Obama in Iraq: Withdrawal support but no timetable
BAGHDAD - Face to face with Iraq's leaders, Barack Obama gained fresh support Monday for the idea of pulling all U.S. combat forces out of the war zone by 2010. But the Iraqis stopped short of actual timetables or endorsement of Obama's pledge to withdraw American troops within 16 months if he wins the presidency.
Nations:Iraq Afghanistan Kuwait Israel U.S. People:David Petraeus Chuck Hagel Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Second Gulf War
2008-07-21
Obama begins firsthand look at Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Barack Obama began Monday his first on-the-ground inspection of Iraq since launching his bid for the White House, with U.S. commanders ready to brief him on progress in a war he long opposed and Iraqi leaders wanting more details of his proposals for troop withdrawals.
Nations:Iraq Afghanistan Kuwait Israel U.S. People:David Petraeus Jalal Talabani Hamid Karzai Chuck Hagel Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Second Gulf War
2008-07-21
Obama expected to meet with commanders of Iraq war
BAGHDAD - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's visit to Iraq for talks with commanders of a war he long opposed follows the prime minister's apparent endorsement of his troop withdrawal plan and a shift by the White House away from refusing to discuss that option.
Nations:Kuwait Pakistan Afghanistan Iraq U.S. People:David Petraeus Barack Obama Hamid Karzai Chuck Hagel John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-20
Bush agrees to time 'horizon' on Iraq troop cuts
WASHINGTON - President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetable.
Nations:Iraq People:Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain Activities:Second Gulf War Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-07-18
Military surge in Iraq ends; 150,000 troops remain
WASHINGTON - The military surge into Iraq that began more than 18 months ago has ended. But 150,000 U.S. troops remain, as many as 15,000 more than before the buildup began.
Nations:Iraq Afghanistan People:David Petraeus Robert Gates Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-16
Police: Iraq suicide bombers kill 28 army recruits
BAQOUBA, Iraq - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits Tuesday in an Iraqi province where devastating attacks persist despite security improvements in the rest of the country. At least 28 people died, the Iraqi police and military said.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-15
Bodies of 2 missing US soldiers are found in Iraq
DETROIT - For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the body of Fouty and another soldier captured during an ambush south of Baghdad had been found.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-11
Iraq insists on withdrawal timetable
BAGHDAD - Iraq's national security adviser says his country will not accept any deal with the United States unless the agreement sets specific dates for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.
Nations:U.S. Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-08
US removes uranium from Iraq
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program -- a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium -- reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
Nations:Iraq U.S. Ukraine People:Dick Cheney Activities:Iraqi WMD Issues Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
Car bomb in northern Iraq kills 18, wounds 60
BAGHDAD - A car bombing in the northern city of Mosul left 18 people dead and about 60 wounded Thursday, while a suicide bomber killed at least 12 people west of Baghdad at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-26
3 Americans killed, Shiite fighting in south
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers and an interpreter north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Wednesday, and Iraqi police reported 14 Shiite gunmen were arrested after fighting south of the capital.
Nations:Iraq Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-25
Explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district kills 10
BAGHDAD - A bomb struck a municipal council building Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City district, killing four Americans, including two soldiers and two U.S. government civilian employees, U.S. officials said. At least six Iraqi civilians also died.
Nations:Iraq People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-06-24
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