Also, don't let the media fool you - there is actually good news from Iraq (and Afghanistan)
Good News From Iraq (Latest - Part 13)
Good News From Afghanistan (Latest - Part 5)
You can see the latest sections at those links and on the sidebar of the page they link to, the older articles are lower down on the right sidebar of links. (quite a bit farther down)
Remember, what you see on the news is not the whole story.