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Agreement reached to ease Iraq's Arab-Kurd crisis
Nov 26, 2012 12:57 EST
Top federal and Kurdish security officials agreed in Baghdad on Monday to "activate" coordinating committees between their forces and work to calm the situation in northern Iraq, a statement said.
Iraq takes delivery of final batch of US tanks
Aug 29, 2012 15:57 EDT
Iraq's military took delivery of nine American M1A1 Abrams tanks, the last in an order of 140 that it has received over the past two years, the US embassy in Baghdad said in a statement on Wednesday.
Contractors spearhead effort to train Iraqi forces
May 10, 2012 10:00 EDT
Explosions throw up clouds of smoke near Iraqi soldiers with armoured vehicles, who check for casualties, spot enemy forces in the desert ahead of them and then open fire.
NATO closes up training mission in Iraq
Dec 17, 2011 12:58 EST
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - NATO closed its seven-year training mission in Iraq on Saturday, at the same time as U.S. troops withdraw from the country after the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Iran to exploit power vacuum as US quits Iraq: analysts
Dec 14, 2011 18:26 EST
The US withdrawal from Iraq will leave a power vacuum in the Gulf, analysts say, paving the way for Iran to increase its influence in this economic and politically strategic region, a concern echoed by America's Gulf allies.
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
Dec 22, 2010 12:24 EST
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Gates says urgent need to cut defense bureaucracy
May 08, 2010 21:46 EDT
Pentagon chief takes aim at bloated bureaucracy, seeks savings to sustain a wartime military. Warring against waste, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he is ordering a top-to-bottom paring of the military bureaucracy in search of at least $10 billion in annual savings needed to prevent an erosion of U.S. combat power.
Army's 25th Infantry gets new general in Hawaii
Dec 09, 2009 20:32 EST
Army's 25th Infantry Division gets new general in Hawaii. The military says the chief legislative liaison for the Office of the Secretary of the Army is due to become the commander of the 25th Infantry Division out of Hawaii's Schofield Barracks.
Pentagon "very nervous" about Arab-Kurdish feud
Aug 11, 2009 16:57 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it was "very nervous" about ethnic tensions in Iraq between Arabs and Kurds despite initial talks between their leaders, and a top U.S. commander warned the feud over land and oil could still turn violent.
Al Qaeda shows resilience in Northern Iraq: U.S. commander
Aug 11, 2009 13:40 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in Iraq has shown with a string of more deadly bombings in northern areas that it can reconstitute itself and its capabilities, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said on Tuesday.
Commander: al-Qaida remains a combat power
Aug 11, 2009 13:01 EDT
US commander says al-Qaida remains a combat threat; greater danger from Kurd-Arab split. A top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that simmering ethnic tensions between Kurds and Arabs remain a grave threat to Iraq's stability, especially after American forces depart.
Analysis: Memo raises questions about Iraq pullout
Jul 31, 2009 23:34 EDT
Analysis: Soldier's call to pull the plug on Iraq suggests possible shift in withdrawal debate. An Army colonel's colorfully worded memo arguing for the U.S. to declare victory in Iraq and leave next summer suggests the possibility of an important shift in the debate about U.S. withdrawal plans.
13 killed in Baghdad market bombing
Jun 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded dozens on Friday, just four days before US soldiers pull out from cities, towns and villages nationwide.
13 killed in Baghdad market bombing
Jun 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit on Friday by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded more than 50, just four days before US soldiers pull out of cities, towns and villages nationwide.
Baghdad market bombing kills 13
Jun 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit on Friday by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded more than 50, just four days before US soldiers pull out of cities, towns and villages nationwide.
Baghdad market bombing kills 13
Jun 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit on Friday by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded more than 50, just four days before US soldiers pull out of cities, towns and villages nationwide.
Baghdad market bombing kills 13
Jun 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
Iraq's main motorcycle market was hit on Friday by a bombing that killed 13 people and wounded more than 50, just four days before US soldiers pull out of cities, towns and villages nationwide.
Iraq PM moves to reassure public after market bomb
Jun 24, 2009 20:00 EDT
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki moved to reassure Iraqis on Thursday that his security forces were able to protect the population after a bomb killed dozens days before a major pullout of US forces.
Iraqi, US commanders strike Mosul deal
Jun 24, 2009 20:00 EDT
Senior military commanders on Thursday said they had chosen five locations in the restive northern city of Mosul where Iraqi security forces will work with US soldiers after June 30.
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