Yahoo! News: Iraq

Deal on US Withdrawal from Iraq Poses a Challenge for the Pentagon (Time.com)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 04:10 AM CST

Time.com - While U.S. commanders had wanted a 'conditions-based' plan for leaving Iraq, Baghdad has forced the adoption of a hard deadline

Iran sends mixed signals on US-Iraq pact (AFP)

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 02:35 AM CST

AFP - Reaction in Iran to the approval by Baghdad of a controversial military pact with Washington has been mixed, with praise from the judiciary, a blast from conservative papers and silence from government.

Iraq, U.S. sign pact to pull troops out in 3 years (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 06:47 PM CST

Reuters - Iraq and the United States signed a long-awaited accord on Monday requiring Washington to withdraw its forces by the end of 2011, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200 (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 06:38 PM CST

AP - As of Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, at least 4,200 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Baghdad embassy contractor gives U.S. trouble again _ in Africa (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 06:01 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON A year after problems emerged in the construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, another State Department post being built largely by the same Kuwaiti-based company is engulfed by delays, recriminations, and an Inspector General's probe, according to U.S. officials.

U.N. chief raises concerns about Iranians in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 05:31 PM CST

Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has raised concerns about nearly 3,500 opposition Iranians living in exile in Iraq and regarded as terrorists by the Baghdad government, which wants to expel them.

US pullout of Iraq should depend on conditions: Mullen (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 05:17 PM CST

AFP - US military leaders are comfortable with a 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq but it should depend on conditions on the ground, the US military chief said Monday.

U.S. military chief says Iraq conditions may change (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 04:47 PM CST

Reuters - The top U.S. military officer on Monday gave a cautious welcome to the new U.S.-Iraqi pact that calls for U.S. forces to leave the country in three years, but he warned security conditions could change.

Iraq war set to end not on Bush's terms (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 04:23 PM CST

AFP - President George W. Bush appears to have had to back down from his long-held opposition to an unconditional troop withdrawal from Iraq, with a timetable which Barack Obama will likely speed up.

Top US officer comfortable with Iraq security deal (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 04:18 PM CST

AP - The nation's top military officer said Monday it probably would take two to three years for the United States to safely move its forces and equipment out of Iraq.

Iran softens resistance to U.S.-Iraq troop pact (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:21 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Iran on Monday softened its resistance to a pact that calls for withdrawing American forces from Iraq by the end of 2011, a shift that could make it easier for Iraq's ruling Shiite Muslim government to secure parliamentary approval. U.S. officials said they doubted that Tehran had altered its stance, however.

Iran judiciary chief lauds US-Iraqi security pact (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 03:02 PM CST

AP - Iran took a surprisingly positive stance Monday on the Iraq-U.S. security pact after months of harshly denouncing the deal, which would keep American troops in Iraq for three more years.

Main provisions of US-Iraq security pact (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 02:26 PM CST

AP - Key provisions of the U.S.-Iraqi security pact that was approved by the Iraqi Cabinet and is being considered by the parliament ahead of a Nov. 24 vote:

Militias lack strength to mount Iraq uprising: US commander (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2008 12:53 PM CST

AFP - Iranian-backed "special groups" lack the strength to mount an uprising in Baghdad's predominantly Shiite Sadr City district, having suffered heavy losses, a US brigade commander said Monday.