Qader was a 17 year old girl murdered by her father in Iraq because she fell in love with a British soldier working in Basra.

Alhazen is a medieval arabic scientist and mathematician He was born circa 965 in Basra, Iraq and died 1040. Alhazen lived most of his live in Cairo, Egypt. He is ...

CBS photojournalist Richard Butler and his Iraqi interpreter were kidnapped from their hotel in Basra, Iraq on February 10, 2008. He was released amid fighting in Iraq in April 13 ...

The Mahdi Army is a Shiite paramilitary group in Iraq founded by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June of 2003. Though the group formed in part to oppose the U ...

On May 29, 2008, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain spoke about Iraq at a town hall meeting in Wisconsin. He said: "We have drawn down [troop levels] to pre-surge levels ...