Topic: William Caldwell

A series of recent helicopter crashes in Iraq were the result of enemy fire, the U.S. military in Iraq said.

U.S. officials in Baghdad are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the safe return of a kidnapped soldier.

The chief spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq Thursday touted the progress being made in building an independent Iraqi security force.

A U.S. military spokesman said a high-level al-Qaida leader whose capture was announced by the Iraqi government Sunday was actually captured June 19.

The Iraqi prime minister is set to take operational control of Iraq's air force and navy for the first time since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's rule.

The number of U.S. and Iraqi troops searching for two kidnapped U.S. troops rose Monday to 8,000, and fanned out far from where the soldiers were taken.

An autopsy was being conducted in Baghdad Saturday on the body of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said.

The U.S. military believes Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Egyptian believed to be in Baghdad, is next in command of Al-Qaida in Iraq, a top official said.

Iraq's al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi reportedly was alive after the bombing of his hideout and even tried to escape before succumbing to his injuries.

An Egyptian who was one of the very first al-Qaida militants to infiltrate Iraq will probably take over from slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.