Us Troop Withdrawal Iraq

Suicide Attack On Iraq Tribal Leaders Kills More Than 30

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck Sunni and Shiite tribal leaders touring an outdoor market after a reconciliation meeting in a Baghdad suburb T...

Iraq Willing To See US Troops Leave Early

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.21.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A top official of Iraq's biggest Sunni party escaped assassination in a Baghdad car bombing that killed at least two other people Wedn...

Tom Ricks: Obama's War In Iraq May Last Longer Than Bush's

Foreign Policy | Tom Ricks | Posted 02.05.2009 | World


News flash for the president-elect: All our troops are combat troops. It isn't like some American soldiers stroll around Iraq unarmed. Nor do the insu...

Iraq: Is the SOFA viable?

John Bruhns | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


John Bruhns

The Status of Forces Agreement comes with outrageous stipulations that render our troops helpless, subject them to the Iraqi military tribunals, halt U.S. military operations, and turn vengeful detainees over to the Iraqis.

Top Shiite Cleric Expresses Concern Over US-Iraq Security Pact

Posted 12.30.2008 | World


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Iraqi PM Maliki Now Supports US "Withdrawal Agreement", Source Says

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Leila Fadel | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has informed Iraq's presidency council that he now supports a security agreement with the United States, a S...

Petraeus Recommends Delay In Troop Cuts, Signaling Doubts About Iraq Stability

LA Times | Julian E. Barnes | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON -- Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has recommended that President Bush postpone sharp troop cuts in Iraq until next year, delaying a large-scal...

Iraqi Prime Minister Jeopardizes Withdrawal Agreement By Ousting Negotiators

LA Times | Ned Parker | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics


At the "make-or-break" stage of talks with the U.S. on the withdrawal of American troops in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has swept aside his nego...

The Real Cost Of Staying The Course

John Bruhns | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

If Americans who support this war aren't willing to put their own bodies where their rhetoric is, there can be no sustainability.

US Withdrawal Timetable Insisted Upon By Iraqi Government

AP | SALLY BUZBEE | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains ...