Topic: Iraq War
While the past eight-plus years of US forces in Iraq were dominated by headlines of brutal violence and fitful reconstruction efforts, Iraqis note the 2003 war has also unleashed a "creative anarchy."From widely-circulated clips of young rappers to street races where drivers ...
US Senator John McCain Monday accused President Barack Obama and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of having "failed" by not agreeing on a US military presence past year's end."Both men have failed in their responsibilities with regard to our shared security ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the White House on Monday, showcasing the end of the American war in Iraq as he campaigns for reelection next year.Sitting side by side in the Oval Office, the ...
President Barack Obama meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Monday, marking America's exit from a war launched in a aerial "shock and awe" assault that went on to deeply wound both nations.Obama will hold talks with Maliki at the White House, have ...
NATO will withdraw its Iraq training mission at year-end after Baghdad refused to grant it legal immunity, Iraq's top security adviser said on Sunday, mirroring the nearly-complete pullout of US forces.But a NATO official in Brussels denied that any decision had been ...
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki headed to Washington on Sunday, for the first time as leader of a country virtually empty of foreign troops as the US withdrawal from Iraq nears its final days.Maliki is to hold wide-ranging talks with US President Barack ...
A spate of gun and bomb attacks across northern and central Iraq on Saturday killed seven people and left four others wounded, security officials said.In the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, a Shiite Turkman chemicals specialist for the state-owned North Oil Company ...
The US army on Wednesday transferred to Iraqi forces a key military base in the western province of Anbar near the border with Jordan and Saudi Arabia, a government official said."Today we took control of the Al-Assad air base in Anbar province, ...
The United States on Friday handed over to Iraqi control the sprawling Victory Base Complex near Baghdad, the main base from which the US-led war in Iraq was commanded, a US military spokesman said."The Victory Base Complex (VBC) was officially signed over ...
US Vice President Joe Biden, in Iraq as the last American soldiers prepare to depart, thanked troops from both sides for their shared sacrifices, saying they helped to end the war.But even as Biden spoke of the conflict drawing to a close, ...
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Iraq Violence
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Iraq Sons of Iraq
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Iraq Traffic Accident
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