Patriot Paradox

AFP – Police on Wednesday detained the brother of an Iraqi soldier killed after gunning down two American troops and wounding nine others, the first US deaths since combat operations were declared over. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Police on Wednesday detained the brother of an Iraqi soldier killed after gunning down two American troops and wounding nine others, the first US deaths since combat operations were declared over. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Iraqi police on Wednesday arrested the brother of an Iraqi soldier who was shot dead after gunning down two American troops following a row, security officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – Up to six 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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »