Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Obama winds down Iraq war but verdict elusive (Reuters)
• Iraq's oil police gear up for attacks as U.S. withdraws (Reuters)
• Explosions rock oil pipeline in southern Iraq (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,485 (AP)
• Michigan companies closer to part in Iraq projects (AP)
• US troops scramble to hand off last-minute security 'details' to Iraqis (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Anti-American Syria-based TV channel closes (AP)
• As US exit from Iraq nears, Sunni worries grow (AP)
• Cheney says he's worried about future of Iraq (AP)
• Obama to speak to TV anchors about Iraq, spending (AP)

Obama winds down Iraq war but verdict elusive (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:46 PM PST Reuters - "Mission Accomplished" are two words President Barack Obama will not use as he winds down the most unpopular U.S. military venture since Vietnam and declares an end to another war without victory.

Iraq's oil police gear up for attacks as U.S. withdraws (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 01:58 PM PST Reuters - Iraq's oil police have stepped up patrols to protect installations against a possible surge in al Qaeda attacks as U.S. troops withdraw, the head of the force said on Tuesday.

Explosions rock oil pipeline in southern Iraq (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 01:26 PM PST AP - Iraqi officials say two large explosions have damaged an oil pipeline in southern Iraq and set off a huge blaze.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,485 (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST AP - As of Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, at least 4,485 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Michigan companies closer to part in Iraq projects (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST AP - As U.S. troops prepare for their final withdrawal from Iraq, a consortium of Michigan companies is eager to make the American presence felt in a different way by overseeing the building of a new city near Baghdad that draws on the skills of Iraqi immigrants living in Michigan.

US troops scramble to hand off last-minute security 'details' to Iraqis (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 10:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - At the headquarters of the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces squadron, US troops are working 'round-the-clock to impart the last bits of knowledge they can to Iraqi forces before the clock runs out and their partnership comes to an end.

Anti-American Syria-based TV channel closes (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 08:04 AM PST AP - A Syria-based TV station that provided an outlet to late Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi and strongly criticized U.S. forces in Iraq has gone off the air, the owner said Tuesday, because of the American withdrawal from Iraq and improved Syrian-Iraqi relations.

As US exit from Iraq nears, Sunni worries grow (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 06:51 AM PST AP - In the hometown of the late Saddam Hussein, arrests have become so commonplace that whenever a police car shows up, young men flee from the street.

Cheney says he's worried about future of Iraq (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 04:54 AM PST AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says Iraqi leaders have progressed toward a stable society, but he's worried about the failure of Washington and Baghdad to negotiate a "stay-behind" U.S. force there.

Obama to speak to TV anchors about Iraq, spending (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2011 02:17 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is sitting down in the White House for interviews with four TV stations whose cities have large military communities.

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