2010年8月31日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama on TV: It's time to turn the page on Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT

In this image from video, President Barack Obama speaks from the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, about the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - President Barack Obama is telling the nation in a prime-time Oval Office address that the U.S. is officially ending its combat role in Iraq, a final turning point in one of the country's longest wars.

Obama: Time to turn the page in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a joint news conference with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani (not pictured) in Arbil, 310 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, August 8, 2010. REUTERS/Azad LashkariReuters - President Barack Obama declared an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and told war-weary Americans his central responsibility now is to restore the sagging U.S. economy.

In address, Obama pays tribute to George W. Bush (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:10 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is acknowledging that he and former President George W. Bush disagreed about the Iraq war from the beginning. But in his nationally televised address on the Iraq war, he pays tribute to Bush by calling him "a patriot."

House GOP leader jabs at Iraq war surge critics (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:07 PM PDT

House Republican leader John Boehner speaks at the American Legion convention Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Congressional leaders who opposed the troop surge in Iraq are now taking credit for it, and President Barack Obama is more worried about ending the war than winning it, House Republican leader John Boehner said Tuesday.

Obama urges Iraqis to form inclusive government (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is calling on Iraq's leaders to act quickly to form an inclusive government.

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Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - Obama compares his troop buildup in Afghanistan to surge in Iraq, pays tribute to Bush.

Obama declares U.S. combat mission in Iraq over (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:17 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — After more than seven years of war, President Barack Obama declared the combat mission in Iraq over on Tuesday night, saying that's in the best interests of both Iraqis and Americans and that ending combat will help the United States focus on new priorities, especially restoring the economy.

Obama: No Iraq victory lap as combat mission ends (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden (R) meet with the national security team on Iraq in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/HandoutReuters - President Barack Obama declared the U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially over on Tuesday but said he would not take a "victory lap" because a lot more work remained to be done inside the country.

As troops withdraw, US spying scaled back in Iraq: official (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:03 PM PDT

An aerial view show a joint checkpoint manned by US, Iraqi and Kurdish forces along the disputed areas on August 30, which is outside the town of Khan Assur, west of Mosul, the western-most joint checkpoint in Iraq. The scaling back of the US military mission in Iraq means Washington's spies will have fewer AFP - The scaling back of the US military mission in Iraq means Washington's spies will have fewer "eyes and ears on the ground" in the country, a senior intelligence official said Tuesday.

Obama declares an end to Iraq combat mission (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Iraq war veterans at Fort Bliss, Texas. Obama said Tuesday his speech marking the end of US combat operations in Iraq would not be a victory lap, as Iraqi leaders vowed their forces could defend the country.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - US President Barack Obama Tuesday formally declared an end to America's seven-year combat mission in Iraq, saying it was time to turn the page on a war which has cost thousands of Iraqi and US lives.

Obama's Iraq Address: Afghan War Looms Large Over Speech (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:55 PM PDT

In this image from video, President Barack Obama speaks from the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, about the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq. (AP Photo/APTN)Time.com - With President Obama's Iraq speech set for Tuesday night, Iraq's fate is far from settled, Afghanistan is going badly and Democrats would prefer that Obama show he's focused on a sagging economy

US spies worry about Iraq's political deadlock (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:28 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier monitors the traffic in central Baghdad. US spy agencies view political stalemate in Iraq as the biggest threat to security in Iraq as the American military scales back its mission in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - US spy agencies view political stalemate in Iraq as the biggest threat to security in Iraq as the American military scales back its mission in the country, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Obama declares end to US combat mission in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:26 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office after arriving via Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - President Barack Obama is declaring Operation Iraqi Freedom to be over with the end of the U.S. combat mission, and says it's now time "to turn the page" to give the Iraqi people full responsibility for their own security.

Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths: memoirs (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:22 PM PDT

Former British prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in July 2010, said he was AFP - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in the Iraq war, in extracts released Tuesday from his memoirs.

Oval Office makeover has comfy, more modern feel (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Renovations to the Oval Office, including a new carpet, drapes, wallpaper and furniture, are seen, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Congressional opponents, stubborn diplomats or wary heads of state, beware: The new Oval Office sofas look so comfy, you just might be lulled into a few reckless compromises.

Iraq says it's independent as US ends combat (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:13 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, center, walks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, before their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Biden made a new appeal to Iraqi leaders Tuesday, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to end the political deadlock and seat a new government. March 7 parliamentary elections left Iraq without a clear winner, and insurgents have since exploited the uncertainty to hammer Iraqi security forces. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the end of American combat operations Tuesday leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States and he assured his people their own security forces will protect them.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,416 (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:02 PM PDT

AP - As of Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at least 4,416 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Facts, figures related to the Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:50 PM PDT

AP - Facts related to the Iraq war and the nation's economy as the U.S. combat role ends:

US Republicans hit Obama on Iraq 'surge' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:25 AM PDT

House Minority Leader John Boehner is pictured in May 2010. Hours before President Barack Obama marked a symbolically important US draw-down in Iraq on Tuesday, his Republican foes acidly noted he had opposed the AFP - Hours before President Barack Obama marked a symbolically important US draw-down in Iraq on Tuesday, his Republican foes acidly noted he had opposed the "surge" strategy that helped make it possible.

PM says Iraq independent after US combat role ends (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:34 AM PDT

An Iraqi man watches Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's televised speech in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. In an address to the nation to mark the end of combat operations, al-Maliki said Iraqi forces were capable of handling security and protecting people from attacks after U.S. combat troops pull out. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister hailed the end of American combat operations Tuesday, saying Iraq is now an independent, sovereign country on equal footing with the U.S.

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