iraq

The author describes his abduction by militants in Southern Iraq during the summer of 2004 and the efforts to negotiate his release.

Recounts the true story of Joanna al-Askari, a young girl in Saddam Hussein's Iraq who fell in love with a Kurdish freedom fighter and joined the battle for Kurdish independence.

Examines the key military and political decisions that have determined the course of the Iraq war, from President Bush's "Axis of Evil" declaration through negotiation, invasion, "Mission Accomplished" and beyond. Experts analyze the design of the war plan and the new technology used in combat such as the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, and Stryker combat vehicles. Frontline footage illuminates key events of the war, including the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch and the successful captures of the critical Karbala Gap and Baghdad Airport.

An uprecedented biography. drawn from the author's exclusive access to high-ranking defectors, intelligence officials, and even Saddam's own relatives.

After a career as a Navy SEAL, Mike Ritland went on to train working K9's for some of the most elite units in the U.S. Special Operations community.

It's probable that the ancient people in Mesopotamia were the first to use the wheel for transportation around 3200 BC. If that's not impressive enough, the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon were dreamed up and executed by this ancient culture.

Kathmiya Mahmoud, a young Marsh Arab maiden of marriageable age, is sent from her home in the Iraqi countryside in the 1940s to work and survive as a servant in Basra, where her growing relationship with Shafiq, a Jewish boy, becomes increasingly dangerous.