Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Tensions rise as Iraq seeks Sunni VP arrest (Reuters)
• Obama, Biden to attend Andrews ceremony on Iraq (AP)
• US urges Iranian dissidents to accept camp closure (AP)
• Iraq issues arrest warrant for Sunni VP (AP)
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• Iraq war veterans serving in Obama White House (AP)
• Mixed emotions for Iraq vets in the White House (AP)
• Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war (AP)

Tensions rise as Iraq seeks Sunni VP arrest (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 05:24 PM PST Reuters - Iraqi authorities issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Muslim Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi on Monday for suspected ties to assassinations and bombings, a decision likely to fuel sectarian tensions after the U.S. troop withdrawal.

Obama, Biden to attend Andrews ceremony on Iraq (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 04:39 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to mark the end of the war in Iraq at a ceremony Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews in nearby Maryland.

US urges Iranian dissidents to accept camp closure (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 03:05 PM PST AP - The Obama administration on Monday urged Iranian dissidents at a camp in Iraq to accept a U.N.-brokered deal to move to another location to avoid a possible violent standoff with Iraqi authorities who have vowed to close the facility by year's end.

Iraq issues arrest warrant for Sunni VP (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 01:33 PM PST AP - Iraq's Shiite-led government issued an arrest warrant Monday for the Sunni vice president, accusing him of running a hit squad that assassinated government and security officials — extraordinary charges a day after the last U.S. troops left the country.

(AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST AP - Iraqi official says arrest warrant issued against Sunni vice president on terrorism charges.

Iraq war veterans serving in Obama White House (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 12:40 AM PST AP - Iraq war veterans at the White House:

Mixed emotions for Iraq vets in the White House (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 12:39 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.

Last troops exit Iraq in subdued end to 9-year war (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2011 06:01 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.

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