Many of the young Iraqi troops feel they are marked men, even without combat.

At least 109 Iraqi troops and police were killed in the month before the elections.

Most important, the training of Iraqi troops has been going well.

Well, first of all, the - we are making good progress in training the Iraqi troops.

He could barely make out a line of Iraqi troops in front.

There was no sign of any more Iraqi troops or planes.

Still, some Iraqi troops made it back to the capitol.

In fact, the Iraqi troops had long earlier fled the city.

How many people are being detained by the Iraqi troops is not clear.

The mission is one of several that have been surrounded by Iraqi troops.