2010年9月2日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi army needs US help: commanders (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:48 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier mans his position at a checkpoint in central Baghdad on August 31. Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011.

US forces still in fight at end of combat mission (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:42 PM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard at a check point in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. The U.S. marks the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war Sept. 1, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents.

US, Iraqi leaders praise sacrifices of war, 'historic opportunity' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:40 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The United States marked the official end of its combat role in the seven-year Iraq war today, acknowledging the immense sacrifices of a war that has divided Americans as well as Iraqis and pledging to help the country move forward.

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