2010年9月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Obama's Iraq Speech: Reactions from Afghanistan (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Time.com - President Obama's Oval Office address indicated that the Iraq withdrawal would lead to more forces for Afghanistan. But Afghans only see an eventual withdrawal from their own troubled country

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

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:05 PM PDT

A policeman stands guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad September 1, 2010, a day after the U.S. military formally ended combat operations in Iraq. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ)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.

Biden says Iraq close to forming government (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:17 PM PDT

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden, in Baghdad to mark the end of U.S. combat operations, said on Wednesday he believed Iraq's political stalemate was nearly over and officials would form a government in "the next couple of months."

U.S. touts Iraq trade mission as war mission wanes (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:43 PM PDT

Reuters - The Commerce Department said on Wednesday it will lead 15 U.S. companies, including Boeing, General Electric and Wamar International, on a trade mission in October to help rebuild Iraq.

After U.S. War in Iraq, Iran Gains Political Influence (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Analysis: Even as the U.S. remains the supreme military power in Iraq, Iran has more influence over Iraqi politics

Gates: Iraq outcome 'will always be clouded by how it began' (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:22 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military Wednesday marked the end of its combat mission in Iraq amid a series of conflicting messages that underscored the mixed feelings many here, both American and Iraqi, have toward a seven-and-a-half-year effort that cost tens of thousands of lives but left the political outcome undecided.

Biden launches new US mission in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:32 PM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the United States Forces-Iraq change of command ceremony in Baghdad. Biden Wednesday launched a new American military mission in Iraq, ushering in a fresh phase in a seven-year-old deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 troops.(AFP/POOL/Jim Watson)AFP - Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 US troops.

Blair memoir lifts lid on Iraq, alcohol and royals (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:45 AM PDT

Former British prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in July, said he was AFP - Tony Blair does not regret the Iraq war despite the "nightmare" it unleashed, but he feels "desperately sorry" for those who died, the former British prime minister says in memoirs published on Wednesday.

Iraq 'close' to forming new government: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:27 AM PDT

A picture combo shows former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi (left) during an interview with AFP in his office in Baghdad and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki attending a conference on the development of urban centres at a hotel in Baghdad. Iraq is AFP - Iraq is "close" to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country.

Gates says history will judge worth of Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:26 AM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates looks out the window of a Blackhawk helicopter as he departs Camp Ramadi in Iraq, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Gates is here to meet with U.S. troops as they formally close down their combat mission. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that history will judge whether the war in Iraq was worth it.

US forces officially begin new Iraq mission: Biden (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:20 AM PDT

Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with US Vice-President Joe Biden upon his arrival for a meeting in Baghdad in August 2010. Biden said that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, the day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.(AFP/IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE-HO/File)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.

FACT CHECK: Is Iraq combat really over for US? (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:49 AM PDT

Iraqi policemen stand guard at a check point in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. 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. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.

Biden: Time to turn attention from Iraq to economy (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:34 AM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden leaves an armored vehicle before his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki 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 - Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he's confident the various factions in Iraq will form a workable coalition and bring stability to the country, now that the U.S. combat role there has ended.

US lawmaker: Complete Iraq pull-out needed (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:21 AM PDT

Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich, seen here in March 2010 and who has been leading US Congress critic of the Iraq war, welcomed the formal end of US combat operations there but warned only a full troop withdrawal could bring stability to the strife-torn country.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)AFP - A leading US Congress critic of the Iraq war on Tuesday welcomed the formal end of US combat operations there but warned only a full troop withdrawal could bring stability to the strife-torn country.

For Gates the US war in Iraq is over but cloud remains (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:49 AM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, seen here in a Blackhawk helicopter as he departs Camp Ramadi in Iraq, said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" by the reason it was waged in the first place.

Tony Blair says did not foresee Iraq "nightmare" (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Copies of the political memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he could have not have imagined what he called the "nightmare" that unfolded in Iraq but still did not regret joining the U.S.-led invasion.

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

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:27 AM 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 an end to the seven-year U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday and promised recession-weary Americans "my central responsibility" now is to repair the U.S. economy.

Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:49 AM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L-R), U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen stand during the U.S. national anthem during a change of command ceremony in Baghdad September 1, 2010. The U.S. Military's Outgoing commander Raymond Odierno will hand over to Lieutenant General Lloyd Austin. REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS MILITARY)Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, a day after U.S. troops formally ended combat operations in the country.

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