Sep 1

For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America’s war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain “clouded” by the reason it was waged in the first place.

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Sep 1

Iraq 'close' to forming new government: Biden<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Iraq is “close” to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country.

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Sep 1

Biden and Gates in Iraq to mark US change of command<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Vice President Joe Biden and Defence Secretary Robert Gates were on Wednesday to preside over a change of US military command in Iraq, after President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations.

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Sep 1

Biden launches new US mission in Iraq<br />
    (AFP)<br />

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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Sep 1

US forces officially begin new Iraq mission: Biden<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.

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Sep 1

Iraq pullout unlikely to push down war spending<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Battered by a savage economic recession, many Americans — not just supporters of President Barack Obama — hope his decision to end combat operations in Iraq will also end the vast economic cost of the war.

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Sep 1

US spies worry about Iraq's political deadlock<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US spy agencies view political stalemate in Iraq as the biggest threat to security in Iraq as the American military scales back its mission in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday.

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Sep 1

As troops withdraw, US spying scaled back in Iraq: official<br />
    (AFP)<br />
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Sep 1

Obama declares an end to Iraq combat mission<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US President Barack Obama formally declared an end to America’s seven-year combat mission in Iraq, saying it was time to turn the page on a war which has cost thousands of Iraqi and US lives.

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