Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Fort Hood soldiers glad to be home from Iraq (AP)
• Images: The last US troops to leave Iraq (AP)
• Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war (AP)
• Analysis: Iraq resumes political strife in vacuum left by U.S. (Reuters)
• Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war (Reuters)
• Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war (AP)
• Iraqis celebrate US exit, but worry for future (AP)
• Sunni politicians in crosshairs as U.S. leaves Iraq (Reuters)
• NC soldier, 23, was last US troop killed in Iraq (AP)
• Iraq war veterans serving in Obama White House (AP)
• Mixed emotions for Iraq vets in the White House (AP)
• For U.S. soldiers, bittersweet end to Iraq war (Reuters)
• Iraq: Sunni-backed bloc boycotts parliament (AP)
• Key dates in the 2003-2011 Iraq war (AP)
• Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
• As soldiers leave, U.S. diplomats face huge Iraq challenge (Reuters)

Fort Hood soldiers glad to be home from Iraq (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 03:49 PM PST AP - After having no contact with her soldier husband for a week, Jeannette Juroff was relieved to hear his voice when the phone rang at 3 a.m. Sunday.

Images: The last US troops to leave Iraq (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 02:27 PM PST AP - Under the cover of night, America's war in Iraq ended. It was called a "Tactical Road March" and consisted of five separate movements, all aimed at getting America's last soldiers out of Iraq safely. First a team left to clear the route of any roadside bombs. Then the troops left in four different groups. In all, the movement had about 110 vehicles and 500 troops.

Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:28 PM PST AP - Outside it was pitch dark. The six American soldiers couldn't see much of the desert landscape streaming by outside the small windows of their armored vehicle. They were hushed and exhausted from an all-night drive — part of the last convoy of U.S. troops to leave Iraq during the final moment of a nearly nine-year war.

Analysis: Iraq resumes political strife in vacuum left by U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:00 PM PST Reuters - The dust had barely settled from the last column of departing U.S. armoured vehicles when Iraq's rival Sunni and Shi'ite factions resumed the kind of political infighting that threatens a lurch back into turmoil.

Last U.S. troops leave Iraq, ending war (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST Reuters - The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives, and left a country grappling with political uncertainty.

Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 11:20 AM PST AP - The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy's exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered and struggling to recover.

Iraqis celebrate US exit, but worry for future (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST AP - Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded along the country's potentially explosive sectarian lines and the drumbeat of deadly violence went on.

Sunni politicians in crosshairs as U.S. leaves Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 11:03 AM PST Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister asked parliament to fire his Sunni deputy, and security sources said an arrest warrant was issued for the Sunni vice president, straining the fragile sectarian coalition on the day the last American troops left.

NC soldier, 23, was last US troop killed in Iraq (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST AP - As the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq on Sunday, friends and family of the first and last American fighters killed in combat were cherishing their memories rather than dwelling on whether the war and their sacrifice was worth it.

Iraq war veterans serving in Obama White House (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST AP - Iraq war veterans at the White House:

Mixed emotions for Iraq vets in the White House (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 10:35 AM PST AP - Tanya Bradsher felt a rush of relief each morning when the updates came in letting her know how many U.S. troops were left in Iraq.

For U.S. soldiers, bittersweet end to Iraq war (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 06:58 AM PST Reuters - American soldiers marked Sunday's U.S. troop withdrawal after nearly nine years in Iraq with mixed emotions, remembering lost colleagues, but hoping the country can stand on its own feet.

Iraq: Sunni-backed bloc boycotts parliament (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:43 AM PST AP - Iraqi Sunni-backed political bloc suspended its participation in parliament to protest the control of key posts by Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a reminder of the fragile political and sectarian situation as last U.S. soldiers rolled out of the country on Sunday.

Key dates in the 2003-2011 Iraq war (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:31 PM PST AP - Key dates in the U.S.-led war in Iraq, which ended Sunday with the last convoy of troops leaving:

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:30 PM PST AP - _U.S. deaths as of Dec. 15, 2011: 4,487, according to the Pentagon.

As soldiers leave, U.S. diplomats face huge Iraq challenge (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2011 10:04 PM PST Reuters - As the last American soldiers leave Iraq, the U.S. State Department assumes the reins of a complex and risky operation, the success or failure of which could determine whether the costly nine-year U.S. engagement with the country finally bears fruit.

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