2010年8月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Army of diplomats takes the lead in fractious Iraq (AP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 05:09 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008, file photo Gen. David Petraeus congratulates Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, who rises to four-star general rank and takes over as U.S. commander in Iraq from Petraeus during the formal change-of-command ceremony at the U.S. military headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq.  Odierno leaves Baghdad on Sept. 1, 2010, for a new assignment in the U.S., and Petraeus switched last month to take command in Afghanistan. This as the White House eagerly highlights the departure of U.S. combat troops from Iraq and a small army of American diplomats is left behind to keeping the volatile country from slipping back to the brink of civil war. (AP Photo/Paul Richards, Pool)AP - As the White House eagerly highlights the departure of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the small army of American diplomats left behind is embarking on a long and perilous path to keeping the volatile country from slipping back to the brink of civil war.


US completing Iraq logistics operation (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:51 AM PDT

A US convoy of the 1st sustainment brigade prepares to go to Iraq to bring back heavy military equipment at an undisclosed US military base in Kuwait. The US army has nearly completed the largest logistics operation since World War II in pulling thousands of combat troops and more than one million pieces of equipment out of Iraq, a senior officer says.(AFP/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - The US army has nearly completed the largest logistics operation since World War II in pulling thousands of combat troops and more than one million pieces of equipment out of Iraq, a senior officer said.


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