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2008-11-17 19:48

US welcomes Iraq's approval of pact on military pullout (AFP)

US soldiers secure the area along with Iraqi troops following a roadside bomb in the northern city of Mosul, some 370 kms from Baghdad. The White House on Sunday welcomed the approval by Iraq's cabinet of a military pact that requires the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - The White House on Sunday welcomed the approval by Iraq's cabinet of a military pact that requires the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.


2008-11-17 19:48

Iraqi cabinet Okays U.S. troop withdraw, Parliament could scuttle (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD

2008-11-17 19:48

Iraq cabinet backs pact giving U.S. troops 3 years (Reuters)

Balloons reading 'All star dad' and 'Welcome Home' are seen during a welcome home ceremony for U.S. soldiers of the 1st Armored Division at their home base in Wiesbaden, November 12, 2008. The soldiers of the 1st AD returned from a 15month deployment to Iraq. (Kai Pfaffenbach./Reuters)Reuters - Iraq's cabinet approved a pact on Sunday that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.


2008-11-17 13:42

A New Twist in Iraq's Shi'ite Power Struggle (Time.com)

Time.com - With regional elections approaching, a move to win autonomy for Basra could force a showdown among Shi'ites

2008-11-17 13:42

Al-Sadr Throws Down the Gauntlet on US-Iraq Talks (Time.com)

Time.com - The radical Shi'ite cleric threatens renewed attacks on U.S. forces if they're not entirely withdrawn. But does his militia have the power to revive a military campaign?

2008-11-17 13:42

Iraq struggles to sweep Saddam's landmine legacy (Reuters)

An Iraqi policeman holds a wrapped defused land mine, meant to be used as an improvised bomb, found on a road in Baghdad's Sadr city, January 6, 2006. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)Reuters - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb.


2008-11-17 07:44

Iraqi cabinet approves US military pact (AFP)

A humvee filled with US Marines on a combat patrol through the desert near Al Asad in 2006. Iraq's cabinet has defied fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners and approved a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Lance Cpl. James B. Hoke)AFP - Iraq's cabinet approved a wide-ranging military pact on Sunday that will govern the presence of more than 150,000 US troops stationed in the country, a source in parliament said.


2008-11-17 07:44

Suicide car bomb kills 15 in Iraq: police (AFP)

An Iraqi family sits in the courtyard of their farm as US soldiers search the premises for weapons in Mullah Eid village just south of Baquba. A suicide car bomb has exploded at a police checkpoint in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, killing at least 15 people, including seven policemen, a security official has said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - A suicide car bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in Iraq's volatile Diyala province Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including seven policemen, a security official said.


2008-11-17 07:44

Iraqi government starts paying Sunni fighters (AP)

AP - Iraq's Shiite-dominated government is making good on promises to pay thousands of U.S.-backed Sunni fighters in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday, despite some government unease over the alliance.

2008-11-17 01:40

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,200 (AP)

Balloons reading 'All star dad' and 'Welcome Home' are seen during a welcome home ceremony for U.S. soldiers of the 1st Armored Division at their home base in Wiesbaden, November 12, 2008. The soldiers of the 1st AD returned from a 15month deployment to Iraq. (Kai Pfaffenbach./Reuters)AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at least 4,200 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.


2008-11-17 01:40

US helicopters in SKorea move to Iraq, Afghanistan (AP)

AP - The United States will withdraw 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, the U.S. military said Sunday.

2008-11-17 01:40

Iraqi cabinet expected to approve US military pact (AFP)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki talks to the press in Najaf in early October. Iraq's cabinet is expected to defy fiery opposition from Shiite hardliners and approve a wide-ranging military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - Iraq's cabinet met Sunday and was expected to approve a wide-ranging and controversial military pact that includes a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.


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