IRAQI MILITARY ADJUSTS TO U.S. SUPPORT, MINUS COMBAT TROOPS
The third phase, from the end of 2016 to the end of 2020, is the "completion phase" by which time the Iraqi army will be a "real power," able to deal not only with internal, but also external threats.
09/03/2010 06:40, nytimes |
IRAQI MILITARY ADJUSTS TO U.S. SUPPORT, MINUS COMBAT TROOPS
The third phase, from the end of 2016 to the end of 2020, is the "completion phase" by which time the Iraqi army will be a "real power," able to deal not only with internal, but also external threats.
09/03/2010 06:20, nytimes |
CHANGED BY A CAR BOMB IN BAGHDAD
Ayman Oghanna vowed to quit photography if photos he took in Iraq didn't get out. They did; he didn't.
09/02/2010 22:00, nytimes |
NEWSWEEK: WHY COMBAT WILL CONTINUE IN IRAQ
There is a real risk that President Obama's claim in his Oval Office address that "the American combat mission has ended" in Iraq may come to rank with President Bush's ill-judged boast of "mission accomplished" back in May 2003.
09/02/2010 09:22, msnbc |
U.S., IRAQIS MARK END OF COMBAT UNDER CLOUD OF PESSIMISM
Iraqi politicians, security officers and civil servants, as well as a senior U.S. military officer, speak of daunting and dangerous challenges.In a crystal-chandeliered palace once occupied by Saddam Hussein, American and Iraqi leaders gathered Wednesday for the latest ceremony to herald an independ...
09/02/2010 03:20, LaTimes |
U.S., IRAQIS MARK END OF COMBAT UNDER CLOUD OF PESSIMISM
Iraqi politicians, security officers and civil servants, as well as a senior U.S. military officer, speak of daunting and dangerous challenges.In a crystal-chandeliered palace once occupied by Saddam Hussein, American and Iraqi leaders gathered Wednesday for the latest ceremony to herald an independ...
09/02/2010 03:00, LaTimes |
U.S., IRAQIS MARK END OF COMBAT UNDER CLOUD OF PESSIMISM
Iraqi politicians, security officers and civil servants, as well as a senior U.S. military officer, speak of daunting and dangerous challenges.In a crystal-chandeliered palace once occupied by Saddam Hussein, American and Iraqi leaders gathered Wednesday for the latest ceremony to herald an independ...
09/02/2010 03:00, LaTimes |
IRAQIS' REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH
Stephen Farrell talks with Iraqi citizens on growing frustrations as the United States brings an end to its combat mission.
09/02/2010 01:20, nytimes |
IRAQIS' REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH
Stephen Farrell talks with Iraqi citizens on growing frustrations as the United States brings an end to its combat mission.
09/02/2010 01:20, nytimes |
COMBAT NOW COMPLETE
6 Q's About the News | Why are some American troops remaining in Iraq?
09/01/2010 23:40, nytimes |
IS THE END OF THE IRAQ WAR CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION?
Student Opinion | What is your reaction to the removal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq?
09/01/2010 23:40, nytimes |
AN IRAQI WOMAN'S CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND NEW LIFE
Almost nine months ago, Anwar and her family came to the United States, taking part in a special visa program for Iraqis who risked their lives to help Americans in wartime.
09/01/2010 22:40, nytimes |
AN IRAQI WOMAN'S CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND NEW LIFE
Almost nine months ago, Anwar and her family came to the United States, taking part in a special visa program for Iraqis who risked their lives to help Americans in wartime.
09/01/2010 22:20, nytimes |
U.S. FORMALLY BEGINS A NEW ERA IN IRAQ
 Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and military leaders inaugurated Operation New Dawn, the post-combat phase in Iraq, in televised ceremonies.
09/01/2010 18:40, nytimes |
EVERYBODY'S WAR
In the end, maybe it does not matter whose war it was, because we have all suffered, Iraqis and Americans.
09/01/2010 18:20, nytimes |
EVERYBODY'S WAR
In the end, maybe it does not matter whose war it was, because we have all suffered, Iraqis and Americans.
09/01/2010 18:02, nytimes |
U.S. FORMALLY BEGINS A NEW ERA IN IRAQ
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and military leaders inaugurated Operation New Dawn, the post-combat phase in Iraq, in televised ceremonies.
09/01/2010 18:02, nytimes |
FIRST THOUGHTS: TURNING THE PAGE ON IRAQ
Iraq - United States - Warfare and Conflict - Iraq War - Barack Obama
09/01/2010 16:00, msnbc |
U.S., IRAQ FORMALLY MARK END OF COMBAT MISSION
 The U.S. marked on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to preparing Iraqi security forces to protect the country on their own
09/01/2010 15:20, msnbc |
DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES ARRIVES IN IRAQ
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, a day after U.S. troops formally ended combat operations in the country.
09/01/2010 06:40, msnbc |
OBAMA LOOKS BEYOND IRAQ
 Declaring an end to the combat mission, he says the U.S. must now focus its shrunken resources on rebuilding its ailing economy.President Obama marked the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday by declaring that after more than seven years, vast expenditures and thousands of casualties, t...
09/01/2010 06:40, LaTimes |
OBAMA LOOKS BEYOND IRAQ
Declaring an end to the combat mission, he says the U.S. must now focus its shrunken resources on rebuilding its ailing economy.President Obama marked the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday by declaring that after more than seven years, vast expenditures and thousands of casualties, t...
09/01/2010 06:40, LaTimes |
OBAMA LOOKS BEYOND IRAQ
Declaring an end to the combat mission, he says the U.S. must now focus its shrunken resources on rebuilding its ailing economy.President Obama marked the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq on Tuesday by declaring that after more than seven years, vast expenditures and thousands of casualties, t...
09/01/2010 06:40, LaTimes |
IRAQIS ARE CONFLICTED AS U.S. COMBAT MISSION ENDS
 Many blame the Americans for the years of violence after the invasion, but they also fear what may lie ahead.Muwafak Ali's downtown Baghdad music store is still pockmarked by the American rocket that whizzed through the door on one of the first days of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
09/01/2010 05:40, LaTimes |
IRAQIS ARE CONFLICTED AS U.S. COMBAT MISSION ENDS
Many blame the Americans for the years of violence after the invasion, but they also fear what may lie ahead.Muwafak Ali's downtown Baghdad music store is still pockmarked by the American rocket that whizzed through the door on one of the first days of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
09/01/2010 05:20, LaTimes |
IRAQIS ARE CONFLICTED AS U.S. COMBAT MISSION ENDS
 Many blame the Americans for the years of violence after the invasion, but they also fear what may lie ahead.Muwafak Ali's downtown Baghdad music store is still pockmarked by the American rocket that whizzed through the door on one of the first days of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
09/01/2010 05:20, LaTimes |
FACT CHECK: IS IRAQ COMBAT REALLY OVER FOR U.S.?
 Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead. Barack Obama - United States - Iraq - President of the United States - President
09/01/2010 04:21, msnbc |
FACT CHECK: IS IRAQ COMBAT REALLY OVER FOR U.S.?
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
09/01/2010 04:00, msnbc |
FACT CHECK: IS IRAQ COMBAT REALLY OVER FOR U.S.?
Despite President Barack Obama's declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.
09/01/2010 03:43, msnbc |
OBAMA MARKS END OF COMBAT IN IRAQ
In an Oval Office speech, he acknowledges the huge price the U.S. paid. He devotes part of the address to the economy.President Obama marked the end of America's combat mission in Iraq with an Oval Office speech Tuesday night, acknowledging the "huge price" paid and ushering in a new era in which a ...
09/01/2010 03:41, LaTimes |
OBAMA MARKS END OF COMBAT IN IRAQ
In an Oval Office speech, he acknowledges the huge price the U.S. paid. He devotes part of the address to the economy.President Obama marked the end of America's combat mission in Iraq with an Oval Office speech Tuesday night, acknowledging the "huge price" paid and ushering in a new era in which a ...
09/01/2010 03:41, LaTimes |
OBAMA MARKS END OF COMBAT IN IRAQ
In an Oval Office speech, he acknowledges the huge price the U.S. paid. He devotes part of the address to the economy.President Obama marked the end of America's combat mission in Iraq with an Oval Office speech Tuesday night, acknowledging the "huge price" paid and ushering in a new era in which a ...
09/01/2010 03:41, LaTimes |
A PROVERB THAT RESONATES
An Iraqi proverb resonates today.
09/01/2010 03:20, nytimes |
NEWS ANALYSIS: CONFRONTING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, OBAMA FACES TOUGH ODDS
Israeli-Palestinian peace, Iraq and Iran have bedeviled others.
09/01/2010 03:20, nytimes |
OBAMA'S FULL SPEECH: 'OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM IS OVER'
The full text of the president's Oval Office speech on Iraq, as prepared for delivery. Oval Office - Iraq War - Iraq - United States - Barack Obama
09/01/2010 03:02, msnbc |
A PROVERB THAT RESONATES
An Iraqi proverb resonates today.
09/01/2010 03:02, nytimes |
OBAMA'S FULL SPEECH: 'OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM IS OVER'
The full text of the president's Oval Office speech on Iraq, as prepared for delivery.
09/01/2010 02:40, msnbc |
A LONG-AWAITED DAY
The close of U.S. combat operations in Iraq is a watershed in history for the two countries, for the two peoples and for the wider world. But it is also a juncture of a more personal kind for all who have experienced the arc of the war at first hand.
08/31/2010 20:40, nytimes |
IRAQ, GEORGE W. BUSH, AND THE POLITICS OF THE SURGE
The current discussion in advance of tonight's Oval Office address on Iraq is whether President Obama should acknowledge that George W. Bush's troop surge worked.
08/31/2010 20:20, msnbc |
A LONG-AWAITED DAY
The close of U.S. combat operations in Iraq is a watershed in history for the two countries, for the two peoples and for the wider world. But it is also a juncture of a more personal kind for all who have experienced the arc of the war at first hand.
08/31/2010 20:20, nytimes |
IRAQIS JUDGE AMERICA'S SEVEN YEARS IN THEIR COUNTRY
An occupier that we know is better than a new, different one, says one of many Iraqis that the Baghdad bureau spoke with about the withdrawal of United States forces.
08/31/2010 20:00, nytimes |
IRAQIS JUDGE AMERICA'S SEVEN YEARS IN THEIR COUNTRY
An occupier that we know is better than a new, different, one, says one of many Iraqis that the Baghdad bureau spoke with about the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
08/31/2010 19:20, nytimes |
MARKING IRAQ MILESTONE, GATES STRIKES CAUTIOUS NOTE
Defense secretary Robert M. Gates warned on Tuesday against “premature victory parades” as American combat operations in Iraq draw officially to a close.
08/31/2010 18:40, nytimes |
GIBBS: TROOP PULLOUT SHOULD BE PERMANENT
Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs says he cannot foresee a circumstance in which the United States would have to send combat troops back to Iraq.
08/31/2010 16:40, msnbc |
OBAMA TO HONOR TROOPS AS IRAQ COMBAT MISSION ENDS
 As President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he'll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start.
08/31/2010 16:40, msnbc |
FIRST THOUGHTS: FROM 'SHOCK AND AWE' TO A WHIMPER
The president prepares for an evening Oval Office address, marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. Why the administration isn't declaring victory or "mission accomplished."
08/31/2010 16:40, msnbc |
OBAMA TO HONOR TROOPS AS IRAQ COMBAT MISSION ENDS
As President Barack Obama prepares to officially end the lengthy and divisive U.S. combat operation in Iraq, he'll personally thank some of the soldiers who fought there for their service to a mission he forcefully opposed from the start. Iraq - Barack Obama - United States - President - History
08/31/2010 16:40, msnbc |
GIBBS: TROOP PULLOUT SHOULD BE PERMANENT
Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs says he cannot foresee a circumstance in which the United States would have to send combat troops back to Iraq. United States - Robert Gibbs - Iraq - Barack Obama - Iraq War
08/31/2010 16:20, msnbc |
FIRST THOUGHTS: FROM 'SHOCK AND AWE' TO A WHIMPER
The president prepares for an evening Oval Office address, marking the end of combat operations in Iraq. Why the administration isn't declaring victory or "mission accomplished." Iraq - Oval Office - Warfare and Conflict - Middle East - Mission Accomplished
08/31/2010 16:20, msnbc |
IRAQ INDEPENDENT WITH END TO U.S. COMBAT ROLE?
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Tuesday Iraq had gained independence with the end of U.S. combat operations and that its security forces would now deal with all threats, whether domestic or from abroad.
08/31/2010 13:40, msnbc |