![]() CTV.ca | Gates: Afghanistan won't need Iraq-level troops CNN International - BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who arrived in Iraq in a surprise visit on Saturday, said he doubts US troop presence in ... Troops Will Remain In Iraqi Cities After June, Odierno Says US Defense Secretary Visits Iraq Gates in Iraq ahead of drawdown |
![]() WELT ONLINE | Arab League denounces suicide attack in Iraq's Kirkuk Xinhua, China - Iraq's Kurds have been pressing forward with a campaign to annex the region into its autonomous region, while the Arabs and Turkomans oppose the move. Video: Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Iraq Restaurant Iraq: Turkomen singer among Kirkuk bombing victims Iraq Bomb Kills 48 in Volatile North |
![]() China Daily | IRAQ: Troop withdrawal comment raises Iraqi ire Los Angeles Times, CA - Ali Dabbagh may be Iraq's official government spokesman -- until he says something the Iraqi government doesn't want him to say. That appears to have been ... Iraqi PM rejects view US troops needed for decade Iraq spokesman says US troops might be needed for another decade Iraqi PM dismisses comment US to stay 10 years |
The Associated Press | US prosecutors in Iraq Blackwater case meet victims Reuters - The North Carolina-based firm is the largest security contractor in Iraq, where years of sectarian bloodshed and insurgency and a stretched US military led ... Iraqi Victims Talk to US Prosecutors US prosecutors meet with Iraqis in Blackwater case US prosecutors meet Blackwater case families |
![]() Reuters South Africa | Report Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders New York Times, United States - By JAMES GLANZ and T. CHRISTIAN MILLER BAGHDAD — An unpublished 513-page federal history of the American-led reconstruction of Iraq depicts an effort ... New report slams US reconstruction of Iraq: report Pentagon puffed up Iraq rebuilding effort, report says Rumsfeld on eve of Iraq war: ‘If you think we’re going to spend ... |
![]() ABC News | Toy guns confiscated in Iraq United Press International - BAGHDAD, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Iraqi army has ordered children in some areas to surrender all toy guns so they are not mistaken for insurgents by patrolling ... US commander focuses on Sons of Iraq transition Toy guns confiscated as part of mission in Iraq Another sign of progress in Iraq as neighborhood units move from ... |
![]() ABC News | British soldier shot dead in Iraq BBC News, UK - A British soldier has died in Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound, the Ministry of Defence has said. The soldier, serving with 20 Armoured Brigade, ... British soldier in Iraq dies after shooting himself Britain’s Iraq Pullout Timeline Reported British soldier dies of gunshot wound in Iraq |
![]() Reuters South Africa | Gates warns US adversaries not to test Obama AFP - Gates later flew to Iraq for talks with the US military command. In his speech, the defence secretary said it "remains to be seen" whether the incoming ... Video: Gates Issues Public Warning to Terrorists Defense Secretary Reassures US Allies in Gulf, Iraq; Warns Iran US not for “regime change” in Iran |
![]() Voice of America | US general says drop in Iraq deaths is linked to Iranian arms cutback Los Angeles Times, CA - By Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington -- A marked decline in the number of explosive devices coming into Iraq from neighboring Iran has helped ... Iran cuts support for Iraq groups US general: Iran backs off worst bombs in Iraq US General says Iran Reduces Bomb Supply for Iraqi Insurgents |
![]() Washington Post | Locals give Obama advice on Iraq, Afghanistan wars Edmond Sun, OK - EDMOND — Before the economy started grabbing most of the headlines, US military action in Iraq and Afghanistan was getting a lot of media attention. ... Video: Raw Video: Sec. Gates Arrives in Afghanistan Afghanistan is not like Iraq Obama's Afghanistan Hurdles |