Oct 17th, 2008 · A former U.S. Marine and his Iraqi wife, who met when she worked as a translator in Fallujah, are struggling to adjust to married life and raise a family in America. And their future is anything but certain.
Aug 29th, 2008 · A civilian jury in Riverside, Calif., has acquitted a former Marine on charges of voluntary manslaughter. Jose Nazario Jr. was accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
Jan 23rd, 2008 · In 2004, the battle for Fallujah came at a huge cost. Many of the al-Qaida militants escaped to fight another day, and Fallujah was largely destroyed. The United States had promised that reconstruction would begin immediately. It didn't. But it is happening now.
Jul 6th, 2007 · The Navy has begun a criminal investigation into allegations that Marines killed between five and 10 unarmed Iraqi prisoners in November 2004. The investigation is the third one into possible war crimes by Marines based at Camp Pendleton in Southern California.
May 31st, 2007 · Dozens of people are dead and wounded after a suicide bomber detonates an explosive vest at a police recruiting center in Iraq. Insurgents often target police buildings to discourage cooperation with the new government.
Feb 26th, 2007 · U.S. troops in Ramadi and nearby Fallujah find themselves detaining many Iraqi teens -- and even younger children -- who are being recruited for insurgent activities. Many may have lost their fathers or others in the ongoing conflict.
Nov 29th, 2006 · Marine Cpl. Kyle W. Powell of Colorado Springs, Colo., died earlier this month in Fallujah, Iraq. The 21-year-old was on his third combat tour when a roadside bomb he discovered detonated, killing Powell and a fellow Marine. Eric Whitney of member station KRCC has this remembrance.
Aug 17th, 2006 · U.S. and Iraqi forces go through some of Baghdad's most dangerous districts, seizing weapons, arresting terrorism suspects and hiring residents to clear trash from the streets. The U.S. military describes the sweeps as the most important operation in the country since the 2004 offensive in Fallujah.