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Obama, Maliki To Meet In DC Next Week

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet at the White House next week with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. A statement announcing ne...

Full US Withdrawal Demanded By Iraqi Cleric

CNN | Yousif Bassil and Jomana Karadsheh | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The ongoing presence of U.S. troops in Iraq "shows that the (Iraqi) government and the occupation are not serious about the wit...

Iran Crackdown Begins To Damage US-Iran Relations

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — The United States has no imminent plans to resume talks with Iran about Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday, taking a hard l...

Iran Crackdown Begins To Damage US-Iran Relations

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — The United States has no imminent plans to resume talks with Iran about Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday, taking a hard l...

US: Iraq Attacks At Lowest Levels Since 2003

AP | DAVID RISING | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — Attacks on Iraqi security forces have increased in an area south of Baghdad where the Iraqis are in control, even as violen...

Iraq War Roundup: HuffPost Bloggers On The Iraq War Over The Years

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley and Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


March 20, 2009 is the sixth anniversary of the Iraq War, and thus an appropriate day to take a look back at some of the best HuffPost contributor comm...

U.S. Finishes A 'Strong Second' In Iraq War

The Onion | Posted 04.09.2009 | Comedy


BAGHDAD--After 19 months of struggle in Iraq, U.S. military officials conceded a loss to Iraqi insurgents Monday, but said America can be proud of fin...

Turkey, US Begin Talks On Iraq-Exit Strategy

Hurriyet Daily News | Zeynep Gurcanli | Posted 03.26.2009 | World


Turkey and the U.S. have officially began preliminary talks on the use of Turkish soil for the transfer of American troops, arms and other logistic eq...

Petraeus And Odierno Confirmed By Senate

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Notwithstanding months of partisan wrangling in Congress over the Iraq war, the Senate on Thursday handily confirmed Gen. David Pet...

GI Testifies About Ordering Execution Of Unarmed Iraqi

New York Times | Solomon Moore | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A top Army sniper testified in a military court on Friday that he had ordered a subordinate to execute an unarmed Iraqi man who wandered into their hi...

Pentagon Urges U.S. Snipers To Use 'Bait' To Kill Iraq Insurgents

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of "bait," such as detonation c...

U.S. Begins "Religious Enlightenment" Programs For Iraqi Detainees To "Bend Them Back To Our Will"

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The U.S. military has introduced "religious enlightenment" and other education programs for Iraqi detainees, some of whom are as young as 11, Marine M...