Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq War Was Not Worth the Cost; Don't Repeat the Error (ContributorNetwork)
• Timeline: A Look Back at the Iraq War (ContributorNetwork)
• US formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare (AP)
• From ‘Mission Accomplished’ to ‘Welcome Home,’ the Iraq War Ends (ContributorNetwork)
• The Iraq War and the Steep Price of American Bravado (ContributorNetwork)
• Iraq War Not Worth It: Too Much Blood and Treasure for No Guarantee of Stability (ContributorNetwork)
• Legacy of the Iraq War: Conflict Born from Deception (ContributorNetwork)
• Military marks end to nearly nine bloody years in Iraq (Reuters)
• What We Owe to the Americans Returning Home from Iraq (ContributorNetwork)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• Iraqis view US departure with relief, apprehension (AP)
• Was the Iraq War Worth it?: A Soldier's Perspective (ContributorNetwork)
• McCain: US could lose gains without leaving troops (AP)
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• Panetta to Iraq for ceremony ending US mission (AP)
• Doubts, fears nag Iraqis as U.S. pulls out (Reuters)

Iraq War Was Not Worth the Cost; Don't Repeat the Error (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 04:51 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The war in Iraq is officially over. Our troops are coming home in vast numbers. The conflict lasted almost nine years and carried tremendous cost. The important question to ask is, "Was it worth it?"

Timeline: A Look Back at the Iraq War (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 04:46 PM PST ContributorNetwork - December 15, 2011, will remain forever as a great day in history for the United States, as it is the day that the war in Iraq officially ended, according to The Envoy. Today, at the Baghdad International Airport, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and General Lloyd Austin, the top United States Commander serving in Iraq, presided over the ceremonies that marked the ending of the war. The United States and many other countries who have been involved in this fight have sacrificed a lot since its beginning in 2003. Here is some more information about those sacrifices and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

US formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 04:43 PM PST AP - Nearly nine years after American troops stormed across the Iraq border in a blaze of shock and awe, U.S. officials quietly ended the bloody and bitterly divisive conflict here Thursday, but the debate over whether it was worth the cost in money and lives is yet unanswered.

From ‘Mission Accomplished’ to ‘Welcome Home,’ the Iraq War Ends (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 03:19 PM PST ContributorNetwork - It's officially over. The war in Iraq, waged since March of 2003, no longer is part of the U.S. military's future plans. American troops lowered the flag in their final outpost in Baghdad in a ceremony in the capital city. The war was longer than what Americans expected and our service men and women have made sacrifices above and beyond the call of duty in the name of freedom.

The Iraq War and the Steep Price of American Bravado (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 03:15 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Obama marked the end of the war in Iraq on Wednesday, December 14, but his salute of returning troops was no declaration of victory. Obama's low-key wrap-up of the war contrasts starkly with President George W. Bush's infamous "mission accomplished" celebration. That celebration, which marked the end of major combat operations, was full of the self-assured bravado that led us into the Iraq War.

Iraq War Not Worth It: Too Much Blood and Treasure for No Guarantee of Stability (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to CNN, the U.S. military intervention in Iraq, which began in 2003, has cost the nation almost 4,500 dead soldiers. Additionally, more than 32,000 U.S. soldiers have been wounded and the financial cost of the 8 1/2-year conflict, as alleged by the Christian Science Monitor, may total up to more money than it cost our nation to fight in World War II.

Legacy of the Iraq War: Conflict Born from Deception (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:55 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In what was described as a muted ceremony by CNN on Thursday, the United States officially marked the end of the Iraq War.

Military marks end to nearly nine bloody years in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:41 PM PST Reuters - U.S. forces formally ended almost nine years of war in Iraq on Thursday with a modest flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad, while to the north flickering violence highlighted ethnic and sectarian strains threatening the country in years ahead.

What We Owe to the Americans Returning Home from Iraq (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:01 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to a December 15 post in the Yahoo! News Blog, The Envoy, the United States has lowered its flag in Baghdad and declare its 9-year military mission in Iraq over. An estimated 4,500 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis died during the course of the war. And for those who served our country and have returned home, a lifetime of recovering from the scars of that service have only just begun.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:48 PM PST AP - _U.S. deaths as of Dec. 15, 2011: 4,487, according to the Pentagon.

Iraqis view US departure with relief, apprehension (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST AP - The Stars and Stripes were lowered, the Iraqi flag raised, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared the U.S. role in the Iraq War officially over. Muhsin Mohammed was glad for that, but not satisfied. He wanted something that never came — an apology.

Was the Iraq War Worth it?: A Soldier's Perspective (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:23 PM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | I want to preface this commentary by stating upfront that I am a former soldier and veteran of the 1991, (first) Persian Gulf war. Thus, I am not fundamentally opposed to the use of military force, particularly in opposition to abject tyranny and/or in direct defense of our nation -- the United States -- and its proven, steadfast allies. Having said this, let me be clear, I was opposed to this current, dubious incantation of the war on Iraq early on, and remain so after nine long years of irrevocable bloodshed and depletion of our nation's treasures -- both human and financial.

McCain: US could lose gains without leaving troops (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 04:28 AM PST AP - Sen. John McCain says the U.S. could lose its gains in Iraq because no troops are staying behind.

(AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:52 AM PST AP - Defense Secretary Panetta arrives in Baghdad for ceremony ending US war in Iraq

Panetta to Iraq for ceremony ending US mission (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:51 PM PST AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is en route to Iraq, where he will participate in a ceremony to shut down the U.S. military mission there after nearly nine years of war.

Doubts, fears nag Iraqis as U.S. pulls out (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 08:16 PM PST Reuters - Zahora Jasim lost two brothers to bombs and gunmen in the years of turmoil and violence that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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