Topic - Iraq

• Baghdad's romance grows with Valentine's Day

  Iraq's capital is embracing Valentine's Day this year with a huge public display of affection in what its residents say is the nation's most amorous celebration of the holiday ever.

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  Replacement of war-worn equipment cut in budget

  The Pentagon is not just cutting manpower to reach deficit-reduction targets: Its 2013 budget, released Monday, shows the military will spend less to replace old weapons after two grueling wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  Al Qaeda urges Muslims to help Syrian rebels

  Al Qaeda's chief has called on Muslims from other countries to support rebels in Syria seeking to overthrow President Bashar Assad, saying they cannot depend on the West for help.

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  CURL: Here comes Obama's magic budget

  After creating more debt than all presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton combined, President Obama will unveil a budget Monday that will create millions of jobs, take a $1 trillion bite out of the federal debt and magically solve all of America's problems.

• Tuning in to TV

  Actor Damian Lewis has a warning for Barack Obama. He says the president shouldn't watch the Showtime TV series "Homeland" too much "because he won't sleep at night."

• Fashion Week trends: Military looks and drama

  Fashion's top brass seems to like the military look for next fall. Three days into the seasonal previews at New York Fashion Week Saturday, sharp-shouldered styles for the urban brigade have emerged as a trend.

• Yes sir! Fashion Week trends going military

  Fashion's top brass seems to like the military look for next fall. Three days into the seasonal previews at New York Fashion Week Saturday, styles for the urban battlefield have emerged as a trend.

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  Obama to unveil budget with higher taxes, more deficits

  President Obama's budget request to Congress on Monday will forecast a deficit of $1.33 trillion in the current fiscal year and calls for $1.5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade, senior administration officials said Friday night.

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  Groups demand new probe into Marine photo

  A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Obama order an investigation and hold the troops accountable.

• AP Interview: Star says Obama watches 'Homeland'

  Actor Damian Lewis has a warning for Barack Obama.

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  HANSON: Iran 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

  In the manner that Jimmy Carter's reset foreign policy crashed in 1980 with the communists entering Afghanistan and Central America and American hostages taken in Iran, and was followed by a suddenly tough, new Carter Doctrine, the Obama administration likewise is forced to reset its policy.

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  Sources: Pentagon rules shifting on women in combat

  Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  Lawsuit seeks to keep cross on federal land

  Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court rallied at the landmark Thursday as they prepared to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing effort nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops.

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  Bachmann says Obama tolerates radical Islamists

  In one of her first speeches since dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Rep. Michele Bachmann on Thursday ripped President Obama's foreign policy agenda, saying the White House has fostered the spread of radical pro-Islamists and offended key ally Israel.

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  Murdoch's firm settles 9 phone hacking lawsuits

  Nine more phone hacking lawsuits against Rupert Murdoch's News International have been settled, including a case brought by comedian Steve Coogan, his lawyer told Britain's High Court on Wednesday.

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