Iraq
Iraq can’t defend itself fully before 2020: general
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Iraq
US Plans Post-Iraq Troop Increase in Persian Gulf
Iraq
A US audit said that most of the $6.6 billion in reconstruction funds that was thought to have been missing for Iraq has been accounted for. Iraq’s central bank said it is not responsible for the funds.
Iraq
$6.6 billion in lost Iraq cash now accounted for, inspector says
Iraq
Insurgents killed 18 Iraqis in a pair of bombings in Sadr City in Baghdad. Police killed three “gunmen” in an area west of Mosul.
Afghanistan
Mao’s Rockets and the Eastern Afghan Border War, Part I
Iraq
Insurgents killed 11 Iraqis in attacks in Mosul, Tikrit, Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib. Security forces detained five senior Baathists in Al Kut and 20 party members in Kirkuk, and detained 29 wanted men in Mosul.
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Insurgents killed three security guards at an oil facility in Baqubah and a traffic policeman in Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki ordered the closing of the Justice and Accountability Commission.
Iraq
How the Obama administration bungled the Iraq withdrawal negotiations
Iraq
Watchdog slams US training of Iraqi cops
Iran
US Troop Pullout Heightens Concerns Over Iran in Region
Iran
Iraqi speaker warns of meddling after US pullout
Iran
Iran influence high as US forces leave Iraq
Iraq
Security forces detained 47 Baathists and terrorists during raids in Kirkuk and Diyala; 16 more Baathists were detained in Al Kut. US Defense Secretary Panetta said Iraq is capable of dealing with Iranian-backed militias.
Iraq
US Scales Back Diplomacy in Iraq Amid Fiscal and Security Concerns
Iraq
US and Iraq Had Not Expected Troops Would Have to Leave
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US and Iraq Had Not Expected Troops Would Have to Leave
US to complete pullout from Iraq by end of year
President Obama also reiterated that US troops would leave Afghanistan by 2014.
Iraq
President Obama formally announced that all US combat forces will withdraw from Iraq by the end of December. Four Iraqis were killed in three bombings in Baghdad’s Sadr City.
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Insurgents killed an Iraqi Army colonel in Baghdad. Security forces broke up an al Qaeda cell in Karbala. The presidency approved the execution of 53 people, including “five foreigners.”
Afghanistan
US fears more plots from Iran’s Quds Force
Iraq
Turkey steps up offensive in Iraq after Kurdish raids
Iraq
Iraqi Kurds Offer Christians a Sanctuary
Egypt
Is a new Arab order emerging?
Iraq
Seven Iraqis were killed in a bombing near a liquor store in Baghdad; a police patrol may have been the target. The chairman of the Parliamentary Tribal Commission called for the release of a tribal leader who was detained by US and Iraqi forces last week.
Iraq
US drops keeping troops in Iraq
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Insurgents killed an Interior Ministry official and an intelligence officer in Baghdad, and a civilian in Mosul. Security forces killed an “assassin” in Mosul and captured an Iranian-backed militia member in Wasit. The US is reportedly abandoning plans to keep US troops in Iraq after December 2011.
Iraq
Insurgents killed 16 Iraqis yesterday in a pair of bombings at a market in Sadr City. Prime Minister Maliki accused a neighboring country of inciting recent violence in Anbar province.
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Iraqi authorities assume full control of Baghdad airspace
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Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader in Salahadin, and captured an al Qaeda emir and an explosives expert in Mosul, and two terrorists in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed a woman in a bombing in Fallujah.