US army Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Brooks is on his third tour inIraq, but his mission has not been a typical one: as an army historian, he is charged with documenting the history of the Iraq war. On his latest deployment, Brooks, 48, is the command historian for United States Forces – Iraq (USF-I), making him the…
Successive bombings targeting an alcohol shop on Baghdad’s western outskirts killed three policemen at the beginning of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a security official said on Wednesday. An Iraqi policeman was also killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Wednesday, while an army officer and two…