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Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Pentagon: Iraq withdrawal has 16-month time frame (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 12:01 AM CST

An Iraqi policeman stands guard in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Freed last year from the grip of militias, Basra has emerged as the main political battlefield in this month's regional elections, as Shiite parties allied in the national government are competing for control of the oil-rich south. The Jan. 31 election, in which voters across the country will choose ruling provincial councils, will be the first since U.S.-backed Iraqi forces wrested control of Basra from Shiite militias and criminal gangs. (AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Pentagon officials said Thursday they will be ready on Inauguration Day with plans for a quick pullout of U.S. combat troops from Iraq if Barack Obama orders one, as he pledged to do during his White House campaign.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,226 (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 07:59 PM CST

Indian Muslims carry a placard with a caricature of President George W. Bush and posters of Iraqi journalist Mutadhar Al-Zaidi as they shout slogans during a protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)AP - As of Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at least 4,226 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Obama withdrawal option included in Iraq plans (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 06:17 PM CST

A U.S. soldier stands guard during a police graduation ceremony at Al-Furat Iraqi Police Training Center in Baghdad, January 14, 2009. (Saad Shalash/Reuters)Reuters - The Pentagon said on Thursday it is drawing up a plan for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq that would meet President-elect Barack Obama's campaign timetable for a 16-month pullout.

VP-elect's son back from Iraq to see inauguration (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 04:17 PM CST

AP - Vice President-elect Joe Biden's son is back from Iraq temporarily and will witness his father's swearing-in.

Bush defends foreign policy in final legacy tour (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:25 PM CST

U.S. President George W. Bush stands with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during the ceremony to commemorate foreign policy achievements at the State Department in Washington January 15, 2009. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday defended his foreign policy record -- from the unpopular war in Iraq to nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea -- in a farewell bid to polish his troubled legacy.

'America's Lawrence of Arabia' receives highest civil award (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 01:51 PM CST

US President George W. Bush awards retiring US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker(R) the Presidential Freedom Medal during a ceremony at the US State Department commemorating foreign policy achievements during the Bush administration.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - President George W. Bush on Thursday bestowed the highest civil award on Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq and top Middle East diplomat whom Bush called "America's Lawrence of Arabia."

Pentagon readies 16-month Iraq withdrawal option for Obama (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 12:13 PM CST

US soldiers secure an area after dark in Baghdad, in 2008. The Pentagon is readying Iraq options for President-elect Barack Obama, including an accelerated drawdown of US forces in 16 months, as promised during his campaign, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - The Pentagon is readying Iraq options for President-elect Barack Obama, including an accelerated drawdown of US forces in 16 months, as promised during his campaign, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.

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