AFP – Violence in Iraq “remains at 2003 lows” and a 2011 deadline for a US troop exit will be met, the top US army commander in Iraq said Sunday, but he warned flexibility on some interim drawdowns may be needed. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The flag-draped coffin of a 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – The flag-draped coffin of a 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – More than two-thirds of Americans support President Barack Obama’s plans to withdraw most US troops from Iraq, a new poll said Tuesday as Obama paid a surprise visit to Baghdad. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama said he would not speed up troop withdrawals from Iraq, arguing the country was “moving in the right direction” but still needed US help. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – President Barack Obama needs to clarify what he means by promising a “responsible” withdrawal of US forces from Iraq, an independent US auditor’s report said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kurdish funeral in the volatile and ethnically mixed province of Diyala in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding 45, police said. Read the rest of this entry »