Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat (AP)
• Attacks in Iraq kill 56, raise fears of insurgents (AP)
• Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday (Reuters)
• At least 53 dead as car bombs target Iraq police (AFP)
• Obama to deliver Iraq speech from Oval Office: official (AFP)
• Wave of Iraq suicide bombings target police (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Insurgents attack Iraqi police as U.S. pulls back (Reuters)
• 41 killed in string of attacks across Iraq: officials (AFP)
• U.S. soldiers head home, hope Iraq on track (Reuters)

Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.

Attacks in Iraq kill 56, raise fears of insurgents (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:50 PM PDT AP - Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days when insurgents ruled the streets.

Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:26 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will address the American public from the White House Oval Office on Tuesday about the U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq, the White House said.

At least 53 dead as car bombs target Iraq police (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT AFP - More than a dozen apparently coordinated car bombs targeting Iraqi police and other attacks blamed on Al-Qaeda killed 53 people on Wednesday, just days before the US military ends its combat mission.

Obama to deliver Iraq speech from Oval Office: official (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:48 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama's August 31 address marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq will be delivered from the Oval Office, a senior official said Wednesday.

Wave of Iraq suicide bombings target police (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A string of suicide bombings across Iraq Wednesday targeted local security forces amid growing fears among many Iraqis that the US is withdrawing combat troops too soon.

Insurgents attack Iraqi police as U.S. pulls back (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:15 AM PDT Reuters - Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces throughout the country Wednesday, less than a week before U.S. troops formally end combat operations.

41 killed in string of attacks across Iraq: officials (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:23 AM PDT AFP - At least 41 people were killed and almost 200 others wounded in a series of apparently coordinated car bombings and other attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, security officials told AFP.

U.S. soldiers head home, hope Iraq on track (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:57 PM PDT Reuters - Over "midnight chow" just hours before leaving Iraq, U.S. soldiers had no illusions about the challenges that lie ahead for the Baghdad government.

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