Fort Hood killer dreaded deployment to a war zone

After 13 die at Texas base, why was killer's fragile state not spotted by psychiatrists?

Terror returns to Baghdad

160 people were killed in the deadliest attack to hit the Iraqi capital for two years

Shoe-thrower al-Zaidi released from prison

Iraqi journalist who hurled his footwear at George W Bush has been showered with gifts while serving his prison sentence

Kathryn Bigelow returns from Hollywood wilderness

Film: The Hurt Locker - Tense and thrilling, or a recruitment ad for the US Army?

Iraq - the carnage returns

95 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad

Picture Past: August 2, 1990, Iraq invades Kuwait

1990: Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait City during Saddam Hussein's invasion

Two more British hostages ‘dead’

The government was warned last month that all four security guards had been killed, says the BBC

Picture Past: July 22, 2003, Saddam's sons killed

2003: Uday and Qusay, sons of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, are killed

David Kelly: woman friend calls for inquiry

American sergeant who worked with Kelly in Iraq joins call for a new investigation into his ‘suicide’