IBRAHIM KHALIL BORDER CROSSING, Iraq - The line stretches for more than two miles: hundreds of Turkish trucks massed at the Iraqi border, a traffic jam that illustrates both the promise of trade and the possible pitfalls.
Shipments to northern Iraq are increasing, but the majority of the trucks still carry food aid purchased with Iraqi oil money as the country recovers from war and chaos.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. soldier was shot and killed while on patrol in central Iraq early Tuesday, a military spokesman said.
The shooting took place near the town of Balad, 55 miles north of the capital, said Maj. William Thurmond, a spokesman for the U.S. Army's V Corps.
Thurmond said he had no further details on the incident and that the soldier's name was being withheld pending notification of the family.