2011年12月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Biden: Sacrifices of troops allow Iraq war to end (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:08 PM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, speaks with U.S. soldiers before they begin their journey home at Camp Victory, one of the last American bases in this country where the U.S. military footprint is swiftly shrinking in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden thanked U.S. and Iraqi troops for sacrifices that he said allowed for the end of the nearly nine-year-long war, even as attacks around the country killed 20 people, underscoring the security challenges Iraq still faces. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool)AP - As Iraqi flags were raised in what was once a giant U.S. military base, Joe Biden joined Iraqi officials in honoring forces who the vice president said made it possible to "end this war."

VP Biden says Iraq ready to survive on its own (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, hold a joint news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the U.S. military pullout will mark a new beginning between Iraq and the United States, but already protests in Iraq against his visit are demonstrating the difficulties the relationship will face. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday "we're not claiming victory" in Iraq, but he believes the emerging government in Baghdad is capable of defending itself.

Bomb, gunmen kill 18 as Iraq marks U.S. withdrawal (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:15 AM PST

Iraqi soldiers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Khalis, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, December 1, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A car bomb killed 10 people and gunmen executed eight more in Iraq's restive Diyala province Thursday as the government hosted Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony in Baghdad to mark the departure of American troops.

Talks on Iraq NATO mission stall over immunity (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:49 PM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 file photo, Iraqi police officers demonstrate anti-riot policing techniques during a training session at Camp Dublin in Baghdad, Iraq. The Italian Carabinieri police team, a part of the NATO Training Mission to Iraq, conducted the specialized training for the Iraqi National police. The issue of legal immunity for foreign troops in Iraq, which already torpedoed plans to keep a U.S. military presence in that country, has emerged as a key stumbling block in talks over the extension of a NATO training mission here. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - The issue of legal immunity for foreign troops in Iraq, which already torpedoed plans to keep a U.S. military presence in the country, has emerged as a key stumbling block in talks over the extension of a NATO training mission here.

(AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:29 PM PST

AP - Iraqi officials say 10 killed in car bomb blast in town northeast of Baghdad.

After war in Iraq, Biden heralds new era of US involvement (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:09 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Vice President Joe Biden arrived Tuesday in Iraq for a surprise visit aimed at touting the administration's promise to end the war, and also to thank US and Iraqi troops â€" and to start talks on a "new phase" in US-Iraqi relations.

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