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Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
(Reuters)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:17:07 GMT
 Reuters - Up to five suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
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Suicide attack kills 12 at Baghdad army complex
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:55:39 GMT
 AFP - As many as five suicide bombers killed 12 people on Sunday at an Iraqi army complex, the military said, in the first major strike in Baghdad since the US army declared an end to combat operations last week.
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Assault on Baghdad military headquarters kills 12
(AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:30:59 GMT
 AP - Suicide bombers hit a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and killed 12 people, two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security.
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Former Saddam confidant says he'll die in prison
(AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:17:44 GMT
 AP - The man who once served as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime predicted Sunday that he'll die in an Iraqi jail, citing his old age and lengthy prison sentence.
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Sunni and Shiite Iraqi journalists talk about war
(AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:01:09 GMT
AP - As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, two Associated Press Television News cameramen, one Sunni and one Shiite, talk about what it has been like to live through and record the war. The accounts are translated and edited.
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US 'likely' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:07:19 GMT
 AFP - The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former officers say.
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US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran
(AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:50:59 GMT
 AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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Families calling for justice for soldiers, Marines
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:35:33 GMT
 AP - As major U.S. combat operations in Iraq end, some families of soldiers and Marines convicted of crimes during battle hope the nation doesn't forget their sons.
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UNHCR urges halt to unsafe Iraqi refugee returns
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:33:58 GMT
 AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops.
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In Baghdad, police chief explains why it's tough to enforce the rule of law
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:21:50 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - At a police outpost in the middle of Baghdad, the latest theft they’re investigating is someone in the neighborhood stealing electricity – from the police station.
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As Iraq combat operations end, US forces try to cement gains
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:25:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - The shrinking US military footprint here is particularly evident in this community south of Baghdad, where a few dozen American soldiers live among 1,000 Iraqi troops in an area crucial to Baghdad's security.
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Tony Blair memoir: I'd do Iraq again, and I considered firing Gordon Brown
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:10:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Tony Blair began his leadership as a dashing popular British Bill Clinton -- a fresh answer to “the suit,” as Fleet Street called John Major. After 2001, it all went sideways and Mr. Blair’s 10-year tenure terminated with him portrayed at home as a “lap dog” for President George Bush.
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Iraqi army needs US help: commanders
(AFP)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:48:23 GMT
 AFP - Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011.
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Obama's Iraq Speech: Reactions from Afghanistan
(Time.com)
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:30:00 GMT
Time.com - President Obama's Oval Office address indicated that the Iraq withdrawal would lead to more forces for Afghanistan. But Afghans only see an eventual withdrawal from their own troubled country
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Biden says Iraq close to forming government
(Reuters)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:17:46 GMT
Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden, in Baghdad to mark the end of U.S. combat operations, said on Wednesday he believed Iraq's political stalemate was nearly over and officials would form a government in "the next couple of months."
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U.S. touts Iraq trade mission as war mission wanes
(Reuters)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:43:33 GMT
Reuters - The Commerce Department said on Wednesday it will lead 15 U.S. companies, including Boeing, General Electric and Wamar International, on a trade mission in October to help rebuild Iraq.
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US, Iraqi leaders praise sacrifices of war, 'historic opportunity'
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:40:20 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - The United States marked the official end of its combat role in the seven-year Iraq war today, acknowledging the immense sacrifices of a war that has divided Americans as well as Iraqis and pledging to help the country move forward.
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After U.S. War in Iraq, Iran Gains Political Influence
(Time.com)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT
Time.com - Analysis: Even as the U.S. remains the supreme military power in Iraq, Iran has more influence over Iraqi politics
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Gates: Iraq outcome 'will always be clouded by how it began'
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:22:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military Wednesday marked the end of its combat mission in Iraq amid a series of conflicting messages that underscored the mixed feelings many here, both American and Iraqi, have toward a seven-and-a-half-year effort that cost tens of thousands of lives but left the political outcome undecided.
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Biden launches new US mission in Iraq
(AFP)
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:32:23 GMT
 AFP - Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 US troops.
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