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Iraq minister: US combat troops to pull out in three years under new deal - 8-14-08 Deborah Haynes in Baghdad - American soldiers will withdraw from cities across Iraq next summer and all US combat troops will leave the country within three years, provided the violence remains low, under the terms of a draft agreement with the Iraqi Government ^new (Added: 14-Aug-2008 Hits: 4 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

OPINION The War Is Over. What Next? - By BING WEST August 12, 2008 - The war I witnessed for more than five years in Iraq is over. In July, there were five American fatalities in Iraq, the lowest since the war began in March 2003. In Mosul recently, I chatted with shopkeepers on the same corner where last January a Humvee was blown apart in front of me. ^new (Added: 12-Aug-2008 Hits: 3 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Police: Iraqi troops raid Diyala governor's office - 8-19-08 By SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops raided local government offices in the volatile Diyala province on Tuesday, arresting a Sunni provincial council member and a university president who was led away hooded and handcuffed, officials said. ^new (Added: 19-Aug-2008 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Shiite Warrior with AK-47 becomes cleric with pseudonym - 8-12-08 BAGHDAD - Abu Ali has had enough of war. Nothing, he insists, can change his mind Four years ago, the father of five swapped his clerical robes for the black pants and shirts of Muqtada al-Sadr's feared Mahdi Army. Now at 37 and eager to get on with his life, Abu Ali is headed back to the holy city of Najaf to resume his clerical studies. ^new (Added: 12-Aug-2008 Hits: 11 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

US Military Commander Upbeat on Iraq - By Michael Bowman Washington 11 August 2008 The commander of multi-national forces in Iraq's northern provinces reports significant progress in the battle against terrorists and insurgents, allowing the region to turn its attention to economic matters and other concerns. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington. ^new (Added: 12-Aug-2008 Hits: 7 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

9 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Attack in Afghanistan - By CARLOTTA GALL July 14, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents carried out a bold assault on a remote base near the border with Pakistan on Sunday, NATO reported, and a senior American military official said nine American soldiers were killed. (Added: 13-Jul-2008 Hits: 30 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

A 'surge' unit sees change, but questions its permanence - 7-3-08 By Sam Dagher Christian Science Monitor Baghdad - After almost 15 months of its longest, deadliest, and most unconventional deployment, the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment of the US Army is packing up to leave Iraq (Added: 6-Jul-2008 Hits: 21 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Afghan fight drawing foreign jihadis - 7-15-08 Washington - This week's brazen and deadly attack on a US-Afghan outpost in an area near the Pakistani border is raising new concerns that foreign fighters bent on fighting the West are retraining their sights from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Added: 15-Jul-2008 Hits: 24 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

Afghans call for new strategy as Obama visits - By Jonathon Burch KABUL, July 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has called for more U.S. troops to be sent to Afghanistan, but many in the war-torn country doubt whether more soldiers will help stem the rising tide of violence. (Added: 19-Jul-2008 Hits: 21 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

At least 40 killed in Iraq bombings - Associated Press July 16, 2008 BAQOUBA, Iraq - Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide bombers struck the Saad military camp (Added: 16-Jul-2008 Hits: 22 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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