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3,000 US Troops Deploy Near Afghan Capital: NATO

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. troops originally destined for Iraq have deployed south of Afghanistan's capital in the first illustratio...

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...

Iraq: Bombs Aimed At Security Forces Kill 9

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 02.12.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Vice President-elect Joe Biden conferred Monday with Iraqi leaders after a trip to Afghanistan, capping a tour of U.S. battlefronts on...

More Iraq Withdrawals Soon, Says Petraeus

Upi.com | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Gen. David Petreaus, head of the Central Command of the U.S. Army, says there soon could be further reduction of American ...

US Troops In Iraq Get To Drink Beer For Super Bowl

AP | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — American troops in Iraq will be allowed to drink beer without fear of court-martial for this year's Super Bowl _ an exception to a str...

Non-US Foreign Troops Can Remain In Iraq In 2009

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 01.23.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraq's fractious parliament squeezed its abrasive speaker out of a job Tuesday and authorized non-U.S. foreign troops to stay in the c...

Iraqis Hope To Sue US Troops Under New Security Agreement

McClatchy | Adam Ashton | Posted 01.22.2009 | Home


The families of three men who were killed last week during a search of a grain warehouse want to press charges against American soldiers under the ter...

Iraqi Official: US Troops May Need To Stay For A Decade

Reuters | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics


Iraq will need a U.S. troop presence to help build up its military forces past the newly agreed three-year deadline for the withdrawal of American sol...

The Debt We Owe Iraqi Interpreters

Christian Science Monitor | Michael Breen | Posted 01.08.2009 | World


New Haven, Conn. - The Iraqi pointed at me, pointed at his watch, and mimed an explosion. He'd been shouting frantically since he arrived at our small...

Bush's Reversal On Iraq Deadline Gives Obama Flexibility, WaPo Says

washingtonpost.com | Michael Abramowitz | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


By agreeing to a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, President Bush contradicted years of promises that he would never agree t...

Iraq's Al-Sadr Renews Threats, Says US Must Withdraw

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's two most powerful Shiite clerics on Friday challenged the government's planned security pact with the United States, undercutti...

Iraq Government Wants All US Troops Gone By End Of 2011

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand Iraqi legal juri...

Al-Sadr Urges Rejection US-Iraq Pact

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraq's parliament to reject a pact that would extend U.S. presence in Iraq for three...

Agreement With Iraq To Extend US Military Mandate Is At Risk

New York Times | STEVEN LEE MYERS and SAM DAGHER | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics


An agreement to extend the American military mandate in Iraq beyond this year -- near completion only a month ago -- has stalled over objections by Ir...

Iraq: Waiting To Re-Ignite For The Next President?

MSNBC | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


With the election only weeks away, msnbc.com is presenting the series Briefing Book: Issues '08 assessing issues and controversies that the next presi...

Bush Advised To Delay Troop Cuts In Iraq: Report

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to...

2 US Soldiers Killed By Roadside Bomb In Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad on Monday, the first deadly attack against American...

'Surge' Ends With More Troops In Iraq Than Before Buildup Began

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq this fall. Adm....

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 ...

Iraq Includes Timetable For US Withdrawal In Security Proposal

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal th...

The Simple Arithmetic of a Fraudulent Surge

David Fiderer | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics


David Fiderer

From its inception, the Iraq war strategy was like a plan to fly across the Pacific without enough fuel to get to the other side. The surge made the plane fly faster. Our troops are the jet fuel.

Pentagon Announces Troop Deployments Of 42,000 To Iraq, Afghanistan

AP | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday announced upcoming deployments of more than 42,000 troops, including 25,000 active duty Army soldiers who wo...

4 US soldiers killed; militants shell Green Zone

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics


BAGHDAD — Bombardments by suspected militants killed four U.S. soldiers Monday as troops tried to push Shiite fighters farther from the U.S.-pro...

Nearly 1 in 5 troops has mental problems after war service

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major ...

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McCain Does The View, Faces Behar Railing Against Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics


***UPDATED 9/12/08*** WATCH: John McCain Is Grilled During Today's Appearance On "The View": Sarah Palin, His Abortion Stance, His Obama Attack Ads, ...