Iraq

Blackwater's shield from prosecution in Iraq may end soon

The United States reportedly has agreed to remove the immunity from prosecution that employees of Moyock, N.C.-based Blackwater Worldwide and other American contractors have in Iraq.

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Five years into the confict

FAMILY STORIES

Living the war, day by day

For a year, Army wife Susan Jones of Hampton cared for four children, cried when she was alone, and just kept going while her husband was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.

FAMILY STRESS

Big burden, young shoulders

At Sewells Point Elementary in Norfolk, 90 percent of the students hail from military families. Operation Hero helps them cope with their parents' deployments.

BACK FROM WAR

Medical lessons came home

Hundreds of doctors, nurses and corpsmen from Portsmouth Naval Medical Center have served overseas. For some, their time in Iraq redefined their careers - and changed their lives.

FUTURE CONFLICTS

Analysts call for new tactics

If Iraq is the face of wars to come, what kind of forces do we need to handle such conflicts? One study commissioned by the Pentagon urges "soft power."

INTERACTIVE

Point, click, war

A wired world has created a wired war. Whether you are in combat or waiting at home, protesting or staying the course, the Internet offers more ways to live and share that experience.

Honoring Hampton Roads residents who have died serving in Iraq. Learn more about each of them in this interactive gallery, and post your own tributes. Enter the gallery.

TRIBUTE VIDEO

The Virginian-Pilot asked readers to call in and record tributes to service members killed in Iraq. This video compiles many of those tributes, along with photos of the fallen.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: VIDEO INTERVIEWS

Eric Stoneking, contractor: 'I told myself that I wasn't going to die.'	Jon Thompson, USO president: 'Their home away from home'
Angela Bievre, widow, mother: 'I don't want to cry in front of her.'	William Rossin, disabled vet: 'I wish all of us had come back alive.'
Lt. Chris Asper, Seabee: 'People don't hear what's really happening.'

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Dave Williams: Ex-POW pilot takes to sky with new view	Karie Darga: Her mission is a memorial to families' role
Jon Bartlett: New legs will help veteran regain part of old life Includes video	Jonathan Hutto: War critic finds tolerance and collegiality