Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Marine's defense to seek dismissal of Haditha case (AP)
• US poised to end Iraq combat mission as bloodshed spikes (AFP)
• US leaves behind murky picture in Iraq (AFP)
• US soldiers relieved to depart Iraq, proud of accomplishment (AFP)
• Iraq combat phase ends, but U.S. might stay past 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus (AP)
• Iraq Attacks: Insurgency Rises As U.S. Troops Pull Out (Time.com)
• Iraqis who fought view U.S. exit with mixed feelings (Reuters)
• 'Five rebels, two guards' killed in Iran clashes (AFP)
• Six Iraqi fighters killed in Qaeda attack: police (AFP)
• 'Sons of Iraq' feel betrayed by motherland (AFP)
• Iraq's bric-a-brac man wary of US troop departure (AFP)
• Police: 6 Sunni fighters killed in ambush in Iraq (AP)
• Bombing spree doesn't shake Mullen's faith in Iraq security forces (The Christian Science Monitor)

Marine's defense to seek dismissal of Haditha case (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for a Marine sergeant whose squad killed 24 Iraqis said Thursday they are preparing a motion that will seek to have the case dismissed because the Marine Corps retired his military attorney.

US poised to end Iraq combat mission as bloodshed spikes (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:20 PM PDT AFP - US forces are set to end their combat mission in Iraq within days despite an upsurge in deadly attacks that has raised doubts about the conflict-torn country's ability to defend itself against insurgents.

US leaves behind murky picture in Iraq (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:05 PM PDT AFP - US combat troops pulling out of Iraq can claim the ouster of a brutal dictator as a clear success but otherwise leave behind unresolved questions about democracy, terror and neighboring Iran's power.

US soldiers relieved to depart Iraq, proud of accomplishment (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:01 PM PDT AFP - David Feltner, a soldier in the last US combat brigade to pull out of Iraq, can't wait to return home and hug his bride-to-be.

Iraq combat phase ends, but U.S. might stay past 2011 (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:53 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially comes to an end Tuesday, 2,722 days after American-led troops stormed across the border from Kuwait. The remaining 49,000 U.S. troops are supposed to depart by the end of next year.

Obama Iraq speech to signal shift to Afghan focus (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:43 PM PDT AP - With his Oval Office speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will signal a shift in America's focus from the Iraq War to the war in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Thursday.

Iraq Attacks: Insurgency Rises As U.S. Troops Pull Out (Time.com) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT Time.com - Will the Iraqi insurgency's return force U.S. non-combat forces to take up arms?

Iraqis who fought view U.S. exit with mixed feelings (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:33 PM PDT Reuters - Sunni fighter Abu Mujahid lost a leg battling U.S. Marines in the Iraqi city of Falluja, scene of some of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war.

'Five rebels, two guards' killed in Iran clashes (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT AFP - Five rebels and two members of the Revolutionary Guards have been killed in clashes in Iran's Kordestan province near the Iraqi border, government newspaper Iran reported on Thursday.

Six Iraqi fighters killed in Qaeda attack: police (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:05 AM PDT AFP - Six members of a Sunni Arab militia that sided with US forces against Al-Qaeda during Iraq's insurgency were killed on Thursday, in the latest revenge attack against them, police said.

'Sons of Iraq' feel betrayed by motherland (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:03 AM PDT AFP - The Sunni Arab militiamen who sided with American soldiers against Al-Qaeda during Iraq's brutal insurgency fear the exit of thousands of US troops will herald a surge in bloody revenge attacks against them.

Iraq's bric-a-brac man wary of US troop departure (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:43 AM PDT AFP - While some Iraqis cannot wait for US troops to leave their country, Qahtan Karim wants them to stay for a simple reason -- they provide him with a thriving business.

Police: 6 Sunni fighters killed in ambush in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:31 AM PDT AP - Insurgents killed six members of a government-allied Sunni militia in an ambush northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, police said, offering no respite to a nation still reeling from a spate of attacks on police and soldiers a day earlier that left at least 56 dead.

Bombing spree doesn't shake Mullen's faith in Iraq security forces (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:48 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Despite a wave of attacks by Iraqi insurgents Wednesday morning that killed at least 45 people, America's top military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, says he remains confident in Iraqi security forces as the US prepares to end its combat mission there.

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