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CIA 'dealing with Saddam's cronies' Baghdad (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 
As U.S. leaders worry whether Iraq's military forces can hold the line once the Americans pull out, U.S. agents are reported to be clandestinely seeking a truce with Saddam Hussein's old cronies in the once-mighty Baath Party to head off a threat to stability.
According to the Paris-based Intelligence Online Web site, the Central Intelligence Agency has been negotiating with two rival ... read moreUS pullback in Iraq 'important milestone': Obama 
Washington (AFP) June 30, 2009President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an "important milestone," but warned of difficult days of bloodshed and violence to come. A careful White House also declined to declare victory, six years after the US invasion under ex-president George W. Bush spawned an insurgency that killed more than 4,300 US troops and tens of thousands ... more
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U.S. rearms Iraq, but worries abound
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 If Iraq's new-age armed forces prove to be incapable of maintaining security as the U.S. military withdrawal gets under way, it won't be because they lack weapons. On Feb. 14 the U.S. military announced it would be supplying Baghdad's forces with 140 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, F-16 Fighting Eagles combat jets and a plethora of high-tech weapons systems worth around $5 billion. ... more Iraqis take control of cities 
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 Iraq achieves a milestone at midnight Tuesday when it takes over full responsibility for security within its cities, but it's one dogged by a series of bombings that could be a precursor for a resurgence of violence by extremist gunmen and bombers. In the past 10 days more than 200 Iraqis have been killed by improvised explosive devices -- a sudden uptick in militant activity coinciding ... more Baghdad parties ahead of US pullout 
Baghdad (AFP) June 29, 2009Tens of thousands of Iraqis partied amid massive security in Baghdad on Monday to mark the imminent pullout of US troops from urban areas and celebrate the restive nation's reclaimed sovereignty. The American pullback, agreed under a security accord signed last year, will be completed on Tuesday, which has been declared a national holiday, but soldiers and police were out in force as ... more US soldiers swap fighting for job creation schemes 
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 29, 2009Dozens of US troops seen in Mosul after June 30 will not be military advisers or trainers but instead work to ensure that millions of American tax dollars are not frittered away. Combat operations against the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents that turned Mosul into a hotbed of violence are all but finished for the US army. Its focus is now shifting to the task of improving key services for the ... more |
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US Army in back seat as Iraqi forces take over
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) June 24, 2009 US Army Lieutenant Dan Wagner arrived in Iraq six months ago knowing his country was no longer calling the shots when it came to security, but he is resigned to further massive changes within days. "It's tough to take a standback role," says the 24-year-old Westpointer, as his soldiers patrol behind a group of Iraqi troops conducting a search and census operation in Al-Naherwa, a district in ... more Iraq receives Italian-built fast patrol boat 
Umm Qasr, Iraq (AFP) June 16, 2009Iraq on Saturday took delivery of the first of four Italian-made patrol ships it has ordered, as part of a plan to treble the country's naval forces in the coming years. Iraq's navy is rebuilding itself after being destroyed in the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 US-led invasion. It now has about 2,000 sailors, and defence chiefs have said they aim to boost its manpower to 6,500 in the next ... more US hands over Sadr City base to Iraq 
Baghdad (AFP) June 20, 2009The US army handed over a base in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City, once a bastion for anti-US insurgents, to Iraqi forces on Saturday as the deadline nears for its pullout from Iraq's cities. The transfer of the Joint Security Station (JSS) comes barely more than a week before a June 30 deadline for US forces to pull out of Iraq's urban centres as required by a security accord signed ... more US pullout from Mosul mired in confusion: commanders 
Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) June 20, 2009Frontline US army commanders in Iraq say the withdrawal of American troops from the troubled northern city of Mosul is mired in confusion just 12 days ahead of the deadline for them to pull out. Officers have told AFP they urgently need new rules to protect their men in the event of a dispute after June 30, when US soldiers must leave cities and major towns nationwide. They also believe ... more |
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