ZURBATIYA, Iraq, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Coalition commanders and Iraqi officials recently met to discuss security concerns about the Zurbatiya port of entry to Iran.

KARBALA, Iraq, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Security in the Iraqi province of Karbala, south of Baghdad, was officially handed to Iraqi national forces from U.S. military control Monday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- There is disagreement among top U.S. generals about the number and rate of troop withdrawals from Iraq, the New York Times said on Saturday.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. general in Iraq Friday strongly and specifically linked weapons showing up in the hands of Iraqi insurgents to neighboring Iran and its elite forces.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army Major General says the real struggle in Iraq is over power and influence, not because of sectarian conflict.

BAGHDAD, July 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. general in Iraq said Sunday the troop surge will need until spring to succeed and an early U.S. withdrawal would undo some of the operation's results.

BAGHDAD, July 6 (UPI) -- Another U.S. general Friday warned of serious consequences if U.S. troops are withdrawn from Iraq, CNN reported.

BAGHDAD, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. military casualties in Iraq will increase as coalition troops face a "thinking enemy" armed with deadly weapons, a U.S. commander warns. "There are going to be increased casualties during this surge because we're taking the fight to the enemy," Maj.

BAGHDAD, May 12 (UPI) -- Attacks on civilians in Baghdad have increased 80 percent in the past 2 1/2 months and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is to blame, a U.S. military spokesman says.